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I've found Pogostemon erectus to be far more difficult to grow than 'Monte Carlo'. So it would be strange to me of that was OK but the MMC isn't. Without a PAR meter you are guessing about the light levels. Can you borrow one or a SenEye Reef? I think it could be too much light and not enough...

I have the opposite experience to Troi. MMC can grow horizontally in low light (less than 30 PAR). You may be able to see lots of CO2 bubbles but it how much CO2 are you injecting? I would be worth making sure that you are really getting a pH decrease of 1 unit from when the CO2 comes on to...

Interesting... I'm lucky enough to have soft water and I've grown Tropica 1-2-Grow! 'Rotala Bonsai' with no problems. I didn't fancy my chances at the time as the plants from the pot are so tiny and even George Farmer apparently has had issues with it melting. Of course, there's plenty other...

I use a knife to cut it into neat pieces. Then bury it deep, try to push it in the soil at an angle. If that fails buy some JBL Plantis plant holders. P

Vote for Pedro!;) In my limited experience it's harder than other plants I've tried. It's in Tropica's Advanced category after all- a CO2 junkie! Pedro must be a green-fingered guru! I no doubt will try again as it looks gorgeous. My best attempt lasted about a month before CO2 deficiency aka...

I would say that putting Hemianthus micranthemoides in an aquarium causes it to melt! P

Don't do that! 'Ammania' is way easier in my experience... :confused: P

I've killed 'Monte Carlo' before with too much H2O2 but never heard of anyone damaging it with Easycarbo... How long have you had it? How long have you had the algae? The fact that there is algae suggests too much light relative to CO2 and/or it's distribution. P

If you do pull out the plants... I think it really helps to have excellent quality plants from the start (you still have to get your technique right of course). I'm not in the UK but check out the sponsors of this forum. I can really recommend Aquasabi.com. They're based in Germany. P

Also, I wouldn't give credit for the reduced BBA to Algexit! It should mean that YOU are doing something right!

Hmm. I think if you search the forum for 'Beamsworks' you will find other people using them successfully. It's a cheaper Chinese unit but if it says 6500k it's probably 6500k. I've not used one myself though. P

I really agree with Paulo about the issue of getting good dissolution of CO2 in a reactor or really small bubbles from a diffuser. This isn't a problem for me because luckily I have soft water and my Up in-line atomiser never gets clogged enough to cause a problem. I tried using various in-tank...

It's all about the CO2 and getting it to the plants with good flow. You need to find out what the KH of the water is. Then measure the pH at the time when the CO2 has been off for the night and should be at equilibrium with the CO2 from the air. It might not get to equilibrium however, without...

Staurogyne can be a PITA sometimes. It needs a lot of CO2 which is difficult to ensure at the substrate level. When leaves fall off stem plants it seems to be a sign of poor CO2 or that the flow isn't getting the CO2 to it. I can clearly see CO2 mist in the photo but is it enough and are you...

Why do you expect every leaf to be perfect? These are semi-aquatic plants after all so they do better growing out of water, physically change and often suffer during the transition from emersed to submersed. I think the plant you mentioned (HP) is pretty hard to grow and maintain a nice...

It looks just like the short variety I have. Max. height is 8cm. German link: http://www.aquamoos.de/product_info.php?products_id=721

I think you should give it more time. Not using CO2 means slower growth and so the Marsilea will take a bit longer to acclimatize. You should see some new stems emerge eventually.

Yes! Lovely crystal clear water. Looks great even if you don't have optiwhite glass. I think it depends on the forum. Here on 'the continent', some ADA-fans like to fill their filter with 90% activated carbon, at least for the first month or so, then they replace half of it with some other bio...

Well Marsilea has individual leaves on stalks. I don't think it will give you a 'tight' carpet at least not straight away. I've only had mine a few days so I don't have a great idea about what it will finally look like.

Yep, Marsilea crenata is tiny compared to the older Tropica Marsilea hirsuta.

Beat me to it!

I like it!

This: - http://www.tropica.com/en/plants/plantdescription.aspx?pid=025

Are you sure it's Micranthemum Monte Carlo? I have this plant as a carpet. It took weeks to get going but it definitely grows sideways not up. I have plenty of CO2 and even increased the light intensity a bit. The side shoots have quite large leaves, then it fills in with slightly smaller...

Love the look of this plant. As an absolute beginner I somehow managed to keep it for several months before I temporarily ran out of CO2 and it got covered in BBA. For my second try, it sent out loads of runners and spread quickly. However, it then just started losing all it's leaves until I...

I've had success with this plant with CO2 and low light, it recovered from an almost dead pot of the Tropica 1-2-Grow! variety. I use tap water but the KH and GH are quite low where I am. However, I agree with Nathaniel that you should look at reducing the lighting by a lot. P

Sorry, I meant Alternathera reineckii (1-2-Grow!). If I can find room for it I might get some Ludwigia sp. later as from what I've read, it's easy, very red and stays that way. Don't rule out Rotala macandra. I had a 1-2-Grow! pot where most of the plantlets seemed dead or dying. However, they...

Hi, I have the both those plants. They're easy to grow but the Limnophila is only slightly pink on the underside of the leaves. My water is probably a bit softer than yours if that has anything to do with red colouration... Cheers, P

Thanks Ian. Unfortunately, although my HC is finally growing nice and low, the Cories uproot it at about the same rate! P

Hi Ian, Did your Cories uproot much of the HC? Cheers, P

That's also on their website. There are also some videos on youtube and there's a pdf catalogue you can download from them too. Planting 1-2 Grow! (in-vitro) plants is pretty much the same regardless of the species. 1) wash the jelly off, 2) cut into 4-8 smaller pieces. 3) plant! P

10cm is possible, you should read Tropica's article about it: - Tropica Aquarium Plants - Marsilea hirsuta There are different types of growth with about 3 different types of leaf. Some of them are on quite tall stalks but you can trim them down. If you don't trim it, you might end up with...

Hi, Staurogyne repens can definitely take a Cory bashing IME. You could try Marsilea hirsuta too. I'm interested to try Elatine as I too have had Corys wreck HC. Tropica sell an in-vitro Elatine but I don't think it's the same as the one you mentioned. P

Hi, This one or hairgrass... Tropica Aquarium Plants - Marsilea hirsuta

On closer inspection, one of the plants isn't really rooted. It's runners that stop it from floating away! I can increase the lighting a little bit cause at the moment it's only at 80% (TMC MiniLED 400).

Thanks for the replies! I'm using James' Planted Tank recipe for EI solution. This is 5ml for 50l but I'm adding 10. For Micros again I'm adding a bit more than the recommended 2.5ml. I guess adding 2ml of Easycarbo daily and upping the ferts some more can't do any harm. And hopefully it's just...

That's what I'm hoping! At the minute it looks a bit stupid with a tall bare stem and mainly leaves on top. However, there do seem to be new leaves starting to grow where the old ones were. However, I've seen plenty of smaller leaves come off too...

Thanks for your reply! CO2 levels and distribution are OK I think, though I could try adding some Easycarbo to see if that helps... I have an Up atomiser on the filter inlet side. CO2 is on from 13:00-21:00. Lights are on from 15:00-22:00. It is a cube aquarium and the drop checker is in the...

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a plant problem? I have some Hygrophila pinnatifida and recently it's been losing a ton of leaves. They become yellow and then fall off. The plants are putting out plenty of runners but even some of these are losing their leaves. On the whole...

I let my Rotala grow to the surface and then trimmed it quite severely. It took 4 weeks to grow back (with CO2 and ferts). For such an attractive plant, I'd say the maintenance is worth it!

Ahoj aquascapers, I recently planted my tank with plants from my LFS, so perhaps unlike mail order ones they have been immersed for some time. I wanted some Myriophyllum scabratum but all my LFS had was some very sorry-looking M. aquaticum (I think). It is about 20cm high with only the top...