Couple of my red plants

[Nathan]

hey just putting a pic of 2 of my red plants i have, rotala macrandra and a red tiger lotus.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/discus1234/Picture095.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/discus1234/Picture084.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/discus1234/Picture082.jpg

let me know what you think

[DiscusEden]

Lovely Nathan! Well done!

Are they on CO2? What kind of lighting are you running?

[Nathan]

yea there the rotala mac has got to be my fave plant.

yea there on co2, an the lighting is 36' aqualiner pc 2x96w globes.

i also add iron, it helps HEAPS with the red plants, i find if i dont dose it the plants arent that vibrant red more of a washed out green.

thanx for the comment discuseden.

[DiscusEden]

Thanks for the tip!

[fish_r]

very nice plants Nathan, look very healthy :)
what's the bottom one ?
how is the tank going ? havnt seen any pics for a while ?

[axl]

the bottoom plant is rotala macranda, very nice plant if you have strong lighting and co2

[fish_r]

i see that now, just looked different to the top pic...
keeping nitrates low also brings the colour out in this plant...

[Nathan]

yea well my uncle is down at the moment (noddy65) an he helped me redo the tank about a week ago so its lookibng tons better.

itl still be about a week until it fills in more but yeah the plants are doing very well and therel be more pictures coming.

[Phathead6669]

I have heard, word of mouth, that the redness of these plants is highly based on their iron content. So you must be doing something right by adding iron since these plants look very healthy and red.

[shewey]

Very nice Nathan! Looking forward to the full tank shot. :-)

Cheers,
Shewey

[sonflowerjoela]

All I can say is WOW! Those are beautiful Nathan. I know you are proud. :D

[Noddy65]

Heres a pic of one of mine.
I also have the same plants as Nathan and another even redder lotus.
The one pictured is a dwarf, the leaves are about the size of a 50c piece (Australian coin) and it hugs the substrate.
Im thinking of selling some of it off when I redo the tank in a few weeks time.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/Noddy65/redlotus-1.jpg

Mike

[DiscusEden]

Hi Noddy,
It's beautiful!

Don't suppose you'd be willing to post some of that would you?

[sonflowerjoela]

Those are so beautiful! Are they hard to grow?

[sonflowerjoela]

What kind of lights do you have to have for that. Just regular aquarium lights work?

[Noddy65]

Not that difficult.
I have 320 watts of T5 lights. The plant is at the front so doesnt get the full benefit of all that light.
Substrate is standard aquarium gravel.
CO2 injected tank.
Ferts twice a week.

Mike