Rotala macranda

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Rotala macranda

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Anyone have a succes with this plant? can you share how you grow this. Mine seems to be skinnier and appeared to be burning/curling. I do EI on my tank with ecco as substrate with presurized CO2. New growth will do well & look nice for a couple of days then "BAM" turns like this.

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Post by fredyk »

hi brian,
I got this growing after awhile it adjusted to tank conditions, but at first it withered away. Just good light; I think that's the key; if it gets crowded out by other plants, it will decline.
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I have the best success with this plant when I treat it like crap, ignore it, and threaten to throw it out. Then it grows like crazy.

Otherwise, I don't have a clue. :-)
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Post by Ghazanfar Ghori »

The only substrate I've had success with this plant is Amazonia. With flourite
and eco it didn't do anything for me - was finiky with growth spurts/stunting.
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Post by Bgssamson »

I will try a few stems in my 10g w/ AS but this tank only has diy co2 & little to no ferts dosing as the galaxy is in this tank. Lets see if it does better otherwise I have to replace the ecco.

Thanks!

-Brian
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Walk by the tank every day and tell it how much you hate it and it will grow out the top. Worked for me. Reminds me of a cat. Treat it bad and it loves you.
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Post by Bgssamson »

That's an easy solution I will definitely try this one.

-Brian
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