I have had no luck with rotala walliichi or red cabomba. Both slowly lose their fine leaves until all that's left is a blackish stem. I get the occasional shoots of new growth, but they don't really take off. My other plants, mostly slow growers, do just fine.
I have 196 watts of compact florescent on a 58 gallon tank, dose EI with tropica micros, run pressurized CO2 and have a drop checker (with 4 dKH water) reading yellowish green. Circulation in the tank is excellent. Rotala indica grows like a weed, as does moneywort and valisneria.
So... maybe it's light, but I kinda doubt it. I run a 9-hour full-on lighting schedule. The tank gets some light from a window as well. I'm at my wit's end with this and won't try any delicate reds again unless I've got ideas for what's killed them in the past.
So what might it be?
I have 196 watts of compact florescent on a 58 gallon tank, dose EI with tropica micros, run pressurized CO2 and have a drop checker (with 4 dKH water) reading yellowish green. Circulation in the tank is excellent. Rotala indica grows like a weed, as does moneywort and valisneria.
So... maybe it's light, but I kinda doubt it. I run a 9-hour full-on lighting schedule. The tank gets some light from a window as well. I'm at my wit's end with this and won't try any delicate reds again unless I've got ideas for what's killed them in the past.
So what might it be?
