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    Eusteralis Stellata....help!

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    Hi Guys,

    Gots some emersed e.stellata from Teos on Saturday, about 9 stalks, some long some short. Planted them in a spot with lots of light. Over the last few days, noticed that some of the emersed leaves falling off...

    This evening, wah lau, all the stalks botak! Looks like a tornado swept through the e.stellata, some of the stems are broken, some are lying flat. All have no emersed leaves, Not sure what happend. [:0]

    My water conditions seem ok, PH is 6.8-6.6, KH=4, Fe=0.1-0.2, just dosed approx 25ppm K2SO4 this morning. Fish and other plants are doing fine. Temp 28-29 C

    Is this expected of the e.stellata B4 they start to grow submersed leaves? How long does this usually take?

    If its not the tank conditions, then I suspect the fish, the corys and otos hang around the e.stellala a lot

    BTW, my dosing of K2SO4 is based on Chuck's calculator (3 teaspoons in 500ml water = 0.05ppm/ml solution for 324l tank, I pour all 500ml into the tank for approx 25ppm)

    Any ideas what's with the e.stellata


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    Hey eggz,

    Like you I bought some Emersed Eusteralis Stellata from teo, but I have a difference response...

    On planting, after 1 day, all the emersed leafs are sagging but are still attached to the stem. This continues till day 4.

    On day 4, All the sagging leaves still there, and I can see what looks like small little shoots of new leaves (I'm not sure)?

    In no instance did any leaves fall off.

    I suspect something either ruffled your plant, or theres some plant alleopathy happening which is wiping out your e.stellata

    Will keep you updated. btw, the e.bleheri you passed me bubbling along nicely. Thanks again.
    Allen

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    the dropping of leave is norm, but oso the same time, u shld see growth on the tip of the plant.. transformation shld be ard 1week..

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    hmmm... so I hope by saying that that the NOT dropping of leaves is also normal [] ?!
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    Depends on whether you bought the emersed or submersed form. The emersed form sheds leaves as in converts to submersed form.

    I guess the vice-versa is true too.
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    hah. mine, strong light. emerse leaves stay on. and get bba. lol

    so I tossed it all. gratiola seems to do better.

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    Thanks for the answers....

    Ok, this morning, saw some new shoots (or leaves?) coming from the side of a couple of the stems that are left standing...

    Heh...always go into a panic whenever something doesn't seem rite....must try and take it easy []


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    quick update... its day 6 since buying my E.Stellata, and interestingly enough, the emersed leaves which were drooping have all perked up... hehe maybe they decided not to die ... Also, I can see smaller submersed leaves coming out from the tip of the plant, as well as almost every node on the stem.... so far things are looking good
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    eggz, chech yur pm!!

    mispelt buduck

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    Allen... could be the roots finally grew in and started feeding?
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    dunno... I fully expected the submersed leaves to grow out, but the emersed leaves perking up is an unexpected surprise...

    actually the lady at teos was telling me that the emersed leaves would slow "bian" into the submersed... I assume that they would fall off and new ones grow... though who knows... maybe the emersed will transform... though I doubt it. []
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    Hi Allen,

    Good to hear your e.stellata is doing well.

    Mine are finally getting started, out of the 9 stalks from Teos, I only have 4 that have sprouted some submersed growth. Looks like the others were trashed by my Rams or Corys. []

    Oh yeah, I'm gonna cheat and get some submersed ones from Budak and get a head start muhahaha []


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    Oh yeah, I'm gonna cheat and get some submersed ones from Budak and get a head start muhahaha []
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    Hey! No fair [:0] ...... *grumble grumble*
    Allen

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