pruning hygrophilia

[cichlidlover]

hi all,
this might sound stupid, but how do I prune hygrophilia?
my plants seem to be growing well (had a little bit of GSA when i started the new tank) but they seem to be growing well at the top and shedding leaves from the bottom...do i pinch out the tops?
I feed TNC complete at 5/7 mil a day (instead of 25mil a week) so i thought the plants would now be growing well.
I have 80 watts of lighting and inject co2 at 3 BPS in my 125 ltr tank (using a DC with 4DKH water) the plants are quite well spaced so I would have thought that the bases would get enough light? my ciculation is also good at around 15 times turnover.

thank

mark

 

[JenCliBee]

All the relevant info should be found here..... http://www.ukaps.org/plant-maintenance.htm

 

[Alastair]

I'm not too sure it's purely down to lack of light that they are shedding lower leaves, it can be down to co2 flow also. In this thread viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1167 about half way down, clive aka ceg4048 explains that his pogostomon/eustaralis stellata, even with low light at it's base manages to retain it's lower leaves with pics to prove..it's worth a read

As for pruning hygro I tend to trim the tops and replant alongside the bottom half. Always worked for me
Hope it helps

Alastair