Bacopa Growth Experiment

[LittleBettaFish]

I am terrible with this plant! For some reason bacopa just hates me and even under high light and with a fertile substrate and liquid CO2 all its leaves would melt off from the bottom up until I was left with this atrocious looking stub.

Be interesting to see how it does floating. I've found 'traditionally' planted stems take a while before they realise they aren't planted and adjust to floating life.

I still do love the look of it though.

[aokashi]

I personally dont like the look of this plant at all :)

[Kytkattin]

Originally Posted by aokashi

I personally dont like the look of this plant at all :)

At first I didn't, but then it grew on me.

Haha, jk. But seriously, I really loved the look in one of my tanks, but hated it in another. After a week, I hate it in the first tank and love it in the second one. I can't seem to figure out how I feel about it. But if it grows, it stays.

[aokashi]

well to me... the fatness ratio of the stems to leaves dont work.

lol!

but if it works for you.... XD

[ChoclateBetta]

I am great with aquarium plants they almost always survive but I dont know the name of most of them.

[Kevron56]

Originally Posted by aokashi

Crypts are great hardy plants and relatively low light :) with the occassional root tab they can to be very beautiful XD I have a few different kinds, from really small ones to the ginormous one, I prefer them over anubias
I cant believe you are making this into an actual experiment log! keep us updated! I'm curious to see th results!

I figure if I'm able to get these babies to flourish, maybe.... Juuuuust maaaaaybe I can help someone else who spends their hard earned $$$ on this stem plant from throwing it down the trash shoot, or sink, or wherever dead plants go. =P

[Kevron56]

Originally Posted by Kytkattin

At first I didn't, but then it grew on me.

Haha, jk. But seriously, I really loved the look in one of my tanks, but hated it in another. After a week, I hate it in the first tank and love it in the second one. I can't seem to figure out how I feel about it. But if it grows, it stays.

I liked them when I first bought them! When they had leaves! Their turning into bamboo-looking naked stems now, lol!

[aokashi]

Originally Posted by Kevron56

I figure if I'm able to get these babies to flourish, maybe.... Juuuuust maaaaaybe I can help someone else who spends their hard earned $$$ on this stem plant from throwing it down the trash shoot, or sink, or wherever dead plants go. =P

leafy heaven?

lol

speaking of flourish....seachem flourish is an excellent liquid fertilizer

[ChoclateBetta]

My Crypts keep growing new plants.

[paloverde]

Originally Posted by ChoclateBetta

My Crypts keep growing new plants.

Your tanks must look very nice, crypts are one of my favorite plants.