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Lileopsis

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Lileopsis
From: Michael D Nielsen <mnielsen at U_Arizona.EDU>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 00:23:08 -0700 (MST)
In-Reply-To: <199808141948.PAA21045 at acme_actwin.com>

I checked in the archives and the consesus seemed to be that to get "micro
sword" to grow you need a rich substrate and good light.

I have had a tank with lileopsis in it for about 3 years with very poor
growth. THe substrate is 1-2mm sand only with lots of fish waste and food
accumulated over time.  Other plants do amazing in this 10 gallon tank
with 60 watts of triton and vita lite.  I have tried to enrich the
substrate with Jobes and Delaware aquatics plant tabs, but to no avail.
Am I stuck with poor, slow growth due to the "nutrient poor" substrate or
is there something else I could add to the area of teh lileopsis to make
them grow better. I would like a "lawn".

Thanks for any suggestions.

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