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I finally got around to trimming the Ammania senegalensis in the 55 gallon tank. It had started to breach the surface so I didn’t really have a choice.

I removed all of the Ammania senegalensis stems as well as a group of Dianda stems that were growing amongst them.

I trimmed about 6-8 inches off of each stem and snipped the leaves off of the bottom 3-4 inches of each top that was going to replanted (photo below). I managed to fit all of the tops back into the original area I took them from but decided to leave out the bunch of Diandra that I removed. I used a few of the shorted clippings in the front to fill in a few gaps as well.

Overall I think it has a much greater impact now. The emersed (green) sections of the stems are no longer visible and the group looks much tighter.

I’m going to replant the lower parts of the stems in a nursery tank to see if they will develop new side shoots.