Hi guys.
I just planted the following tank about 4 weeks ago:
My plan is to shape the HM, green rotolla and limnophila aromatica into nice bushy mound. This is my first venture in really trying to shape stems.
So, I think I'm about at the point where I should make my first major pruning. With the rotola and HM, I know I should hack them to just above the substrate, let them branch and then repeat again in a few weeks.
My question, is how should I handle the Limnophila aromatica? Should I prune back drastically and just let the bottoms grow out or should I just replant the tops? Any other advice on pruning this plant taking into context the scape and neighboring plants?
I've had this in my tank before and generally after pruning while the bottoms did grow back it did seem to take a long time so I generally replanted the tops. Honestly, since I had the tops I didn't pay too much attention to the remaining bottoms.
Thanks.
Jeremy
I just planted the following tank about 4 weeks ago:
My plan is to shape the HM, green rotolla and limnophila aromatica into nice bushy mound. This is my first venture in really trying to shape stems.
So, I think I'm about at the point where I should make my first major pruning. With the rotola and HM, I know I should hack them to just above the substrate, let them branch and then repeat again in a few weeks.
My question, is how should I handle the Limnophila aromatica? Should I prune back drastically and just let the bottoms grow out or should I just replant the tops? Any other advice on pruning this plant taking into context the scape and neighboring plants?
I've had this in my tank before and generally after pruning while the bottoms did grow back it did seem to take a long time so I generally replanted the tops. Honestly, since I had the tops I didn't pay too much attention to the remaining bottoms.
Thanks.
Jeremy