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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #71
> Hello... Could someone give some advice on how to get my LILLAEOPSIS
> to grow. I have a 55 gal tank DIY CO2, 160 watts of flourescent
> lights. PH 6.5 TO 6.8 MEDIUM HARD WATER. All my other assorted
> plant are growing thickly but my LILLAEOPSIS hasn't done any thing
> but sit there the last 5-months that I've had them. Any help will be
> appreciated. Thank you Mike Bernardoni mikeb at pso_siu.edu
How big is your gravel right at the surface? Lileopsis grows in
the first 1/2" of gravel and I would guess that if it is too big, it
won't spread. I have some in a tank with 1/8" gravel and it is growing
fine. My water is very soft and pH about the same as yours. For a while,
the lileopsis didn't look like it was growing in my tank either but then
all of the sudden blades started showing up at a distance from the
original clump, like about 1 inch.
Alok