Good Parvula / Bad Acicularis

[GDM]

Dear All,

I'm a bit confused.
My new tank has been up and running for three weeks. I bought immersed / in vitro Acicularis and Parvula.

As per my title,my Parvula is going great guns but the Acicularis is dying back terribly. There appears to be a little new growth on the Acicularis but this may be the last few strands holding on for dear life. Tank position does seem influential either.

I'm Ei dosing / have a nice lime green drop checker / twin external canisters and a tunze nanostream to help circulation.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Best
Garry

 

[Jose]

Dear All,

I'm a bit confused.
My new tank has been up and running for three weeks. I bought immersed / in vitro Acicularis and Parvula.

As per my title,my Parvula is going great guns but the Acicularis is dying back terribly. There appears to be a little new growth on the Acicularis but this may be the last few strands holding on for dear life. Tank position does seem influential either.

I'm Ei dosing / have a nice lime green drop checker / twin external canisters and a tunze nanostream to help circulation.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Best
Garry

There is less CO2 at the bottom of any tank. Carpet plants do require higher levels of co2. I recommend using a ph pen to do a pH profile so that you can see if youve actually got enough co2 in there.

 

[Rahms]

do you mean submersed or emersed? immersed=submersed but people don't normally use that so I'm unsure

If its emersed acicularis, some of it will die off and look sad when you submerge it. Its best to chop it down short (~1inch) immediately after planting, which should spur on some new growth. If it doesn't recover and you want to try again, go to a garden centre pond section. I picked up a huge tub for 4 quid!

 

[GDM]

do you mean submersed or emersed? immersed=submersed but people don't normally use that so I'm unsure

If its emersed acicularis, some of it will die off and look sad when you submerge it. Its best to chop it down short (~1inch) immediately after planting, which should spur on some new growth. If it doesn't recover and you want to try again, go to a garden centre pond section. I picked up a huge tub for 4 quid!

Hi Rahms,

Yes it's emersed. Which makes sense. Again, looking tonight there does appear to be a little bit more growth.

It's really odd that I had emersed Acicularis, Parvula & Tennelus green all from the same source at the same time and only the Acicularis has died back. The other two have grown really well, especially the tennelus; it's going great guns.

How should I keep the Tennelus in check trimming wise?

Thanks for the reassurance - I'm learning nothing happens too quickly but it's tricky to know when to sit on your hands and let nature take its course.

Thanks
Garry

 

[Rahms]

last time I had tenellus it didn't do much (no idea what I was doing!) but this thread seems to say just trim it like other grasses.