"Easy" Red Plants?

["Kirk M." <triax at bellsouth_net>]

Are there any relatively "easy" aquatic plants out there?  I have tried, 
without success to, grow Rotala Macrandra.  I have used all the parameters 
that others say they are having success with, but, it always greens out, 
withers, and dies, starting with the lower leaves first. It grows "ok" (but 
not beautifully) in my smaller, lower light tank (65 watts CF on a Eclipse 
III hood with retrofit), but always dies out in about 2 weeks from cuttings 
placed from the 37  into the 75 gallon, with 160 watt CF & NO fluorescents 
.  The water parameters are exactly the same, as are the CF bulbs.  I dose 
with PMDD daily, minus the KNO3, as my nitrates are always in the 5-10ppm 
range, and I do add MonoPotassium Phosphate and Flourish Iron seperately.


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