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Yes, sorry looking plants, Vasteq's image is a healthy plant. No one is going to keep the white ones in the hobby submersed for long. At least looking like that. I get nice solid white new leaves etc, but after a few days, they get some green. They start off whiter and get greener under water...

Sorry, I think what I wrote is confused here, I wanted to state that not enough CO2 was the issue. Not enough vs No CO2. Gloss can easily be grown at low light. 30-40 umols. I'd say the OP has too much current if anything. Take those rocks out and peroxide them.

No CO2...........you should see new growth asap, a week or two tops. CO2 issue here. Without CO2 issues: Before trim: After trim Week later: 2 weeks later: 3 weeks later:

18C seems okay.

No, it's nothing like Elatine of any species in that genus. It's a Micrantherum most likely, a variant perhaps of M. umbrosum, which is what I 1st thought it was, but not as delicate, and the carpeting? It's much better and compact that Gloss, and it does well at 30 micro mols of light. I have...

FYI do not trust drop checkers, they have some serious issues, particularly if you need to go above 30 ppm. Yellow is yellow, does not really tell you that much or is that precise. I suggest pH and a meter. See the pH/Kh table and adjust from there. At least that way you have a good relative...

I'd add 5 mls of excel per 10 Gal of tank. Some of the plants look like Nitrogen issues. I'd dose about 1/4 EI suggestions for this. Shrimp are more an issue here. What is the TDS of the tank water? Many try for 150-350 or so. Adding ferts increases it.

Both CO2/light, and even nutrients. When the leaf is not worth keeping around because it is not cxontributing much/anything to the whole plant, then the plants will sacrifice it. Self pruning is another way to look at it. Takes the old leaves and use them as reserves..........to the new...

I had a small crack in one of my pipes on my CO2 regulator, could not find it, even though I knew it was a CO2 issue. NEVER rely on a drop checker, it's got only 3 real measurements, too much, too little, just right and even these are VERY relative, 30ppm might not be enough for one tank, and...

Blender + water + moss then paint the mix on the rocks, then grow in a terrarium and spray with tank water 2-3x a day, it;'ll attach in 1-2 weeks and then you can transfer to a tank.

Here's the latest mowing I did: Before: After: It'll take 1 week for new tips to grow, then it'll start to fill in 2 weeks and by the 3-4 weeks, it'll make a nice carpet.

Trim the other plants on both side and see how the plant responds. I bet you'll see better growth in a week. Keep the other weedy stem plants hacked back, otherwise you end up having a case where the plant-plant competition for CO2 becomes VERY strong. Since the other stems are CLOSER to the...

Well, plants are fairly adaptable, so they can respond nicely in non limiting ranges and also in limiting cases also. the question is really what method has a high % of success, simple, easy to do etc, vs another? This might works for 80 people but not 20, and those 20 will complain a lot. For...

We have a similar species, P americana, but I've never once seen that in any aquariums, threatened etc on some list by the Wildlife managers. I'd jump at the chance of getting it.

New growth takes about 2-3 weeks typically, then it takes off, then about 3-6 weeks later, it starts to get dense etc.

Patience, it will start to make a dense mat. Just takes time is all.

It's not growth, it's simply taking in water and stretching...........much like those long balloons. the balloon itself have not grown in terms of mass, it's just filled with pressurized air. Same thing with plants, they will stretch at night, but growth is defined as a net increase in carbon...

Just give it time, the plant will get better each week.

Those poor plants:) That's likely CO2 issue there. The plant does little for 1-2 weeks(well, it's more like a Crypt in many ways, big root systems) then goes mad.

If you have seen well grown R colorata in person....it is MUCH different even at the highest dosing rates. It looks just like the nicer pics on line. The other difference is that my plants are 2-3x as large in diameter. I've had R indica turn red and many of the Rotala and a few Ludwigia with N...

My light and ADA's is about 0.4 w/liter of tank and these tanks are 60cm deep and the lights are another 35 cm above the water minimum. I have several red plants, all of which are much " so called harder to grow" and I dose the snot out of the KNO3, 45 ppm a week and dose a lot Trace mix and...

My advice is rather simple, I suppose Amano's is as well. Focus on good generla growth of the plants and horticulture, then you can garden nicely. One thing that is rarely mentioned, those nice Asian Red rotala domes you see? That's Rotala colorata, NOT, indica...........or rotundfloria or...

Which is to say PO4 thus the ratio itself, is independent, thus does not matter in the context of aquatic plants,. The RR is perhaps the single most abused concept in aquatic biology. Charles on a Dutch site also abused this and made some poor assumptions and got caught.........but then did not...

To help with this question, some examples of what you like would be most helpful. Just link the pics etc.......hard to help someone with scape advice till they focus on a goal. It can be a picture of some place etc also..........

Having grown more than perhaps any other hobbyists and sold several thousand dollar's worth, I might know this plant pretty well. I add 2tsp pf KNO3(15ppm) 2-3 xa week, I feed the snot out of the Cards........ I add 1 tsp of KH2PO3 3x a week 50-80 mls of a CMS+ Fe DTPA solution mix, Fe is...

Good CO2, clean filtered water, ADa AS, but I add a lot more nutrients to the water column. I've had the plants melt some, loose leaves for 2-3 weeks, then stop and regrow well/aggressively. There was lull in the care of the tank, it's happened 2x, the plants loose leaves and clog filters etc...

I do not think the ratio of Mg:Ca has beans to do with plant growth other than above an absolute value for each as limiting nutrient, => Liebig's law. Least that is what all the mineral nutrition experts here say (Dr Bloom, he's down the hall from me at UCD, see Epstein and Bloom for a text on...

It's typically not a hard plant, if there's ample nutrients(easy to do/rule out), and its not a light demanding plant in the least, softer water is better than hard, then it's really a CO2 issue. Some of my clients did well with it, even at 1.2 meters deep. So not much light was getting there...

Those images have been photo shopped. Tell you what, take a slight red image.Go to Hue and reduce it just a hair and then a bit more and watch the other colors so you do not go too far to make things look freakish. You'll see what I mean. Say you have a green scape without reds or you do not...

Some species of Ludwigia, a new one for this location. Regards, Tom barr

Well, new spot today, look at the wood also: The Aquatics: What Real manzanita driftwood is suppose to look like, not those silly floral arrangement pieces......... Yes, I have several of these trees. Now for the plants: this was at Table Mt near Oroville, at the peak flower display, I've...

I have long been driving, hiking, swimming, biking around the rural areas I live. Today it's a nice warm spring day in Northern CA. I look for wood, for rock, for wildflowers, waterfalls, trees, anything of interest, and I also look for aquatic plants. CA is not really known for aquatic plants...

As you can see and if you know how things are hydrologically in Brasil, you know that these plants, as well as all river plants are exposed to very large water level changes every season, so they are underwater for a few months, but mostly above water, same for swords, Crypts etc. Regards, Tom...

It's all over the SE USA, you cannot miss this weed. It's everywhere. "Cuba" is the same genetics I'd bet. Regards, Tom Barr

How many ways can we kill shrimp not related to anything todo with plants and rule those out as the causes here? 1001 at least............... Rather than doing that, I have Cherry's and CRS's, they breed and are berried. I dose EI in these tanks, they have been set up for 1 years or more now...

Please note, that ever single nutrient deficiency example from any other source than aquarium aquatic plants is hardly of use. These plants are NOT CO2 limited. So assuming that all f our plants and their issues are the same is not a good assumption. CO2 must be addressed well before looking...

As long as the moss does have some access, eg a moist environment with some nutrients, you should be fine. Think terrarium moss. Regards, Tom Barr

I think many of them will not survive the winters in the UK. In parts of the USA, some are illegal, where as other locations, they are not. Still, good education, awareness and we all know how frigging weedy they become when given good conditions........always discuss these issues with Pond...

The Singapore dealers often sell it. You might try German sources and Tropica perhaps. Malta has that other species. They should be flowering about now and going to seed, so you might try asking for seeds from Malta. I do not keep such weedy plants any more, at least not right now, but perhaps...

I've found it in irrigation canals here. It's native to CA. It grows really FAST AND IS PRETTY, BUT LIKE GLOSS, CAN OVERWHELM. Seeds travel well and if you can ship it inside 96 hours or less. It should handle chilling well, but not freezing. Regards, Tom barr

parva is easy to ID. It really liked high light for a few hours each day. I had it flower submersed once letting sunlight hit it for a few hours each day with the normal FL's lights. Regards, Tom Barr