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paradise
08-07-2007, 5:32 PM
This is the first time I am selling this plant. It's not very common, and I have not seen it here in a while. This is possibly my favorite stem plant ever to work with, and it's going to be my first big trim so i decided to start selling it.

This stem is super beautiful and fine, it flows in the wind like no other, with really really long leaves that just seem to never end. it's color is really unusual too, not the typical green you see in tanks, but a lighter more "happy" green. It grows thick, and is easy to sculpt into shape and keep trimming. It's not problematic like the similar Toninas, where the light deprived areas melt. This one grows well, shapes well and new growth is just stunning.

It DOES require high light, CO2 and "to a degree" aquasoil or another really potent substrate. But then, it makes an incredible centerpiece or background element.

PRICE: $25 Delivered (Priority) for 10-12 stems (varying sizes but great stems, not cut bottoms).

http://egfoto.com/pics/erio-type2-01.jpg

http://egfoto.com/pics/erio-type2-02.jpg

http://egfoto.com/pics/ians-tank.jpg

http://egfoto.com/pics/75cm.jpg
ThePBM
08-07-2007, 9:55 PM
i wanna know what plant that is in the last picture on the right side of the tank for carpeting.
paradise
08-07-2007, 10:25 PM
That is a very rare foreground plant, Urticullaria Graminofolia, something that was pioneered by Oliver Knott in Germany. Very tough and slow to grow, and is pricey (about $20-25 per sq. inch). It grows exceptionally thick, like this:

http://egfoto.com/pics/ug.jpg

http://egfoto.com/pics/ug01.jpg
ThePBM
08-08-2007, 12:49 AM
dang that's so beautiful! i would spend more time admiring the lawn than the fish. are there any plants similar to it that grow easier and cheaper?
sorry for thread jack, back to orig topic.
paradise
08-08-2007, 3:06 AM
No, that one is very unique. Search for Oliver Knott and look at his tanks with this stuff, it's hot.

Just a heads up, I will include a cold pack with each shipment of this , just to make sure that it does not melt.

Also, insulated shipping boxes available $2 extra, less than my actual cost.
loaches r cool
08-08-2007, 5:08 AM
How tall does this stuff grow and does it need constant trimming? I usually look past stems since I dont like to trim but this is very interesting...
Grins
08-08-2007, 7:47 AM
Just wanted to compliment you on your tanks..beautiful.
paradise
08-08-2007, 2:52 PM
Tristan, it grows about half as quick as most Rotala-type stems. It also is not very "linear" i.e. growing straight up. They tend to bend and be very natural looking. It's a really fine and graceful plant, a very "unlikely" stem.

Grins, not all of those are mine, the middle one with the two rocks and a mound behind it is my buddy Ian Iwane's. A great aquascaper from San Francisco.