John's 75 planted new plant photo 4-20-13

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  1. JJL

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    What is the red stem in the middle area of your tank? Rotala Sunset? Beatuful FTS!
     
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  2. 2in10

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    Thanks, the stems in the middle are varieties of Rotala macrandra. The narrow leafed on the left is call 'Magenta' and the bright red on the right is 'Japan Red', in the middle with the in between sized leaves is standard macrandra.
     
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    Absolutely beautiful, John! Looking great.
     
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    Thank you Sir
     
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  5. JJL

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    Very cool! Thanks. How would they do in my tank with iron dosing?
     
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    Should be OK with a good fertilization routine. I found you need to keep the potassium high of the stems become very brittle and woody. Also you need to keep PO4 around 2ppm and NO3 at 10 to 15ppm.
     
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  7. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Lol its like fragging only it happens so often you almost have to throw ot away. Its almost a shame....

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  8. 2in10

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    Pretty close, I take the trimmings to my LFS for store credit.
     
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    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Oh well that's nice my two lfs don't take anything for store credit.

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    That is a bummer.
     
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