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Those darn red plants (attempt #2)
I posted this a few days back, but it looks like it never made it onto
the list so I'm giving it another shot.
Basically, I've got a set of unknown red plants that I'm having a hard
time keeping up. All the other plants (all green) in my tank are doing
very well, but the poor red guys are looking pretty sad. Here's a pic:
http://www.spintronic.com/images/aquaria/55g-planted/2003-02-22/unknown_red.jpg
Other pics can be seen at:
http://www.spintronic.com/images/aquaria/55g-planted/2003-02-22/
You can see that the leaves are in pretty bad shape, and I'm getting
extensive root growth out of the stems. (The root-out-of-stems problem
actually has always plauged all my plants. I've never figured it out.)
I'm wondering if these plants perhaps just don't transplant well, so
they are going through a period of shock since planting them in my
tank. They came from my LFS where they were doing okay. They have
actually grown quite a bit taller since I planted them (they were maybe
1/3 the height they are now), but otherwise they aren't doing good at
all. Can someone perhaps ID these red plants for me, and let me know
what I might do to help them out? Here are my tank parameters:
55 gallon
2 x 96w power compact (6700K)
Seachem Onyx substrate (100%)
CO2 injection
Seachem Flourish - 4 mL per week
Root Tabs with Iron - first time using them
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately I don't have any
water parameter tests as far as nutrients. Just the basics like pH, KH,
etc, which are all looking good.
-joe