Ludwigia Scarlet????? easy to grow or not

[axl]

Hi,
just wanting to no if ludwigia scarlet are fairly easy to grow, i have just put them in my 70g with co2 and 3.2wpg of light. The leaves have started to fall off on the plants is this normal for them to do this or why is this happening??? Should i trim the plants and spread out the stems because they are in bunches of 4 stems at the moment
cheers axl

[kalebjarrod]

I thought ludwigia was a floating plant?

i might have the wrond spp.

[axl]

na it has long stems on it so it definely goes in the gravel

[revkev]

try this site for info. http://www.tropica.com/default.asp

Revkev

[merman]

Are you adding any salt to the tank? Can be a hard plant to grow, have never really had much success

[Littlefish]

Ludwigia tends to drop leaves where it is not getting enough light. Separating the stems will allow more light to get to the lower leaves.

Pruning off the top of the plant will encourage side shoots to develop and make the plant more bushy.

Does better with a rich substrate but will get by without. Colour improves with more intense light.

Fred