How well does this plant grow with standard aquarium lights? Also I dont have CO2. Thanks in advance for any help.
Anacharis
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It was one of the first plants that I had, and I did not have any luck with it. But I do remember it making a mess like the previous poster said
I have always had good luck with standard lights and anacharis (elodea/egaria), in a well established tank the main problem was always keeping up with it, I would harvest new growth strands of 10-12" long every week for trade off, and would trim out old, dieing strands at the same time.
Make sure you get Elodea densa and not E. canadensis, E.nuttallia, or E. callitrichoides, the last three are pond plants and will get spindly, turn yellowish, and fall apart in tropical tanks, they require a brighter light and lower temps.
Unfortunately I can't tell the differense and the callitrichoides (from Chile) is lately often sold for tropical tanks, this may explain the problems you have had.
This is densa, it has leaves that are a little shorter and broader than the others and they tend to be closer together.
Make sure you get Elodea densa and not E. canadensis, E.nuttallia, or E. callitrichoides, the last three are pond plants and will get spindly, turn yellowish, and fall apart in tropical tanks, they require a brighter light and lower temps.
Unfortunately I can't tell the differense and the callitrichoides (from Chile) is lately often sold for tropical tanks, this may explain the problems you have had.
This is densa, it has leaves that are a little shorter and broader than the others and they tend to be closer together.
The tank is going o be for native fish, so it wont be heated. Do the other species of elodea die because of the higher temps, or is there another reason?
Damn, I wish I read this thread before I went to the shop yesterday. I think im going to have some anacharis in my wet/dry soon...