[rich815]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I will post more detailed photos soon. I dose a fairly straight forward EI fert regime with 1/8t. of Fe added on micro fert days and 1 t. of GH Booster on water change day. My GH and KH are kept around 2-3 ppm this way. My pH is typically around 6.6-6.8. My phosphates are 5+ ppm and nitrates at least 20 ppm. I tried using test kits for those and adjusting the EI regime (less N and P dosing) because it seemed my N and P were quite high even without fertilizing due to high fish load (I'm probably at 90 inches of fish in this baby) but when I did that I started getting pinholes, curled leaves, slower growing, poorer color, etc. so I stopped testing, went back to the full blown EI fert regime (ignoring my N and P levels based on test kits) and everything starting growing again well.

It's pressurized CO2 injected with an in-line DIY PVC reactor on the outflow tube of an eheim 2026. Also have an eheim 2028 as the main filter going and a Koralia 2 circ pump to keep the dispersement of CO2 active and flowing. Temp consistent with an inline heater at 79F.

>>>>>Please don't tell me that's R. Wallichi right of center midground...

No, they are not. When I got this plant as 3-4 tiny 2-3" plants about 6 weeks ago I thought they were Rotala sp "vietnam" or "pantanal" (I got two plant purchases in that week, both sent with all plants in one baggie, and I got confused). Now after they have grown out so beautifully I think they are Rotala verticillaris. I tried R. wallichii in this tank but my SAEs nibbled on them too much and they got all ragged and grew poorly. R. wallichii is about half the stem width as this one and much redder.

I'll do a numerical ID on a photo and of the plants later with the more detailed and close-up photos.