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I just cut the stems off as low to the ground as possible and replant in amongst the old roots. I figure they will break down pretty quick and release their nutrients back to the substrate. This also stops the mess from uprooting anything..

lower the water level a little its too wet.. you can also mist with a dilute mixture of excel and water, this will kill and moulds and fungus..

you could use old aquasoil that has turned to mud, place it in large flat plastic containers, fill it up and plant some cuttings. as the water evaporates the plants will start growing emergent leaves and once the water is below mud level, just water enough to keep it moist. this will have to be...

+1 its normal its the growing tip...

+1 on some root tabs or root ferts.. flourite black sand is nice to plant in and looks good, but does not contain many nutrients..

i just mow mine too...

would you say the area you are in is quite humid? i could not do this in johannesburg...

yup! i have seen several threads on APC's emersed section growing this. I have also seen some people dry starting with this..

topping it and replanting is a great way to start fresh. once it gets to the height that you want it, trim it down by about 2/3rds. you can replant these tops again if you want to make it bushier, but in my experience it does that on its own.. after that first large trim you can then just keep...

wendtii brown, once it has settled in, 2-3 months, it is very vigorous as sending out new plantlets

not sure if the pics came up in a different order, but i would say #2 is hm and #3 is didiplis..

looks like what my wendtii's do in my high tech...

from aqua-journal: There are three popular species of Lilaeopsis: Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, Lilaeopsis novae zelandia and Lilaeopsis mauritiana from the shortest to the tallest. so yeah, definitely looks like mauritiana...

plant in the front is hygrophila difformis, plants at the back are pogostemon helferi

great photo! madagascan lace?

james had a good idea about using a haidressers clip for trimming moss. place the clip, trim the moss and remove, rinse repeat :P i always end up with moss all over when i trim, it is terrible, i tried the siphon but it did not work out too well for me, so will definitely try the clip idea...

seems like downoi likes stable water parameters more than a specific range, and even sudden changes like a 50% water change can induce melting. if you are getting immersed plants, ask what the parameters of the tank that it comes from are, and then try and replicate that, then slowly bring that...

a nice low light carpet that amano uses quite a bit is echinodorous tenellus, or helianthum tenellum.

what are you doing to get it that red? it looks awesome!

hi tomo, it usually creeps if you have good light. also whenever you trim it, the shoots grow out at an angle, if you want it to keep growing straight up, you need to keep replanting the shoots, and not trimming the main stems...

check out liverworts, you get some that grow very similar to lichen...

is this blyxa japonica that is reddish in color or blyxa novoguineensis?

flame moss really likes to grow upwards, dont know if that will be the best moss for a wall. it works better as a foregorund.

i have hc growing nicely in my 16l with only excel. it grows slowly but it is really healthy!

you can try adding some kcl, look for a sodium free table salt substitute, usually in health food stores etc.

if you are seeing pinholing it might also be a potassium deficiency

was it sprouting from a bulb? it looks like a green nymphaea, or waterlily

i dont see any stem plants in there... do you mean the ones with the purple leaves on the left and the similar looking one with green leaves to the right? if so, those are cryptocorynes, the purple brown one looks like a wendtii brown and the green looks like a wendtii green, hope that helps