Hi everyone.
I have fish in the tank now, and everything is going OK, but I am having some issues with the glosso.
Basically, it grows up - the longest shoot up is about 7cm or so! I am still using the stock lighting (90w over 40 gallons, so roughly just over 2wpg with reflectors), and can't really afford any massive changes right now (ie, the inclusion of another tube or two) - plus I seem to have achieved some kind of balance as well where algae is at a minimum. But I understand that if it is growing up, light is an issue?
Is there any way to 'train' the glosso - I did cut it short once and re-plant the cuttings, but the re-planted cuttings grew up again. Growth seems to be quite quick, but definitely up. There seem to be very few runners out to the side as well.
I am dosing 10ml of TPN+ per day, 50% water change each week, lights are stock with a 6 hour photoperiod, and CO2 is from a FE turned on 2 hours before lights-on and off same time as lights. I have the drop checker showing a constant lime-green colour all the way through the time that the lights are on.
Is there any way to make the glosso grow out instead of up, without having to upgrade anything?
If not, is there another plant that would achieve a similar effect, but is less demanding light-wise?
Thanks,
Matt