I was keeping track of the growth on the flower stem. 52 inches in 115 hours, so about .45"/hour. Finally flowered. 
Madagascar Lace Flowered!
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I'm not so good at pictures, especially in the morning when I'm all shaky. Yay for being disabled.
The Lace is about 10 years old and flowers about twice a year. I haven't moved it in about 7 years. I fertilize extensively, both liquid and root tabs. It's nowhere near as big as it's going to get this time around. It tends to die off and then come back and flower and then get HUGE and flower again and then die off, etc.
Tank is a 29g planted (obviously) semi-aggressive community.
Plants:
Green Myrio
Red Cobamba
Red Crypt
Dwarf Amazon Sword
Anubias Nana
Red Ludwigia
Madagascar Lace
Hygrophilia Polysperma v. "sunset"
Java Moss
Snails:
Colony of Malaysian Trumpet Snails
1 2.5" Black Devil Spike Snail
1 Zebra Nerite
Fishies (all sizes estimated):
2 2" Rainbow Cichlids (hoping for M/F)
2 2.5" M/F Kribensis
1 3.5" Female Opaline Gourami
1 3" Siamese Algae Eater
1 3.5" Female Albino Bristlenose Pleco
1 4" Striped Raphael Catfish
15? ~1" Harlequin Rasboras
1 2" Bolivian Ram
2 6" Stickfish (F. gracilis)
The Lace is about 10 years old and flowers about twice a year. I haven't moved it in about 7 years. I fertilize extensively, both liquid and root tabs. It's nowhere near as big as it's going to get this time around. It tends to die off and then come back and flower and then get HUGE and flower again and then die off, etc.
Tank is a 29g planted (obviously) semi-aggressive community.
Plants:
Green Myrio
Red Cobamba
Red Crypt
Dwarf Amazon Sword
Anubias Nana
Red Ludwigia
Madagascar Lace
Hygrophilia Polysperma v. "sunset"
Java Moss
Snails:
Colony of Malaysian Trumpet Snails
1 2.5" Black Devil Spike Snail
1 Zebra Nerite
Fishies (all sizes estimated):
2 2" Rainbow Cichlids (hoping for M/F)
2 2.5" M/F Kribensis
1 3.5" Female Opaline Gourami
1 3" Siamese Algae Eater
1 3.5" Female Albino Bristlenose Pleco
1 4" Striped Raphael Catfish
15? ~1" Harlequin Rasboras
1 2" Bolivian Ram
2 6" Stickfish (F. gracilis)
So basically it's just old, the substrate is so old it's basically soil, the substrate is turned and aerated and fertilized by snails and snail poop, and I fertilize heavily. The light is a Finnex FugeRay Planted+.
Thanks! It looks a lot better when the plants are a bit more under control, but I'm letting them grow wild at the moment so I can harvest a bunch for a friend. The pruning should be happening soon and I'll update.
I miss my bigger tank and bigger fish, but three tanks was one too many and I'm disabled so it was easier to focus on the smaller two. Part of me is tempted to start growing out Polys since I miss those the most, but I really do enjoy my school of Rasboras and eventually I'd like to get a Pleco other than the Bristlenose.
