[Wheeler]

Just to throw in a little wrinkle here, I find B. japonica to be rather easy. I've grown it in the shade and under sun-like conditions. Lean and heavy water column ferts. It loves iron, though. The hard part is keeping it in the gravel and getting it to root as was mentioned a couple of times.

I grew it in plain gravel as easily as Flourite, etc...

It seems the trick is starting with good plants. I'll snap a couple pics of what I have going now and post tonight.

HTH

 

[Wheeler]

I had to go and run my big mouth :?

All my B. japonica's are shedding their old leaves much like a Crypt melt except the ones in the shade of a huge L. arcuata bush. The ones in the direct light are red with a little green striation. Really beautiful, but they seem to be touchy to light variation. Anyone else notice this?

Anyone know why these plants melt? This is a first for me, and I prefer it to be my last...[/b]