Any luck with madagascar lace?

Thanks guys~

Well my name was more FN because a year ago I was new to fishkeeping, but not aquatic plants. I was lucky enough to have a mom that was a horticulturist, before I lost her 2 years ago. I have been knee deep into terrestrials and aquatics most of my life, so my name is deceiving :)


My tank temp is kept at 77-78 degrees F.
That is also why my mossos grow out of control!
 
also know my KH is 1 my gh is 2-3 and my pH is 5.9 in this tank
 
Thats interesting - not that I have done a ton of research into it I have come across folks saying one of the tricks to keep it well is to have cooler temps. Like this profile says 66-73* http://fish.mongabay.com/plants/Aponogeton_madagascar.htm You have proved this isnt necesarily true. Do you beleive it could be grown as well in cooler waters? I aks because I once saw it in a heavily planted goldfish tank and it was thriving as well. I am setting up a 150 XH to be a heavily planted goldfish and dojo loach tank and was thinking to include some aponos since the tank is 2' front to back and 31" tall I figured I would finally have a tank that could properly house a couple aponos. I currently have a Aponogeton boivinianus in my 75G and its a monster! Leaves come all the way to the top in thr front and float across the top of the tank all the way to touching the back.

Your picture seems to have shrunk. :huh:
 
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I think it thrives even more in cooler temps. Goldfish tanks are great places for these species. I shrunk the picture because i noticed how freaking obnoxiously huge it was lol
Apons take over a tank quickly, so pruning is imperative. Though it is doing VERY well in my tank, I would imagine if I cooled the temp down 5 more degrees it would even grow faster and fuller. I am in the process of doing a new ADA 120P tank and breaking down my current tank, and my new scape doesn't call for this plant, but my hubby is upset because he loves it the most, so I will have to figure out how to incorporate it in my new scape. I think it will stick out like a sore thumb.
 
I thought the pic was perfect size before, now its about the size of my avatar. and with the high res screens at work thats about 1" lol. What I do is include a pic about that size for a thumbnail, then link the thumbnail to the original full size pic. That way ist quick to load and folks on slower connections dont have to load the whole thing, and the format of the forum isnt effected. On some other forums this is required, but here seems like folks post whatever size they feel like. Anyhow... about the pruning, I assume you just remove the oldest leaves entirely, on a weekly basis? Or can the pruning be more infrequent? The other thing I am considering for the new tank is species I have to trim less, as with a 31" tall tank its going to be a pian... but I did buy a long pruner/grabber so to make it a little easier.
 
thanks for the pic advice~
I prune out old leaves entirely when they start to look a little stale, or when the new shoots are less frequent. Taking the old leaves off allows the energy of the plant to focus on new leaf production. Same holds tru tof Nymphea species. It can easily take over a tank if all requirements are met, but it is truley an amazing plant~
 
Yes I saw it, interesting. Debunks some myths about the plant.
 
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