Echinodorus Quadricostatus ??

[peterkoh]

Hi Folks,

Any idea if the above plant is chain sword ? Where can I get it and is it true it needs moderate light ? I'm looking around for undemanding foreground plants to replace j. blyxxa and eventually move to low-tech, low-light and low-maintenance tank.

Thks.

[juggler]

Yours is a 2ft tank, right?
E.tenellus would be better. EQ can grow taller than 10cm to be a foreground plant. Moreover, EQ needs more light than ET.
If you want to try EQ, I can trim some for you.

[chua]

What happen to your Japonica?

[peterkoh]

Yeah. Mine is a 2 ft tank. 10 cm is kinda of tall for foreground but shd be ok if that's absolutely max as my 2ft is taller than most 2ft tanks. Yes, would like to give it a try but only after your next maintenance prune. Don't want to trouble u too much. Do u happen to have e. tenellus as well ? Thinking of putting them in together and see which one make it better. Ultimately, I would like to move towards slower growing and less demanding and low light plants ... to the point I can just switch on 1 36W PL light. I have less time these days but still like to keep a planted tank which is a joy to watch.

Thks in advance KF.

[peterkoh]

They were doing well ... but only with DIY CO2 and 1st few mths after changing new light tubes. I've adjusted my light-on from 10 hr to 8 hr and this seems to have a detrimental effect on j. blyxxa - tips turned yellow and sometimes seem to melt off and they never grow taller after replanting them. I'm trying to move towards low-light tank and this plant is not suitable based on what i know.

[Allen_1971]

Unfortunately 10 cm is not an absolute maximum for EQ... those in my tank are probably closer to 15cm in height.

[tawauboy]

e. quad seems to require more light than e. tennelus.
and e. quad does grow to more than 10cm tall.