rockyofhockey
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On a side note- the leaves may "melt" a little. I strongly suggest removing the pieces of "dead" leaf because it can come back to life and do a number on your filter.
You should be fine. ☺ it's actually a beautiful plant, I just don't recommend it for true nano settings if you're a lazy gardener because given the right nutrients and sun you can literally watch this plant grow. I've had similar experiences with cabomba, lotus and bacopa.
�� my c. Wendtii "mi oya" has responded to my addition of a CO2 doser by producing 6-8 inch long spear like leaves and the algae on my glass is disappearing despite of sun exposure for up to 9 hours a day. Do you use co2 on your tanks?
It looks like 'non submerged' (emerged or emergent I think) rooted wisteria. There are too many different forms of growth for wisteria it's not even funny. I have avoided the plant since it took over one of my tanks faster than I could get rid of it.
I wish I could of got it to work It just never took off for me. Most disappointing.
Water Wisteria's full name is something like Hygrophila Deformis. The Deformis part of the name refers to how many different/deformed shapes it can take on and how differently it can look in different conditions. Yeah it's fun to watch grow. I recently got some I'm not thrilled with, but the one I got from the LFS I really loved.
I love water wisteria, really cool looking plant and provides hiding spots for the fish. When it gets too tall, cut it in half, replant and eventually you have a dense jungle!!
It does take quite awhile to switch to immersed , about 2-3 months and then it'll take off. Btw a fun fact is it will close its leaves at night! Like this: \/
I have a mid sized hex (30ish gallons)- don't get snippy about dimensions as I'm not gonna try to find my tape measure and this really isn't that important anyways- that I'm thinking about going dirt with. I currently use laterite and flourish tabs along with planted substrates, I'm just not sure about what would be the best method of keeping it from escaping into my water column.
I am glad I decided to go for co2. My tank was a mess with green algae and I was dosing with liquid carbon. I now dose with iron, flourish and flourish trace and supplement based on signs of deficiencies.
Do you use any specific method with dirt?
I have a mid sized hex (30ish gallons)- don't get snippy about dimensions as I'm not gonna try to find my tape measure and this really isn't that important anyways- that I'm thinking about going dirt with. I currently use laterite and flourish tabs along with planted substrates, I'm just not sure about what would be the best method of keeping it from escaping into my water column.
I am glad I decided to go for co2. My tank was a mess with green algae and I was dosing with liquid carbon. I now dose with iron, flourish and flourish trace and supplement based on signs of deficiencies.
Do you use any specific method with dirt?
You could try mineralising the soil first or boiling off the ammonia. I have mixed feelings about dirt. If you get it right though, I don't think it can be beaten.
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