Re: [Killietalk] Killietalk Digest J.Moss and Hydra problems

["Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>]

>>The fact that the najas is rooted doesn't make any
difference, except that there are more nutrients available to it.  (how do
you keep najas rooted anyway?  mine always breaks into a million pieces,
then I have a najas filled tank a week later!)  

Kinda opens up a interesting side bar about growing plants in general...
Granted, doesn't sound like much, but many terrestrial plants and "some"
aquatic ones almost "protest" in response to being reoriented/manually
disturbed (although I'd bet najas breaks up on purpose). Ficus comes to mind
as a common terrestrial example (tree)... Anubias & java fern being aquatic
examples...you may not notice it since the plants reaction is slower growth
in a already slow growing plant, but bump up the light, root those two
correctly, leave em alone and they grow a lot faster than advertised....

Najas grass? I dunno: I'm only reporting what I see; and in my "hands off"
alveresi sword tank, the najas looked noticeably robust: mostly rooted and
undisturbed save for the constant grooming from the swordtails...So it
"could be" a combination of things: nutrients, lighting (single 20W), the
right algae eating fish and lazy owner

I just recently saw java moss in someones tank that grew undisturbed: nice!


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