Plant recommendations for 10 gal...

Newman · 10-26-2009, 10:22 PM

WHOOPS!
too late, and too bad

that ive already ordered 7 pots of dwarf sag ...

kenny1tothe6 · 10-26-2009, 11:42 PM

Well, I like Dwarf Sag...so good luck with it!

emmanuelchavez · 10-27-2009, 08:40 AM

It's sag, not blyxa. Blyxa will be bushier.
I have some dwarf sag in my 29g, and some of it is growing rather tall - tall enough to do what you'd like for it to do.

Newman · 10-27-2009, 12:12 PM

Great. thanks for confirming. Plants will arrive in two days. Unfortunately the 6700K bulbs will arrive in 6 days, so ill have to keep the plants under 10000Ks until then. The wattage will still be 4.8 wpg.

I'm thinking of starting with 4 hour daily amounts of light. should help to avoid some algae...

kenny1tothe6 · 10-27-2009, 01:00 PM

I thought it was Blyxa...since the Dwarf Sag I've seen is always a lime green and as I said almost looks like it will crunch if you put pressure on it's leaves[spongey is a better description?]. That plant looks like it'll fold up and die if you look at it wrong[Blyxa] and appears to have a Reddish Tinge which I didn't know Sag had.

I've been wrong before though and am no plant expert.

10-26-2009, 10:22 PM	#11
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,796	WHOOPS! too late, and too bad that ive already ordered 7 pots of dwarf sag ... __________________ Credit goes to Lludu

10-26-2009, 11:42 PM	#12
kenny1tothe6 Medium Fish Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 413	Well, I like Dwarf Sag...so good luck with it! __________________ 10gal, 24gal Nano-Cube [Nano-Reef], 29gal Riparium, 35galHEX, 55gal, 125gal, & 5,000gal Pond

10-27-2009, 08:40 AM	#13
emmanuelchavez Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,367	It's sag, not blyxa. Blyxa will be bushier. I have some dwarf sag in my 29g, and some of it is growing rather tall - tall enough to do what you'd like for it to do. __________________ 100, 29, 20, 10, 2.5

10-27-2009, 12:12 PM	#14
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,796	Great. thanks for confirming. Plants will arrive in two days. Unfortunately the 6700K bulbs will arrive in 6 days, so ill have to keep the plants under 10000Ks until then. The wattage will still be 4.8 wpg. I'm thinking of starting with 4 hour daily amounts of light. should help to avoid some algae... __________________ Credit goes to Lludu

10-27-2009, 01:00 PM	#15
kenny1tothe6 Medium Fish Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 413	I thought it was Blyxa...since the Dwarf Sag I've seen is always a lime green and as I said almost looks like it will crunch if you put pressure on it's leaves[spongey is a better description?]. That plant looks like it'll fold up and die if you look at it wrong[Blyxa] and appears to have a Reddish Tinge which I didn't know Sag had. I've been wrong before though and am no plant expert. __________________ 10gal, 24gal Nano-Cube [Nano-Reef], 29gal Riparium, 35galHEX, 55gal, 125gal, & 5,000gal Pond