newfound77951
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My Alternanthera reineckii is starting to look a little sad....and is in need of a trim. I've heard anecdotal reports that the plant doesn't like trimming...anyone have experience pruning this plant?
Also, it has a bad case of green spot algae (elsewhere in the tank, too) and many of the leaves are now curling up. It generally just looks bad. I dose CSM+B, N, P and K as well as Excel every other day or so. N is around 10-15 ppm, P around 2 ppm. I dose the CSM+B at 0.1 ppm Fe. Potassium about 20 ppm a week. My sword plants are very happy, as are all my other plants. Light is 192 watts PC (~4 wpg), CO2 is 2x 1 liter DIY. Substrate is EcoComplete.
Here it was a few weeks ago, it's in the left-center background. Looks pretty good here!
Here it is now:
closeup:
Also, it has a bad case of green spot algae (elsewhere in the tank, too) and many of the leaves are now curling up. It generally just looks bad. I dose CSM+B, N, P and K as well as Excel every other day or so. N is around 10-15 ppm, P around 2 ppm. I dose the CSM+B at 0.1 ppm Fe. Potassium about 20 ppm a week. My sword plants are very happy, as are all my other plants. Light is 192 watts PC (~4 wpg), CO2 is 2x 1 liter DIY. Substrate is EcoComplete.
Here it was a few weeks ago, it's in the left-center background. Looks pretty good here!
Here it is now:
closeup: