[cprash]

Aside from shading, what are my options? I do regular dosing of ferts (~20ppm nitrates) and medium co2.

They clearly like the high light, sending out roots, turning a robust red and trying to grow laterally.

 

[DeeJayA1]

no matter what I do in my tank, my rotalas bend regardless.

 

[chevyguy8893]

Same here, once it gets about 4-5" from the surface it bends, roots shoot out, and then I end up with new plants growing from the stem. That is on rotala rotundifolia.

 

[cprash]

Heh. I've been pruning and replanting religiously. I have a nice, low rotala forest, but cant get them too high. Hoping the tiger lilly provides some shade in the future. Mine are rotala gia lai, mexicana araguia and colorata.

 

[R.sok]

Mine grow straight to the surface. The trick for me was Direct even lighting. If any of my floating plants get in the way they start to bend & anywhere where the light is more intense the rotala grows in that direction

 

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my rotalas dont bend, but its a smaller tank (12" high) so they dont ever get more than 8" tall anyway.

 

[ThatGuyWithTheFish]

Once it reaches a height that it is satisfied with the light intensity, it will start to grow out.