Weekly update... just letting the plants grow.
Buce. Antyovani appeared in my LFS. Internet says that is an farmed species from an Indonesian nursery with relatively large leaves ... so not another Brownie variant, I just had to get it and make space for it
The
AR Mini bush at the left seems to have been quietly growing.
As I have not made much progress with the
L. Sengalensis, I decided to let them grow instead of trimming them. My reasoning was to let them establish a decent root system (hard to do if I trim & replant them constantly) and see whether that would help with growth. Interesting, one stem split into 3 at the crown... not even clear which is the original crown.
Eriocaulon "Polaris" (also known as "Japan") getting a bit overgrown, but the cherry shrimp love it a lot and are keeping it clean. There are no instructions on the internet how to trim this? Do I treat it like hairgrass and hack away? On the left and right of the Polaris are the
E. Cinerums which prefer to send out flowers rather than grow bushier.
I've not had any success with
R Florida. Can I blame my water gH for this? (its 6). I've just left these 2 stems at the side of the tank since they are still alive and there's a little bit of colour.
I have
Eriocaulon Vietnam in the extreme left and right of the tank, both are pretty heavily shaded but are doing fine. Previously I had the similar looking
Helanthium Bolivianum in my tank and I must say I much prefer the Vietnam for a number of reasons. Behind the Erio you can see the bottom leaves of the
Ludwigia Sphaerocarpa not looking too good. The plant is definitely still growing but need to figure out how to help it out. There is a Co2 diffuser right next to it on the left so it gets the Co2 mist.
Finally,
Ammania Pedicatella. The stem on the left is doing a lot better than the one of the right, maybe because the one on the left has more light? The condition of the lower leaves suggests I still got a lot of work to do...
Buried amongst the plants is my other
Erio Vietnam, which seems ok with being in the shade and crowded by the
R. Bonsai.