Shaping Rotala Green

waterfaller1 · 12-20-2008, 11:53 AM

OOOhh..a new forum, awesome!

My Rotala green grows up and then swoops down in sweeping stems, I kind of like it that way.

Green Leaf Aquariums · 12-20-2008, 12:34 PM

Stem plants love scissors, so don't be afraid to hack them back

Orlando

Craigthor · 12-20-2008, 01:19 PM

Scissors grab the pruning sheers or hedge trimmer

waterfaller1 · 12-20-2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orlando

Stem plants love scissors, so don't be afraid to hack them back

Orlando

Yeah right...sure, but our favorite scissor source DOES NOT carry short curved scissors..

Green Leaf Aquariums · 12-20-2008, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waterfaller1

Yeah right...sure, but our favorite scissor source DOES NOT carry short curved scissors..

Sure we do

You must not have paid us a visit lately

Orlando

waterfaller1 · 12-21-2008, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orlando

Sure we do

You must not have paid us a visit lately

Orlando

Aha..you are correct. Thanks for getting them! Off to fill my shopping cart.

Down_Shift · 12-21-2008, 10:57 PM

My gawd.. that linked thread has shed me some new light. THANKS.

<-- still a newb.

Gonna try that once my stems grow back

Green Leaf Aquariums · 12-22-2008, 12:14 AM

No problem Down Shift

Orlando

Left C · 12-22-2008, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KDahlin

I had always thought that getting rotala green to grow downwards took high light. Below, is rotala green growing downwards in only 1.5 wpg T5 light.

How is this look achieved?

Hi KDahlin

Do you have a link to the thread where that picture was posted? Is it one of Tom Barr's lighting posts using his PAR meter?

fishboy87 · 12-31-2008, 05:08 PM

sorry, so if I were to cut my now 1.5' tall rotala down to like 4" tall, it WILL NOT kill the rotala and the rotala will grow back bushier. . .i only say this because I've worked a while just to get my plants to grow and I'm nervous of cutting the centerpiece plants and killing it like what could happen if you did that to let's say garden plants outside

**Ebichua** · 12-31-2008, 06:06 PM

You'll be fine, this is rotala green you're talking about, right fishboy?
The "regular" rotalas such as green, colorata, indica and others that look like these (just diff color or something) grow fast and easy. Hard plant to kill. I have had some that grow out of the soil because I uprooted/cut all of my rotala sp. green and they somehow had a stem under the substrate still or I must have missed a TINY portion. It regrew back into my tank and I kinda just left it there now. Like I said though, hard to kill. :-P Good thing they're nice.

fishboy87 · 01-01-2009, 04:05 AM

yeah, I was talking about indica. . .to be safe, I think I'll just remove it all and plant the tops. . .thanks!

**Ebichua** · 01-01-2009, 06:09 AM

Trim it and replant the tops to make a bigger bush. That's what I do with all my stem/rotala plants to make them look bushy.
Works like a charm :-)

**KDahlin** · 01-01-2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Left C

Hi KDahlin

Do you have a link to the thread where that picture was posted? Is it one of Tom Barr's lighting posts using his PAR meter?

Hi Left C,

it came from here: http://www.aquascapingworld.com/foru...hairgrass.html

12-20-2008, 11:53 AM	#16
waterfaller1 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (63/100%) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 4,859	OOOhh..a new forum, awesome! My Rotala green grows up and then swoops down in sweeping stems, I kind of like it that way. __________________ Keep smiling~Carole

12-20-2008, 12:34 PM	#17
Green Leaf Aquariums Sponsor (View User Tanks) PTrader: (86/100%) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SWAMP Posts: 4,699	Stem plants love scissors, so don't be afraid to hack them back Orlando __________________ Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts Forum & The Planted Aquarium Blog & Co2 AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE PLANTED AQUARIUM.

12-21-2008, 10:57 PM	#22
Down_Shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Beantown Posts: 863	My gawd.. that linked thread has shed me some new light. THANKS. <-- still a newb. Gonna try that once my stems grow back __________________ www.mattwan.net // www.slayerzinc.com cRSX krew #1

12-22-2008, 12:14 AM	#23
Green Leaf Aquariums Sponsor (View User Tanks) PTrader: (86/100%) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SWAMP Posts: 4,699	No problem Down Shift Orlando __________________ Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts Forum & The Planted Aquarium Blog & Co2 AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE PLANTED AQUARIUM.

12-31-2008, 05:08 PM	#25
fishboy87 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Garden City, New York Posts: 939	sorry, so if I were to cut my now 1.5' tall rotala down to like 4" tall, it WILL NOT kill the rotala and the rotala will grow back bushier. . .i only say this because I've worked a while just to get my plants to grow and I'm nervous of cutting the centerpiece plants and killing it like what could happen if you did that to let's say garden plants outside __________________ Ehfipimp #340!!!(2215) 29 Gallon planted 10 Gallon manzanita scape

12-20-2008, 01:19 PM	#18
Craigthor Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (188/100%) Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dubuque, IA Posts: 9,611	Scissors grab the pruning sheers or hedge trimmer

12-31-2008, 06:06 PM	#26
Ebichua Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (80/100%) Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,636	You'll be fine, this is rotala green you're talking about, right fishboy? The "regular" rotalas such as green, colorata, indica and others that look like these (just diff color or something) grow fast and easy. Hard plant to kill. I have had some that grow out of the soil because I uprooted/cut all of my rotala sp. green and they somehow had a stem under the substrate still or I must have missed a TINY portion. It regrew back into my tank and I kinda just left it there now. Like I said though, hard to kill. :-P Good thing they're nice. __________________ <3 http://shrimpstuff.blogspot.com/

01-01-2009, 04:05 AM	#27
fishboy87 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Garden City, New York Posts: 939	yeah, I was talking about indica. . .to be safe, I think I'll just remove it all and plant the tops. . .thanks! __________________ Ehfipimp #340!!!(2215) 29 Gallon planted 10 Gallon manzanita scape

01-01-2009, 06:09 AM	#28
Ebichua Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (80/100%) Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,636	Trim it and replant the tops to make a bigger bush. That's what I do with all my stem/rotala plants to make them look bushy. Works like a charm :-) __________________ <3 http://shrimpstuff.blogspot.com/

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