I ordered a "bunch of E. aflame purple knight" the other day, and my order arrived this afternoon. I hadn't given the care much thought since I have 5 other types of swords in my tank that grow fine. I was trying to find the mature size of the plants to help decide position, and to see if they would fit in my smaller tanks too (I ordered 1 and got a bundle of 4! Yay!), but info is pretty sparse.
Anyone here have 1st-hand experience with these?
I found a couple really old (circa 2009) discussions of "aflame" that indicates it grows slow, apparently stays reasonably small, and is hard as heck to grow, but little in the way of specifics of how to grow it. Also not sure if "purple knight" and "aflame" are the same cultivar, or if purple knight was bred from the original aflame.
Also curious if emmersed leaves are the same purple-black as submerged ones. Mine came in deep purple, but it's hard to tell if they were emmersed grown due to the size.
Currently I have the little babies (they are about 6 leaves each, 4" tall, obviously plantlets cut from a mother plant) sort of just planted in an open patch in my 60g where they can get good light and good substrate until I decide permanent spots for them. Tank is high light, ecocomplete substrate, dosed Excel daily, Flourish 2x weekly. Nitrates tend to sit around 10-20.
Anyone here have 1st-hand experience with these?
I found a couple really old (circa 2009) discussions of "aflame" that indicates it grows slow, apparently stays reasonably small, and is hard as heck to grow, but little in the way of specifics of how to grow it. Also not sure if "purple knight" and "aflame" are the same cultivar, or if purple knight was bred from the original aflame.
Also curious if emmersed leaves are the same purple-black as submerged ones. Mine came in deep purple, but it's hard to tell if they were emmersed grown due to the size.
Currently I have the little babies (they are about 6 leaves each, 4" tall, obviously plantlets cut from a mother plant) sort of just planted in an open patch in my 60g where they can get good light and good substrate until I decide permanent spots for them. Tank is high light, ecocomplete substrate, dosed Excel daily, Flourish 2x weekly. Nitrates tend to sit around 10-20.
