Gosh I haven't been back into this thread in a while.
I'm trying to figure out a new plant theme for this tank. I want to try something different. I might use those palms as the main background plant, but here is another idea.
This is Cyperus albostriatus. It has the important advantage that it grows no taller than about 12". That other C. involucratus that I use a lot can get pretty big. However this one has an important caveat. Instead of having a clumping growth habit like that other Cyperus, C. albostriatus is rhizomatous. You can see that really well in this picture fo the uprooted plant. The effect of this is that in the riparium the rhizomes just run around and around in the planter and the plant doesn't grow many shoots and doesn't grow in very full.
Well I might try it out anyway in this setup. Maybe if I keep nice bright consistent light on it it will grow in better.
I'm trying to figure out a new plant theme for this tank. I want to try something different. I might use those palms as the main background plant, but here is another idea.
This is Cyperus albostriatus. It has the important advantage that it grows no taller than about 12". That other C. involucratus that I use a lot can get pretty big. However this one has an important caveat. Instead of having a clumping growth habit like that other Cyperus, C. albostriatus is rhizomatous. You can see that really well in this picture fo the uprooted plant. The effect of this is that in the riparium the rhizomes just run around and around in the planter and the plant doesn't grow many shoots and doesn't grow in very full.
Well I might try it out anyway in this setup. Maybe if I keep nice bright consistent light on it it will grow in better.
