The Plant Tank

Monday, March 20, 2006

Limnophila hippuroides "Gratiola" growing in nicely

  • pH:
  • Temp:
  • KH:
  • GH:
  • NH4:
  • NO2:
  • NO3: 10-20
  • PO4: 1.25
  • Iron:
  • Dosing: 10 mL KH2PO4 (0.4 ppm)
  • NO3:PO4 Cumulative Dosing Ratio: 10:2 = 5

Notes:
Limnophila hippuroides "Gratiola," shortly after purchasing from a LFS. The leaves were a nice deep purple, though not very bushy.


After a couple weeks in my tank. The tops have grown in nice and bushy, but the new leaves are growing in a pale green, instead of the deep purple, probably due to the lower light levels (the LFS had metal halides). The tops, though, are beginning to turn a nice red (esp. the plant to the right).

You can see that the leaves on the stargrass to the left are showing green and white bands, which is probably because of a deficiency in iron. During the night, the leaves will grow, and in the morning, the leaves will show white in the new growth. I dose iron in the morning, so any growth during the day would grown in green. Thus, the green/white banding.

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