Moneywort... Just Purchased Last Night... Bit Of An Impulse

[eaglesaquarium]

Hi everybody,

I've had my "lightly planted" tank up and running for about 9 months now. It is going well.

Tank stats:
56 gallon - column style tank
28W bulb (hence the LOW light) - lighting is 7 hours a day - just boosted from 6 because I didn't have any algae, and I like having a bit for my BN pleco to graze on during the day/night.


My plants are:

numerous amazon swords - various sizes as some are growing faster than others. They are doing nicely with no extra effort on my part. On occasion, I have a leaf turn, but it is very rare.
Java fern - doing fine and I've been able to propagate it to add some more color.
Anubias - growing nicely.
Elodea/anacharis - surprise, surprise - growing well and getting trimmed... it appears a bit "leggy" compared to when I first bought it, but I think it is because of the decrease in lighting from the store to home.


My question is this: How do you suppose the moneywort will do in my tank? Are there any potential pitfalls I should watch out for? Will my BN plec eat this plant... he seems completely uninterested in my other plants - although I did see him do a quick graze over one anubias plant the other day.



BTW, does anyone else have experience with the addition of a BN cutting down pest snails in a tank? I've had pest snails in my tank since my first addition of live plants. They never got crazy in number (when I was around... when my dad took care of the tank while I was on vacation with the family is a different story. ) but I've sucked them up during water changes. I also would see snail eggs around, every now and then. But, since I've added the BN, I haven't seen the snail eggs at all, nor have I seen as many pest snails as before - in fact, my sister wanted some of my snails for her kids (why, I don't really understand fully) but when I went to net her one, I had a hard time finding one! Just wondering...

 

[Fishy friend2]

The moneywort should do fine, but IME it might melt when introduced into a new aquarium, i don't have experience with BN Plecos but I have heard of them cutting down on the population size of pest snails

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Yeah, all stem plants will melt when they are first introduced to a new tank... My anacharis/elodea shed its leaves like it was Autumn! I just vacced up the leaves, removed the brown stems and left the green stems to produce new leaves. I figured the moneywort would do that as well. I just wanted to know if there was any other sort of thing to watch out for.

 

[ian]

not all stem plants will melt, some of the more sturdier stems tend to keep there leaves. Bacopa is one of these that tends to keep its leaves. A nice little plant and a fast grower.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

So, is there anything to look for with the moneywort, or any type of issue with the lighting I have and this plant?

 

[ian]

it should grow quite happily, i can't see you having problems with it. If you do you know where we are.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

That's true. I will be certain to check in if I have trouble. I've split the bunch up and put little groupings everywhere all over the tank to find where it will grow best. I might be off to get some Cryptocorynes... I need some more height in the tank.

 

[ian]

get it fully planted!

 

[eaglesaquarium]

One step at a time.