Wallichii

Anthony · 02-14-2005, 04:55 AM

I have wallichii and it is growing pretty fast but I have fuzz and hair algae on them. Is there a good way to clean these or should I wait for the tank to balance? Also the plant is very bare looking. Is this from algae, rough cleaning, or maybe some fish are getting between meal snacks?

**Buck** · 02-14-2005, 08:47 PM

They are a delicate plant and are very hard to clean, scratch that, impossible to clean... LOL
If it is growing that is half the battle, all you need to do is just clip off clean tops 3" or so and keep replanting them and once you get your algae straightened out you will have no problems. The stumps from the cuts will put out one or two new stems anyways.

Momotaro · 02-14-2005, 10:00 PM

Are there bare spots or is the whole stalk bare? If the plant is bare looking, I would hazard a guess that your SAE has found it!

Mike

Anthony · 02-14-2005, 11:07 PM

It has bare spots. I don't have SAEs in the tank. Maybe something else has taken a munch. I have angels, rainbows, otos, a clown loach, cories, and glass shrimp.

**Buck** · 02-14-2005, 11:41 PM

Angels,cories,ottos and shrimp dont bother it... I had those fish in with it when I grew it. Are the stems bare on the bottom ?
They will drop leaves quickly if shaded at all and normally its at the bottoms of course. If you have a patch of it, the outer stems will be the only ones with leaves all the way to the bottom.

Anthony · 02-15-2005, 12:11 AM

No, acutally the tops and bottoms are ok, but the middle is where it is bare. Weird isn't it?

02-14-2005, 04:55 AM	#1
Anthony Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Covington, LA. Posts: 1,071	Wallichii I have wallichii and it is growing pretty fast but I have fuzz and hair algae on them. Is there a good way to clean these or should I wait for the tank to balance? Also the plant is very bare looking. Is this from algae, rough cleaning, or maybe some fish are getting between meal snacks? __________________ 40 gallon SeaClear Acrylic, 192 watt Orbit Lunar PC, Filstar XP2, Filstar XP1, JBJ Regulator, Rhinox 5000 glass co2 diffusor, 9 watt UV sterilizer, Hydor Inline Heater, Pool Filter Sand substrate Filstar pimp #53 How comes shoppings so stupid, looks at all this stuff I haves, what do I do's with it.

02-14-2005, 08:47 PM	#2
Buck Planted Tank VIP (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lebanon, CT Posts: 4,939	They are a delicate plant and are very hard to clean, scratch that, impossible to clean... LOL If it is growing that is half the battle, all you need to do is just clip off clean tops 3" or so and keep replanting them and once you get your algae straightened out you will have no problems. The stumps from the cuts will put out one or two new stems anyways. __________________ Buckmanshome.Com

02-14-2005, 10:00 PM	#3
Momotaro Doesn't like Kool-Aid (View User Tanks) PTrader: (52/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hawthorne, New Jersey Posts: 10,117	Are there bare spots or is the whole stalk bare? If the plant is bare looking, I would hazard a guess that your SAE has found it! Mike __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-14-2005, 11:07 PM	#4
Anthony Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Covington, LA. Posts: 1,071	It has bare spots. I don't have SAEs in the tank. Maybe something else has taken a munch. I have angels, rainbows, otos, a clown loach, cories, and glass shrimp. __________________ 40 gallon SeaClear Acrylic, 192 watt Orbit Lunar PC, Filstar XP2, Filstar XP1, JBJ Regulator, Rhinox 5000 glass co2 diffusor, 9 watt UV sterilizer, Hydor Inline Heater, Pool Filter Sand substrate Filstar pimp #53 How comes shoppings so stupid, looks at all this stuff I haves, what do I do's with it.

02-14-2005, 11:41 PM	#5
Buck Planted Tank VIP (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lebanon, CT Posts: 4,939	Angels,cories,ottos and shrimp dont bother it... I had those fish in with it when I grew it. Are the stems bare on the bottom ? They will drop leaves quickly if shaded at all and normally its at the bottoms of course. If you have a patch of it, the outer stems will be the only ones with leaves all the way to the bottom. __________________ Buckmanshome.Com

02-15-2005, 12:11 AM	#6
Anthony Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Covington, LA. Posts: 1,071	No, acutally the tops and bottoms are ok, but the middle is where it is bare. Weird isn't it? __________________ 40 gallon SeaClear Acrylic, 192 watt Orbit Lunar PC, Filstar XP2, Filstar XP1, JBJ Regulator, Rhinox 5000 glass co2 diffusor, 9 watt UV sterilizer, Hydor Inline Heater, Pool Filter Sand substrate Filstar pimp #53 How comes shoppings so stupid, looks at all this stuff I haves, what do I do's with it.

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