Triton
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Moved around my emersed tanks so I have room for the huge (300+ plants) plant order I have coming Monday lol
From my 20g Planted Tank Rescape thread...
Got some new plants today:
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Pogostemon helferi (Downoi)
Pogostemon erectus
Rotala wallichii
Planted the Downoi along the left side, wallichii at the center left, and P. erectus at the center right:
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Did some trimming and rearranging to make room for the new plants. Never kept these before so my fingers are crossed.
Your tank is very beautifully scaped. Lovely color combos and textures.
The light for those seem to be my problem. I covet Pogostemon Helferi in luscious bundles, lol. Someday more light I guess (and glut). I am not up for co2.![]()
I hope your pH and the stores are about the same. This stuff is trial and error and sometimes there are better results than others but it is awesome and I will drool over yours as it grows up. I have tried Downoi 3 times now in several tanks on the 3 occasions and it seems it just has to have more than I am offering atm. I got some to grow for a few months and was hopeful but then it just disappeared, lol.Thank you so much! Last year my goal was to simply grow plants. I think I had a monoculture of broadleaf chain sword. With contributions from other AA members and a few purchases, I am trying to get some diversity in there. The pressurized CO2 has only been there 2 months. Took me forever to finally decide and get one . It was not that expensive and since I only run two tanks (the other is a very low maintenance shrimp tank) the overall expenses are pretty low. Plus, I have not purchased any new fish in 20 months (and counting).
The P helferi were grown emersed so I am hoping with enough CO2 and water movement that it will transition to its submerged form with no meltdown.
I hope your pH and the stores are about the same. This stuff is trial and error and sometimes there are better results than others but it is awesome and I will drool over yours as it grows up. I have tried Downoi 3 times now in several tanks on the 3 occasions and it seems it just has to have more than I am offering atm. I got some to grow for a few months and was hopeful but then it just disappeared, lol.
I also love this plant Hygrophila pinnatifida You should grow it for me, lol.The leaves and colors are so amazing. Anyway keep up the great work!! It is fun to see the victories.
Plants came from Aquarium Plants Central. They actually gave me twice the amount of Pogostemon erectus and Rotala wallichii. I have no room for the extra plants so I might setup my grow out tank (it's a 24" 6.6g tank with a pair of CFLs) or put them outside in my pond. Not sure yet. For now the extra plants are just floating in the planted tank.
The Hygro looks nice. If I had the room in my planted tank I would do that!
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Autumnsky, that's a beautiful setup.
I'm currently finishing up my 90 gallon deep in wall saltwater tank. Hope to have it start cycling by the end of this weekend.
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