Chu'Wuti
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We have tried twice to plant Hemianthus Callitrichoides 'Cuba' (Dwarf Baby Tears) in our 75-gallon tank. The first time, we planted a mat; the second time, I planted three pots that I separated into clumps.
Both times, the Hemianthus have suffered severe leaf melt and have never recovered. Micromeria brownei failed. I also tried Hygrofila pinnafitida without success. Vallisneria contortionist is barely hanging in there. Creeping Charlie is trying to hang in there.
On the other hand, Hydrocotyle tripartita and several species of Bucephalandra, Cryptocoryne wendtii, and Anubias nana seem to be doing just fine. Sword plants are doing well. Water sprite is growing so well I've had to chop it back and had some to plant in other places where plants were failing. Azolla caroliniana is also doing extremely well; in fact, it grew so much that banana lily leaves actually rotted underneath the Azolla, so I've cleaned out a bunch of it in hopes of saving the banana lily.
We have a 48" Fluval Aquasky for lighting; I placed it on the "plant boost" lighting program when I planted the last batch of Hemianthus.
My husband is maintaining the aquarium at right around 7.2 pH. There are only 3 Pearl Gouramis and maybe 6 shrimp (we put in 10, but we never see more than 5 at a time if that many, so it's anyone's guess as to how many we actually still have) in this tank (along with one trumpet snail and quite a number of pond snails). Ammonia is not a problem.
Anyone have any ideas as to what we're doing wrong for the particular plants we're losing? I need more foreground plants in particular.
Both times, the Hemianthus have suffered severe leaf melt and have never recovered. Micromeria brownei failed. I also tried Hygrofila pinnafitida without success. Vallisneria contortionist is barely hanging in there. Creeping Charlie is trying to hang in there.
On the other hand, Hydrocotyle tripartita and several species of Bucephalandra, Cryptocoryne wendtii, and Anubias nana seem to be doing just fine. Sword plants are doing well. Water sprite is growing so well I've had to chop it back and had some to plant in other places where plants were failing. Azolla caroliniana is also doing extremely well; in fact, it grew so much that banana lily leaves actually rotted underneath the Azolla, so I've cleaned out a bunch of it in hopes of saving the banana lily.
We have a 48" Fluval Aquasky for lighting; I placed it on the "plant boost" lighting program when I planted the last batch of Hemianthus.
My husband is maintaining the aquarium at right around 7.2 pH. There are only 3 Pearl Gouramis and maybe 6 shrimp (we put in 10, but we never see more than 5 at a time if that many, so it's anyone's guess as to how many we actually still have) in this tank (along with one trumpet snail and quite a number of pond snails). Ammonia is not a problem.
Anyone have any ideas as to what we're doing wrong for the particular plants we're losing? I need more foreground plants in particular.