On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:36:10 GMT, Elaine T
wrote:
Dick wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:50:12 GMT, Elaine T
wrote:
Dick wrote:
I did it! I think. Anyway here is the address:
dick
Nice pics. What is that clump of plants in the 29 gal?
I don't know for sure. It is the same red colored plant as in the 75.
The leaves were originally green 3 years ago. For whatever reason,
the plant has thrived more in the 29.
dick
The red plant on the far right in the 75 looks like Barclaya longifolia.
That's the only really red plant with lanceolate leaves that I know
of. It grows more or less red depending on light intensity and
nitrates. Some of the crypts have colored leaves, but they're usually
more purple. Barclaya is a notoriously difficult plant to grow and the
clump in the 29 is gorgeous.
My plants do not flower. I have always thought of them as some kind
of Cript. I remember them as starting with green leaves and then
turning. The long leaves in the 29 gallon tanks are pale green on top
and rust red on the bottom whereas the bottom of the leaves in the 75
are almost totally totally rust red with green mixed with red on the
top. I know both tanks were planted with the same starters.
dick