Big plants?

"Richard Sexton" wrote in message
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In article , Bill Stock
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Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo
my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm
looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much
maintenance.

Cryptocoryne wendtii.

Thanks, I haven't tried the Crypts yet.

I like the Swords, but they just seem to outgrow the tank in no time.


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Hi..

You serve it in a salad these days....great peppery
taste...I remember my grandma just washing the bunch and
sticking it in a jug...we used to have it for
tea...usually with canned mackeral or pilchards...
My Mum used to go and harvest it from the local stream
from time to time. She tells a story of rinsing it and
finding hundreds of little shrimps - she put them in with
the goldfish so she could show us them when we got home
from school - result very content well fed goldfish :-)

:-)

[Water Cress]:
Europe: Nasturtium officinale
North America: Armoracia aquatica
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Marco

Hi..

Tank 36L*18W*20D
PH 6.8
KH 8 DH
Light 192 w
35 ppm CO2 (roughly)
Fertilized with Trace Elements, KH2PO4, Excel and
sometimes KNO3
Amoracia aquatica is an extraordinary plant.

See no problem.
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In article ,
Steve wrote:
Richard Sexton wrote:
In article , Bill Stock wrote:

Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo
my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm
looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much
maintenance.


Cryptocoryne wendtii.



I'll second the Cryotocorne wendtii suggestion. They're tough, they
spread, and they don't grow too large. Actually, their size seems to
depend on aquarium conditions. Here, in one smallish goldfish aquarium
they're a few inches tall but cover the bottom. In the plant aquarium
they're reaching 10 inches in height and fill about 1/6 of the bottom area.

They're great plants, all descended from a few specimens I was given in

Keep in mind there's different forms. The "red/brown" is the lowest growig
as are all the nonstndard cultivars: tropica, green gecko, mi oyo, while
the plain green forms range from "a bit bigger" to 2' in soe exceptinal
cases.

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I think an attractive Hygrophila rosae reed plant - leaves taken iun the pink hue, once the reach the ground. It grew like wildfire therefore, although does need pruning.