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The quintessential "difficult" plant. This plant still drives people crazy after being around for several years now. None-the-less people still try because of how beautiful it is. Recently I have had better luck with a very low KH, lots of traces, some Seachem Equilibrium, lots of light, and moderate to low levels of macros.
This is one of the first decent pics I have gotten of this plant. There has been no digital alterations to the colors. I have other pics, but they were taken through slightly cloudy water.<edited><editID>Ben Belton</editID><editDate>38078.958287037</editDate></edited>
Eustralis stellata
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Ben Belton
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Ben,
Can you tell me what the KH and GH is on the tanks you keep this in? I had some doing fairly well until I added Equilibrium, which, of course, raised my GH.
FWIR plants only seem to care about KH -- alkalinity -- but the tank they were in was very high in KH at the time.
After the Seachem they just melted
Thanks,
Eileen
Can you tell me what the KH and GH is on the tanks you keep this in? I had some doing fairly well until I added Equilibrium, which, of course, raised my GH.
FWIR plants only seem to care about KH -- alkalinity -- but the tank they were in was very high in KH at the time.
After the Seachem they just melted
Thanks,
Eileen
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Ben Belton
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This pic was taken about 2 or more years ago, so I can't remember what the KH or GH was. My KH out of the tap runs from 2 to 4. The only person I know that has consistent success with this plant has a KH of 11. I have decided that is the secret, but I haven't tried it. A very rich substrate seems to do great as well.
Ben
Ben
