fish_4_all
Aquarium Advice Addict
I now have some plants I plan to grow from their submerged form to emersed. I know the plants will do it but what do they need?
I know once they break the surface that they will get more CO2 from the air and that lighting requirements go down drastically but what happens to the bottoms of the plants? Do I need to provide the same light to the bottoms to keep the plant growing or will the bottoms be fine? I know I need to dose still because the nutrients will be taken up by the roots and emersed growth but should I dose more because of the increased demands of both the emersed and submerged? Should I expect the plant to revert to a complete emersed form and only have roots in the water with the stems slowly rotting away?
The plants will be Riccia, Ludwigia Repens, Bacopa Australis and another Ludwigia species that I now do not know what species it is. Thought it was Repens but since I received some true repens it is obviously not repens, . Also, does anyone have more suggestions as to which other plants could work well growing from submerged to emersed?
I know once they break the surface that they will get more CO2 from the air and that lighting requirements go down drastically but what happens to the bottoms of the plants? Do I need to provide the same light to the bottoms to keep the plant growing or will the bottoms be fine? I know I need to dose still because the nutrients will be taken up by the roots and emersed growth but should I dose more because of the increased demands of both the emersed and submerged? Should I expect the plant to revert to a complete emersed form and only have roots in the water with the stems slowly rotting away?
The plants will be Riccia, Ludwigia Repens, Bacopa Australis and another Ludwigia species that I now do not know what species it is. Thought it was Repens but since I received some true repens it is obviously not repens, . Also, does anyone have more suggestions as to which other plants could work well growing from submerged to emersed?