Hygrophilia Vs Vallisneria

[Gourami123]

which one is best

 

[AdAndrews]

which one is best

in which terms? easiest to grow? easiest to propogate? easiest to flourish? best one to make money from? best in appearance(the latter is a personal opinion, so, a pointless exercise if so)

Adam.

 

[Gourami123]

easiest to keep and will grow the best in my sized tank

 

[AdAndrews]

easiest to keep and will grow the best in my sized tank

vallis. As it is an underwater plant, it is able to use carbonates(found in any tapwater) from the water and use them as carbon, so, its more likely to grow better, strong lighting is the key for vallis really...

 

[aaronnorth]

both are classed as easy to grow. Hygrphillia will grow quicker as it is a stem plant

 

[fishyfeet]

I disagree with both the above, i have vallis and not very strong lighting and it grows like a weed, i pull plants up every month, and vallis will spread and provide a brilliant background and grow think like a forest, hygophilia will just bush, they are both very good for beginners as they are easy to grow, both being fast growers use up nutiments and discourage algae. I think you should have both as they compliment each other nicely. di

 

[angelfishguy]

id say hygro cause i have never had luck with vallis
this here shows how fast it grows

 

[Gourami123]

thanx eveyone

 

[aaronnorth]

I disagree with both the above, i have vallis and not very strong lighting and it grows like a weed, i pull plants up every month, and vallis will spread and provide a brilliant background and grow think like a forest, hygophilia will just bush, they are both very good for beginners as they are easy to grow, both being fast growers use up nutiments and discourage algae. I think you should have both as they compliment each other nicely. di

more people are unsuccesful with vallis than they are with hygrophillia, me included, as it is more picky with water conditions IME. I have tried in low tech and high tech tanks and it stayed alived but it wouldn't grow
Hygrophillia will do though, and as a general statement stem plants do grow quicker as they ned more surface area in the form of leaves for nutrient uptake whereas Vallis prefers root uptake, hence the slighlty slower growth compared to stem plants so I don't know what you are disagreeing with?

 

[Ben M]

i grow vallis with 1.25 wpg of t8 and 5ml of tpn+ daily, and it grows really fast. i've only ever tried hygrophila when i didn't have ferts, so it died. but they're both supposed to be really easy to grow, so i suppose it's just down to personal preference.

cheers