Trimming red shoots Cabomba caroliniana

[MbmC]

The Cabomba Caroliniana I have growing in my tank are turning red at the tips of the shoots. Question is, as I trim the shoots, the trimmed portions are all red, so the remaining plants are green. Is this the right thing to be doing?

So I be trimming further down, so that the new growth will be red?

[jhseah]

If I'm not wrong, most if not all the new shoots of Cabomba is red, after that they will turn green.

You can trim the new red shoots, plant them, you will have more Cabomba in tank.
Personally, I find the new shoots nicer, not only the reddish color, also they are more "bushy", not so spaced apart like the older portion.

[MbmC]

Not quite true, coz only the new shoots at the very top turn red. New side shoots are still bright green...

But in my reading, seems like Cabomba Caroliniana can specifically turn and almost brownish hue given the right conditions...

[Mizu World]

These are very high-light plants, so usually only the top portion turns red as they get enough light in a typical aquarium.

[MbmC]

So no choice but to trim the top most shoots then...

Unless I let it grow along the water surface.

[WiNd08]

learnt from my plant cell technology module, when trimming stemmed plants for subculturnig, it is best to cut the stem where it is nearest to the leaf on the bottom. as such:

(bottom) ===1|2=======1|2========1|2 (tip of the plant)

the "|" indicates the leaf while the "=" indicates shoots. you should be cutting at point ''2'' and replant the stalk you cut out hope this helps

a bit too lazy to take photos