hydropolis-logo.gifThe second half of my plant order from Hydropolis arrived today so I spent the better part of the afternoon elbow deep in aquariums.

Two of the plants I had ordered were not available and their cost was refunded a few days ago.

I ended up with the following:

All of the plants arrived in good shape, especially the Limnophila aromatica. I’ve been looking for Limnophila aromatica for quite a while now so I was very excited to get it.

I planted most of the Rotala Mangenta and Ludwigia narrow leaf in the 55 gallon tank as well as the Myriophyllum tuberculatum and Limnophila aromatica. The remaining Ludwigia narrow leaf and the Hygrophila lacustris went in to the recently renovated 10 gallon tank.

I’ve had mixed results with Rotala Mangenta so far and I’m not sure if this time around will be any different. I’ve planted around a dozen bunches of it in the 55 gallon tank in the last two months and have only ended up with about 10 stems that took root and are actually growing. Luckily the plant is very inexpensive so it’s not too disappointing when they start floating to the surface.