Roots all over a stem

tvdoctor

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Sep 29, 2004
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Hello, all.
The plants in my tank grow very well, but the roots grow along the stem all the way to the top, (that sucks!)

My year old, 20 gallon aquarium, contains:
1) Flourite Substrate (about 3")
2) Eheim Pro 2 model 2026 filter
3) CO2 ejection
4) 2-65 watt lamps (10,000K) "PowerCompact" 1 lamp runs from 10AM to 2PM, and the second turns on at 2PM and runs until 5PM. Then the second turns off and the first runs until 8PM.
5) I add all the different Flourish Additives

My plants are:
1) Rotala Indica (the leaves that grew in my tank became wider than the original (became about 7/16")
2) Rotala Magenta ( same effect as above)
3) Bacopa Caroliniana
4) Bacopa Monnieri
5) Ludwigia Repens

If anyone has any ideas, please post. Thanks :bowing:
 
Yeah, thats a problem with stem plants. You can trim those unsightly roots off. Just be careful, you'll end up breaking the stem at the nodes and end up with a bunch of short plants. I find that pinching them near the stem with thumb and forefinger works well. Takes a little practice and you'll have some shorties.
 
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