ScareCrow
Member
Hi all,
I've been struggling for the past year with plant growth in my low tech tank, specifically variegated hygrophila polysperma.
I used to have a low tech tank with variegated hygro in, which grew really well and had good colour to it. I got the plants from aquadistri and they had good variegation when I got them. The plant's I currently have were sold as rosanervig from eBay and I think we're grown emersed. Is this a different species? I've looked at tropica plants in shops and they also don't have the colour of the plants I got from aquadistri years ago. Does anyone have any ideas that could improve plant growth and colour. I completely lost some Ludwigia super red but plants like pogostemon helferi are growing well. I'm out of ideas of what the issue could be!
My tank specs now are:
Aqua nano 40
Cat litter substrate
chihiros rgb 30 (just above the water at full power)
Dose EI at 50% dose
Dose liquid carbon daily
Weekly 50% water change
My tank specs when I had good plant growth:
Aqua start 500
Tetra complete substrate
No dosing
Weekly 25% water change
Thanks in advance for your help.
I've been struggling for the past year with plant growth in my low tech tank, specifically variegated hygrophila polysperma.
I used to have a low tech tank with variegated hygro in, which grew really well and had good colour to it. I got the plants from aquadistri and they had good variegation when I got them. The plant's I currently have were sold as rosanervig from eBay and I think we're grown emersed. Is this a different species? I've looked at tropica plants in shops and they also don't have the colour of the plants I got from aquadistri years ago. Does anyone have any ideas that could improve plant growth and colour. I completely lost some Ludwigia super red but plants like pogostemon helferi are growing well. I'm out of ideas of what the issue could be!
My tank specs now are:
Aqua nano 40
Cat litter substrate
chihiros rgb 30 (just above the water at full power)
Dose EI at 50% dose
Dose liquid carbon daily
Weekly 50% water change
My tank specs when I had good plant growth:
Aqua start 500
Tetra complete substrate
No dosing
Weekly 25% water change
Thanks in advance for your help.