New 5.5 US Gallon Low Light Non Co2 Tank

[faizal]

Yes Matt,....I can see what you mean. They would look rather funny. Big leaves at the bottom & real teeny weenie ones at the top . You've got admit it though,....they really do look kind of cute.

Darrel,...the cabomba that I refer to is cabomba Caroliniana. It wasn't a limnophila species. Do you think they melted because my light levels were high for a non co2 setup? Is it sensitive to co2? It is listed as Medium Difficulty by Tropica's website (meaning demands better growing conditions, requires medium to good light & most often requiring CO2)

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I can not help with the Potamogeton species ID, it may be worth posting it over on LFKC as I know Dee on there has kept quite a few different species of it.

Can you (or Paulo) post images on LFKC for me? or email them to Dee? I'm happy to send some plant material, I have plenty spare.

I'm not sure about the Cabomba, my tanks vary in light levels (from a single 11W CFL, up to 400W HPS) and it does all right in all of these, but most of them have bright ambient light as well. I don't have PAR meter, but I would think that all the tanks are all medium light or higher and I usually have a 12 hour photo-period. It is a true aquatic so atmospheric CO2 levels shouldn't be a problem.

My tank water is quite soft (basically nearly 100% rain-water) about 4 dkH and 150microS conductivity, so that might be the difference, if it isn't a light effect. A lot of the stems will be 70 - 80 cm long when I take them out, with leaves right to the bases, so it is a pretty fast grower even grown in very nutrient poor conditions.

cheers Darrel

 

[a1Matt]

I've posted a thread up on UKAPS, I will let you know if it is fruitful ( http://www.lfkc.co.uk/index.php?topic=1633.new#new ). That is nice to have stems growing healthily in 150microS conductivity