...Because I'm really starting to hate it. It looks messy, it's uprooting and floating all over the place, and it's just a mess.
What can I replace it with? What do you think makes a pretty (and affordable) background plant? I want to have replacements ready before I rip this stuff out and I'm running out of aesthetic patience!
How about something like Myriophyllum mattogrossense? Nice fine leafed plant and not fussy at all. I have it in a medium light tank, and in my daughter's low light shrimp tank.
Rotala rotundifolia is very common, very cheap and pretty easy to grow. Looks great too. if you have high co2 and high light, it grows like a weed (which it is in the wild ) low nitrates and a lot of iron really bring out its colors.
How about something like Myriophyllum mattogrossense? Nice fine leafed plant and not fussy at all. I have it in a medium light tank, and in my daughter's low light shrimp tank.
Ah, yes! We have some of this in red in my daughter's tank. This will probably work out well.
Ironically, I re-acquired some purple cabomba at a club auction not long ago. "Gosh, why did I ever get rid of this? It's really pretty stuff," I said to myself.
Ha! It's starting to drive me crazy! In a tank with high light and co2, it grows way too fast and just looks stringy. I'm trying it in a couple lower light low tech tanks now, but I've told it it's on probation. If it doesn't behave itself, it's out!
Good luck to you! I have low light and no CO2 supplementation, and it still grows like crazy and makes a mess.
You know what else grows like crazy and makes a mess? WATER LETTUCE. I can't get rid of it. It occludes the light, grows like mad, and grows explosively whenever I try to remove it all. Grrrrr.....Its hive mind knows I'm trying to eradicate it, and reproduction goes into overdrive. I'm getting ready to nuke it from space.
Want to replace my Cabomba... 
) low nitrates and a lot of iron really bring out its colors.
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