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Old 08-21-2009, 03:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Littorella uniflora

Heres a unique plant I acquired a few months back. I don't think it's new to the hobby but it's very rare in the hobby (even though it's native to the USA I believe ). It is foreground plant due to its max size of roughly 1.5"w~1.75"h (at least in my tank). Hopefully we'll start seeing it more of it around.



I was too lazy to change the spelling, see above for the correct spelling.

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Old 08-22-2009, 10:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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some distributor in hong kong is selling this plant on ebay I actually just got some of it in the mail. hasn't been doing much in my tank just sitting there so IME is a slow grow, that's not a bad thing though
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I agree, its a definitely a slow grower.
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Old 08-22-2009, 04:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Looks cool! Does it have a root system like the erios?
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No, not even remotely close It has a small root system, so there are no headaches pulling these guys up as it is with an Erio.

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Very interesting plant reasheed, what kind of substrate do you have it growing in?
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Its Turface Pro League 'charcoal' . While I grow plants fairly ok in it, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for the more difficult species as it takes more effort to grow these types well. It was much was easier to grow plants in SMS and since you have AS, you already have the best

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Really it grows pretty fast for me. Its a nice one but waiting for it to really bunch up and grow dense.
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does this like strong light?
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waiting for it to really bunch up and grow dense.
It put out runners so its either going take a while to give a nice 'bush' or you can cut the plantlet and relocate it closer to the mother plant.


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does this like strong light?
It does not need strong light. The lower the lighting the taller is grows by about ½ in or thereabouts.
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