Amazon Plant
An Amazon Sword plant is beautiful. They also get BIG if they are healthy and properly planted. I am thinking, not knowing more about your situation, that three (3) plants for a 20 gallon tank is too many….unless you planted them knowing that maybe one or two may die off. I have Amazon Swords that easily take up a whole 30 gallon tank by themselves. But, again, like anything else in this hobby, it took patience. It isn’t going to grow overnight.
When ever I buy a plant for my tank(s) I always look for nice, white roots. If they are brown and mushy, don’t buy them. The plant will never make it. After taking off the dead leaves I cut the green healthy leaves with a pair of scissors to about half. This takes the strain off the roots to try to feed a big plant. Go over the plant carefully to be sure there are no snail eggs on the leaves. Then plant them right up to the crown. It’s alright to just about cover the crown, but don’t bury it deep. Once this plant takes hold, it will reward you with a beautiful green plant. If it’s getting too bushy for your tank, cut some of the older leaves and take them out. If all goes well, you will soon see ‘runners’ reaching out from the plant and going into the substrate. There will soon be a baby Amazon that you can plant elsewhere when it is big enough to handle.
joe t > > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of Carmen H > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:57 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Amazon Plant > > It sounds to me like inadequate lighting. A standard canopy doesn’t produce > enough quality light to support plants that have high lighting needs. > Increasing the length the light it on won’t help, only increasing the > intensity, which would mean a new fixture… > > Carmen > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Noun > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello > > Noone replied to this message. So here it is again. Hope someone can > > help here. > > > > Hi > > I planted my 3 amazons a couple of months ago in my 20 g tank. > > As they were too tall and reaching out of the water , I cut the old > > leaves as soon as the plants grew new ones. > > Now each plant has about 20 leaves, but the problem is that they’re > > not reaching up, they’re spreading themselves horizontally. I don’t > > know if it’s the lightning, I light the tank about 12 hours aday. I > > used fertilizers only once (pills planted near the roots). > > Another thing, all the old leaves in the buttom are being gauzy. Is > > this normal? > > Btw, I’m no expert in fish keeping, any detailed advise is welcome. > > > > Noura > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1388 - Release Date: 4/20/2008 > 3:01 PM >
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