Plant Growth Spurt

[StripySnailGirl04]

Hello,
Many of my plants are experiencing a "growth spurt". My Anubias and Cryptocoryne are growing new stems, my floaters have much bigger leaves and my background plants are growing tall rapidly! Anyone else experiencing a plant Growth spurt?

 

[Essjay]

Wait till your frogbit looks like this


I eventually got rid of mine as the roots were trailing on the bottom of the tank and getting tangled up with the other plants. I've gone back to water sprite.

 

[outofwater]

Hello,
Many of my plants are experiencing a "growth spurt". My Anubias and Cryptocoryne are growing new stems, my floaters have much bigger leaves and my background plants are growing tall rapidly! Anyone else experiencing a plant Growth spur

They look great! Congrats. What's the name of the plant on the second picture? The one with the "skinny " stems/leaves?

 

[Sgooosh]

my duckweed is, i think they can detect it is spring

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Wait till your frogbit looks like this
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I eventually got rid of mine as the roots were trailing on the bottom of the tank and getting tangled up with the other plants. I've gone back to water sprite.

I don't think I have frogbit. I have Limnobium laevigatum.
But great pic

 

[Sgooosh]

I don't think I have frogbit. I have Limnobium laevigatum.
But great pic

that is a type of frogbit i think
still has long stringy roots lol
you can trim the roots but that is extra hassle

 

[Essjay]

Amazon frogbit is the common name for Limnobium laevigatum

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

The plant with the skinny stem and leaves is Myriophyllum mattogrossense.

 

[Essjay]

you can trim the roots but that is extra hassle

I had to trim the roots at every water change to keep the roots under control.

 

[Sgooosh]

The plant with the skinny stem and leaves is Myriophyllum mattogrossense.

cool they look like Hornwort or ParrotFeathers

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

that is a type of frogbit i think
still has long stringy roots lol
you can trim the roots but that is extra hassle

There would be no point in trimming the roots because my danios and tetras LOVE it.

 

[Essjay]

It's when there's a few inches of root trailing on the substrate, wrapping round the plants rooted in the substrate that the problems start. I trimmed them so they came about half way down the tank but by next week they were trailing on the substrate again.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Also, my java and Christmas moss seem to have a nice time randomly floating around the tank. Great Admiral Nerite loves it!

 

[outofwater]

The plant with the skinny stem and leaves is Myriophyllum mattogrossense.

Thanks! Everyone I ask at the lfs and chains here gives me a different answer

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Thanks! Everyone I ask at the lfs and chains here gives me a different answer

Which answers then?
This is where I got the Myriophyllum mattogrossense from:

Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Myriophyllum matogrossense originates from Mato Grosso in the Rio Amazonas, Brazil. It has decorative and feather-like, reddish stems (30-60 cm long)

www.aquariumgardens.co.uk