ari
Fish Fanatic
two plants that i really have trouble dealing with is the Eusterglis Stellata and one Hemianthus species which i couldnt clearly id.
as for the stellata, i have tried planting them many times and had never tasted any sucess. either they loses their colouration or they simply rot away.
i have tried everything , adding iron fertilizers, pumping up the co2, the best lighting, and yet they doesnt seems to work for me. mind u, its
not cheap to purchase them.even though they are termed as a diffcult plant to care for ...i have seen some very nice stellata grow big and healthy in a very simple tank setup.
the hemianthus species i mention above is a native of thailand, they are actually a very common plant that could be found in clear water streams and pools. in the the wild they look really stuning, carpetting the banks. they dont actually grow tall, infact they grow horizontally, just like the glosso.
like the stellata story , i had limited sucess with this plant...infact they simply rot away within a week or two after planting.
ONE MORE ATTEMPT AT THE PLANTS THAT REFUSE TO GROW FOR ME
few weeks back my cousin who lives in guangzhou, southern china send me some native chinese plants which he collected wild. in this shipment is five stellatta. the good thing about wild plants is ...they comes with roots. most asian planters would trim off the roots for the obvious reason that they dont expect u to have any sucess and hoping that u will come back and buy more from them.
of the 5 , 2 was badly damage, i gave one to my friend and keep two. the stems are thick and fat, a far cry from the toothpick size stellata from the LFS.
since i didnt get much sucess with my indoor tanks , this time round i planted them in my outdoor one. the thing is this tank has no Co2 or any good lighting system...but it does have some direct sunlight for a few hours in the early mornings...and above all it is exposed to the nite mist ...which many believe could do wonders to plants.
this actually an old tank which i redid, removing some plants which i got bored with
hemianthus two weeks after they are planted. they are growing and im amazed that they respond to setup that lack equipments.
i skip the iron supplements and uses gel fertilizers instead for the stellata. there must be reason why this plants never grow in the past, so i did not want to use the medication and equipments i once used for them.
i took a big risk in prunning this stellata. but i check the roots and found they are growing steadly. lets hope there would be some new shoots soon
lotus as the background plant
this red lotus is from china
a lotus seed. lets see what it grows into
the reason why i redid this tank was the problem with algae
this was how the tank look like before the rework. sorry i cant resize this photoi
as for the stellata, i have tried planting them many times and had never tasted any sucess. either they loses their colouration or they simply rot away.
i have tried everything , adding iron fertilizers, pumping up the co2, the best lighting, and yet they doesnt seems to work for me. mind u, its
not cheap to purchase them.even though they are termed as a diffcult plant to care for ...i have seen some very nice stellata grow big and healthy in a very simple tank setup.
the hemianthus species i mention above is a native of thailand, they are actually a very common plant that could be found in clear water streams and pools. in the the wild they look really stuning, carpetting the banks. they dont actually grow tall, infact they grow horizontally, just like the glosso.
like the stellata story , i had limited sucess with this plant...infact they simply rot away within a week or two after planting.
ONE MORE ATTEMPT AT THE PLANTS THAT REFUSE TO GROW FOR ME
few weeks back my cousin who lives in guangzhou, southern china send me some native chinese plants which he collected wild. in this shipment is five stellatta. the good thing about wild plants is ...they comes with roots. most asian planters would trim off the roots for the obvious reason that they dont expect u to have any sucess and hoping that u will come back and buy more from them.
of the 5 , 2 was badly damage, i gave one to my friend and keep two. the stems are thick and fat, a far cry from the toothpick size stellata from the LFS.
since i didnt get much sucess with my indoor tanks , this time round i planted them in my outdoor one. the thing is this tank has no Co2 or any good lighting system...but it does have some direct sunlight for a few hours in the early mornings...and above all it is exposed to the nite mist ...which many believe could do wonders to plants.
this actually an old tank which i redid, removing some plants which i got bored with
hemianthus two weeks after they are planted. they are growing and im amazed that they respond to setup that lack equipments.
i skip the iron supplements and uses gel fertilizers instead for the stellata. there must be reason why this plants never grow in the past, so i did not want to use the medication and equipments i once used for them.
i took a big risk in prunning this stellata. but i check the roots and found they are growing steadly. lets hope there would be some new shoots soon
lotus as the background plant
this red lotus is from china
a lotus seed. lets see what it grows into
the reason why i redid this tank was the problem with algae
this was how the tank look like before the rework. sorry i cant resize this photoi
