star grass help

Yoemen

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Nov 2, 2005
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I have some star grass that when I first got was bright bright red in my tank. It stayed red and grew, but got a little to big, so I trimmed it back. Since then it has been only green with some recent tinges of red. I first planted it with root tabs, but I was told it is a water column feeder not a heavy root feeder, so haven't used any lately. It is in a 75 gallon tank under a 4 x 55 ahsupply kit. With CO2 injected. It is growing good, just not turning red.

I have some other red plants that are turning colors, but the star grass just isn't.
 
I have stargrass and it was never red. Are you sure its stargrass? Some plants that are red will turn green if there isn't enough iron or light in the tank. Do you have a picture?


edit: @ BK828's post: I didn't know about that plant. I was assuming it was regular stargrass.
 
I think blood stargrass may be the name I bought it under. Yes, I am dosing iron every other day along with traces. and hitting the kno3, and other ferts on oposite days.
 
yea theres 2 types. One is known as blood stargrass the other as regular stargrass

The scientific names are
Heteranthera zosterifolia
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And Didiplis diandra
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Back to the OP, only people i saw have this plant fully orange/redish are those with high light, usually mid to upper 3wpg. Normally when i had it under 3wpg the only orange/red tinge i got was at the tips once the plant was tall enough to reach the top of the tank
 
hmm, it is funny. could the root tabs have had an effect? Because it literally turned red in my tank, was green when I bought it.
 
aromatica is similar, but I would have to say it is inclinata now that I have looked at the all. The main reason is the leaf density, mine has very thick leaves, they aren't really spaced out.

I would post a picture, but I am at work and the plant is at home right now.
 
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