hn5624
New Member
So I've been growing them out for a few months now in lower lighting and I've got a theory.
All of my buces I've bought with originally large and submersed leaves (not transitioning) seem to all turning into dwarfs.
All new leaves are incredibly small and multiple growing crowns on the same stem. The issue is they don't seem to really get much bigger leaves overtime. Leaves stay small and they keep growing a lot of crowns. I will post some pics later with my DSLR camera to show you what I mean.
My conditions are
Low light.
Medium CO2.
Lean dosing.
Ro water remineralized to 100tds.
Im starting to think for buces to grow larger leaves (and thicker) you need higher lighting to trigger it.
Another thing could be they don't like lean dosing too much, so if you could post your nitrate levels or how much you dose that helps too.
For reference
Here is a pic of it grown in ada Amazonia + worm castings (very heavy in nutrients). Planted directly into the substrate with good roots. Ones in growing right now don't look nearly big or full. Especially when attached onto rocks.
40+ ppm of CO2 as well with estimate index dosing. 150+ par. (48 watt led over a 20 gallon long.)
Here's one with lower lighting, but much higher CO2. Much less "dwarfism" happening here. Perhaps CO2 is the biggest difference? Most of them are super glued onto coconut husks here
Just a theory so I'd like to see some of ur buce tanks + tank conditions for some more examples.
All of my buces I've bought with originally large and submersed leaves (not transitioning) seem to all turning into dwarfs.
All new leaves are incredibly small and multiple growing crowns on the same stem. The issue is they don't seem to really get much bigger leaves overtime. Leaves stay small and they keep growing a lot of crowns. I will post some pics later with my DSLR camera to show you what I mean.
My conditions are
Low light.
Medium CO2.
Lean dosing.
Ro water remineralized to 100tds.
Im starting to think for buces to grow larger leaves (and thicker) you need higher lighting to trigger it.
Another thing could be they don't like lean dosing too much, so if you could post your nitrate levels or how much you dose that helps too.
For reference
Here is a pic of it grown in ada Amazonia + worm castings (very heavy in nutrients). Planted directly into the substrate with good roots. Ones in growing right now don't look nearly big or full. Especially when attached onto rocks.
40+ ppm of CO2 as well with estimate index dosing. 150+ par. (48 watt led over a 20 gallon long.)
Here's one with lower lighting, but much higher CO2. Much less "dwarfism" happening here. Perhaps CO2 is the biggest difference? Most of them are super glued onto coconut husks here
Just a theory so I'd like to see some of ur buce tanks + tank conditions for some more examples.
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