What are the chances I'm going to kill this?

blue2fyre

blue2fyre

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I got a few plants at an auction for a newly set up 20long. Mixed in with my Marsilea Minuta was a couple small lace plants. I think Aponogeton madagascariensis is the scientific name. I've heard this is not an easy plant to keep but since it was free I figured why not?
The tank is a 20L with fluorite and black sand. 3 watts per gallon, either with flourish and flourish excel, or DIY C02.
Is there a good chance it won't survive? Where should it go in the tank? Background, middle, on the ends?
 
I think that's the same plant I just got from customdrum. They melted a little when they got in my tank, but they're already putting out new leaves. They're in my 10 gallon, so about 2.7ish WPG, root tabs, Flourish+Flourish Iron and Excel.
 
I bought two of these and I was afraid that they would be really difficult. Plunked them in the tank at 2 wpg and they are taking off. I may be lucky, but they seem pretty easy to me. Good luck with them. They are really beautiful plants!
 
Somervell said:
I bought two of these and I was afraid that they would be really difficult. Plunked them in the tank at 2 wpg and they are taking off. I may be lucky, but they seem pretty easy to me. Good luck with them. They are really beautiful plants!
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Good to hear! They are very pretty. For some reason my husband finds them creepy lol.
 
blue2fyre said:
Yeah i don't think I would have bought one myself. But it was free, so why not. :)
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I couldn't resist customdrum's price. :D I have a LFS that has them and I'd been admiring them, but they were like $15-20. :eek: Everything I put in my tanks melts at first, probably cause of the soft water, but there was new growth in 2 weeks or so.
 
This is a little OT, but does anyone know the difference between the standard and "West Coast Variant" of this plant? I think there might be a slight color difference, with the variant not getting the reddish tinge that the other gets.
 
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