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04-04-2008, 03:04 PM
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I am wondering how blyxa japonica would do in a lower light setup. It does great in my high tech tank. It is growing like a weed even though it is HEAVILY shaded by some taller plants. My point of reference is my glosso. It sits in front of the blyxa and it is getting very leggy and sparse whereas the blyxa is shaded even more and growing great. The only other variable though is my co2 injection. I don't know how it would do without it.
What do you guys think? Worth a test? Edit: I guess this is directed towards Homer and James and wether or not James wants to give it a shot. If there isn't any point, it won't hurt my feelings. I need to get a low tech for dummies book. Can only handle one setup at a time (and barely even that). 
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04-04-2008, 07:07 PM
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I dont think Glosso would stay as a carpet plant in low light, more of a mid-background plant. The blyxa may very well survive in low light. Plants tend to adapt to their surroundings and try to grow. Some of them succeed, some of them fail. Blyxa can be one of those plants that succeed whereas Glosso wont. IMO it would be worth the test. But I would use only a little for a test that way if it fails you havent lost money. I want to wait until I get my CO2 setup before I attempt any plants but I will be marking the plants down somewhere for attempts.
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04-05-2008, 03:43 AM
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I knew the glosso probably wouldn't do well. I was just using it as a point of reference for the blyxa with regards to the amount of light the blyxa is getting. When you are ready to give it a shot, PM me and I'll send you a couple of plants.
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04-09-2008, 02:07 PM
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loving your work
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04-09-2008, 10:04 PM
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04-10-2008, 04:16 PM
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FWIW, I have a co-worker who is not a planted tank enthusiast but he has a guppy breed op in place. No fancy lighting, just lots of java moss for the breeding tank. No ferts, no excel. He told me that his guppies are breeding like crazy, no fish deaths, and his java moss is growing like a weed. He told me that he even has ghost shrimp in the tank (for a year now) and they have grown quite big(he does not dose iodine or calcium either). This is a bit of a surprise as many people, including myself have had no success keeping ghost shrimp. The java moss growing like a weed interested me the most, so I asked him if he could check his tank temperature and tell me what it was at. This is what he E-Mailed me. "My temperature in my 30 gal is 74-76 or around 24- Java moss thriving. 20 gal- 72/73 22-23 Java Moss thriving as well" It would seem that at least based on what is he stating that java moss may do much better at lower temperatures. Lol, now if I could only convince him to test or let me test his water parameters(GH, KH, PH, potassium, nitrates) to see how those compare to my water parameters.
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04-10-2008, 05:56 PM
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