I loved the idea of getting a "rice paddy weed" because I figured surely this is the one plant that will thrive no matter what I do.
False! In fact it is the only plant that does practically nothing in my tank!
OTOH My swords grow giant new leaves daily, they are flowering too. my val is propagating very quickly. from these signs, it seems like plant life is generally finding what it needs in my aquarium unless that plant is the rotala.
I've tried aggressively pruning & replanting but the newly planted shoots just stagnate and eventually form algae
What have you found that is different about keeping this plant vs some of the other beginner plants I seem to have success with?
what "standard" wisdom have you read on the internet about rotala species, which proved to be totally false? I'm aware that I'm often reading some very amatuer pontifications when i search with google.
False! In fact it is the only plant that does practically nothing in my tank!
OTOH My swords grow giant new leaves daily, they are flowering too. my val is propagating very quickly. from these signs, it seems like plant life is generally finding what it needs in my aquarium unless that plant is the rotala.
I've tried aggressively pruning & replanting but the newly planted shoots just stagnate and eventually form algae
What have you found that is different about keeping this plant vs some of the other beginner plants I seem to have success with?
what "standard" wisdom have you read on the internet about rotala species, which proved to be totally false? I'm aware that I'm often reading some very amatuer pontifications when i search with google.