I find Hygrophila difformis does well in low light, unheated and hardwater too. It's also fascinating to watch it slowly change into its submersed form.
I think you've just twisted my arm to give it a try in my next tank. It's been on my list for a while but none of my local aquatic shops stock it but I've just checked K2 Aqua and they have it on their eBay page so I will pick some up :),
@@GlassBoxDiaries Initially, it'll just look like twigs from a tree with ordinary leaves - and very firm stems. Within no time they send out a shoot to the substrate as if to keep themselves in position. Then the leaves will start curling up as if there's something wrong but they'll reopen with the new split structure.
Many thanks for yet another informative and helpful video 😊 I never managed to keep staurogyne repens for very long as my Amazonian tank is lowlight and dark water and I believe s. repens requires at least moderate light to thrive. One plant I'd recommend is lindernia rotunfolia. It's a stem plant with light green and white leaves. Leaves at the bottom of the stem remain lush as the plant grows unlike many stem plants where most of the leaves grow at the top, leaving a bare stem if untrimmed.
The one there that does really well for me is Limnophila Sessiliflora. That one will definitely grow in low light with a little bit of water column dosing. I've tried Rotala Rotundifolia twice and both times the plants had stunted growth. It grows very slowly and all of the new leaves that grew were absolutely tiny. I assume my problem is not enough light. I thought about trying to buy some that was already converted to submerged growth to see if that made any difference. Can plants potentially just struggle to convert from emersed to submerged life?
@GlassBoxDiaries I've had my current lot of Rotala for almost 2 months. I figured it would have sorted itself out by now if it was going to. I'm gonna leave it because it's not dead, but it is very obviously struggling for some reason.
@@NathanMUFCfan That should be plenty of time, if it a heated tank, does it use dirt capped with soil or aquasoil or something else? What light you running on the tank?
@@GlassBoxDiaries It is heated to 25c. It's not dirt capped. It's inert gravel with some root tabs. I have 2 Fluval AquaSky 2.0 lights. I think this is probably where my problem lies. I saw a spreadsheet on Reddit a few weeks ago rating these lights near the bottom in comparison to a bunch of other aquarium lights. Annoying because they aren't cheap lights.
I WOULD NOT recommend hornwort. It may be a fast grower, but when it sheds, its needles are impossible to remove from your tank. Great video though Shaun, I agree with all the other plants.
I love hornwort. I attach it to the substrate with terracotta rings at it allows me to have a high bioload with few water changes. I trim it once a week, but that is super easy.
I have hornwort, ultra easy plant but it loses leaves and I don’t like that part. Anubias, very easy and looks good and easy to propagate. Limnofilia seslaflora, very easy, in my very small aquarium I have to cut the plant and replant so it doesn’t cover the surface, very easy to replant. Red roots (floating plant) everything good till it suddenly died. Java moss, grows like a beast, it can be very dense. The only problem it’s the hair algae that it’s growing over the moss, I recently cut all the moss with algae and let see what happens now. Eleocharis parvula, this one it’s easy and no problem. Monte Carlo, grows slowly but I really like the carpet that it makes, sometimes you can se a bit floating and developing roots, plant it where you like it and leave it . English isn’t even my third language so I hope I exprés myself well enough.
I have good experience with hornwort and ambulia, in low light high ph with no nutrient substrates, never experienced a shedding problem either with hornwort. The Hygrophila polysperma still grows in the same condition but is temperamental, i think it likes higher light. And I have had zero luck with pearlweed, even in good light it barely grows, no idea how people are growing it so well, maybe it really needs rich substrate like dirted aquariums.
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It was a nice sharing, my friend.
Cheers mate :)
I find Hygrophila difformis does well in low light, unheated and hardwater too. It's also fascinating to watch it slowly change into its submersed form.
I think you've just twisted my arm to give it a try in my next tank. It's been on my list for a while but none of my local aquatic shops stock it but I've just checked K2 Aqua and they have it on their eBay page so I will pick some up :),
@@GlassBoxDiaries Initially, it'll just look like twigs from a tree with ordinary leaves - and very firm stems. Within no time they send out a shoot to the substrate as if to keep themselves in position. Then the leaves will start curling up as if there's something wrong but they'll reopen with the new split structure.
Many thanks for yet another informative and helpful video 😊 I never managed to keep staurogyne repens for very long as my Amazonian tank is lowlight and dark water and I believe s. repens requires at least moderate light to thrive. One plant I'd recommend is lindernia rotunfolia. It's a stem plant with light green and white leaves. Leaves at the bottom of the stem remain lush as the plant grows unlike many stem plants where most of the leaves grow at the top, leaving a bare stem if untrimmed.
Cheers mate, thanks for the recommendation, I will add it to my list of plants to try :)
The one there that does really well for me is Limnophila Sessiliflora. That one will definitely grow in low light with a little bit of water column dosing.
I've tried Rotala Rotundifolia twice and both times the plants had stunted growth. It grows very slowly and all of the new leaves that grew were absolutely tiny. I assume my problem is not enough light.
I thought about trying to buy some that was already converted to submerged growth to see if that made any difference. Can plants potentially just struggle to convert from emersed to submerged life?
Some plants can struggle to convert but I'm pretty sure it's only temporary and shouldn't last long.
@GlassBoxDiaries I've had my current lot of Rotala for almost 2 months. I figured it would have sorted itself out by now if it was going to.
I'm gonna leave it because it's not dead, but it is very obviously struggling for some reason.
@@NathanMUFCfan That should be plenty of time, if it a heated tank, does it use dirt capped with soil or aquasoil or something else? What light you running on the tank?
@@GlassBoxDiaries It is heated to 25c. It's not dirt capped. It's inert gravel with some root tabs. I have 2 Fluval AquaSky 2.0 lights. I think this is probably where my problem lies.
I saw a spreadsheet on Reddit a few weeks ago rating these lights near the bottom in comparison to a bunch of other aquarium lights. Annoying because they aren't cheap lights.
I WOULD NOT recommend hornwort. It may be a fast grower, but when it sheds, its needles are impossible to remove from your tank. Great video though Shaun, I agree with all the other plants.
Cheers mate, thanks for sharing your experiences, I only keep it in my plastic quarantine tubs so its easy to clean up if it sheds.
I love hornwort. I attach it to the substrate with terracotta rings at it allows me to have a high bioload with few water changes. I trim it once a week, but that is super easy.
I have hornwort, ultra easy plant but it loses leaves and I don’t like that part.
Anubias, very easy and looks good and easy to propagate.
Limnofilia seslaflora, very easy, in my very small aquarium I have to cut the plant and replant so it doesn’t cover the surface, very easy to replant.
Red roots (floating plant) everything good till it suddenly died.
Java moss, grows like a beast, it can be very dense. The only problem it’s the hair algae that it’s growing over the moss, I recently cut all the moss with algae and let see what happens now.
Eleocharis parvula, this one it’s easy and no problem.
Monte Carlo, grows slowly but I really like the carpet that it makes, sometimes you can se a bit floating and developing roots, plant it where you like it and leave it .
English isn’t even my third language so I hope I exprés myself well enough.
Your English is really good mate, thanks for sharing, great list of plants to keep :)
no wonder my limnophila sessiliflora stay the same size. i need to dose more fertilizer especially for them!
Its crazy how much nutrients they suck up, there's only a couple of stems in that betta tank but there's no stopping it.
I have good experience with hornwort and ambulia, in low light high ph with no nutrient substrates, never experienced a shedding problem either with hornwort.
The Hygrophila polysperma still grows in the same condition but is temperamental, i think it likes higher light. And I have had zero luck with pearlweed, even in good light it barely grows, no idea how people are growing it so well, maybe it really needs rich substrate like dirted aquariums.
Could be the dirted tank thing for pearlweed mate, the bacteria helps naturally boost the CO2 in the tank and that could be the trick.
Guppy grass Is better than hornwort. It produces roots so you can plant it or just float it. Maybe not quite as faster growing as hornwort
Not tried it yet but its on my list :)