Rotala macrandra 'super red' - Page 2 - New Plants for Planted Aquariums

ashappard · 09-11-2009, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mrkookm

I trimmed it yesterday, tweaked traces, N&P is at 20:3, increased my lighting and this is what I'm getting. For my next tank I'm going shallow so that I don't have to make my plants grow like trees to give me some decent color or go crazy with lighting.

looking good! Very nice crowns and internode length looks like its dialing in. A bit saturated in the photo, but maybe its just my monitor at work. Shallow tanks for the win! Lighting systems and electricity usage will be cheaper, that's certain.

mrkookm · 09-11-2009, 09:39 AM

Yes its definitely overstaturated, I thought it was the one I sent you yesterday.

This is the pic I wanted to post, this is a more accurate representation of the color. Its only 9'' tall and has another 10" to go, and it looks pretty darn good up close. It chaging from that Orangy color to a more red pink color and its has tightened up a lot too.

ashappard · 09-11-2009, 10:39 AM

yes that's more like it

not a dig of course! Representing the color in a photo to the actual appearance is difficult and it almost always looks better in person. For me, photography is more difficult than just growing the plants to potential. Of course I also have a very cheap Point-and-Shoot for making photos.