Ludwigia Repens: Long leaves under low light and super red under high light
Wadup fishtank people!
So I have 3 Ludwigia repens. My 15 gal tank was under low light until now, I had one T8 15W bulb with 2800k and a reflector.
My one ludwigia, which rooted really well developed these very long leaves.
The other ones had the "classic" look.
Now that I've had my T5HO 24W 4 inches above the tank for about a week, the big ludwigia's leaves started hanging down but the other 2 developed these beautiful red leaves.
Any idea what I should do with the "long leave" ludwigia?
Would really appreciate your input!
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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on
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I'd say different species. I've never seen repens with long leaves like that.
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Permalink Reply by Nicolai (nicsaqualand) on
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That was one of my first thoughts too. But it looked exactly the same as the other two when i bought it...
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Ok so I found out in the chat yesterday what the whole story on that was.
under low lights the plant will try to develop more surface to catch the light and grow taller.
Under high light it doesn't need to so now the other two, which have rooted, are developing just like a normal ludwigia.
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