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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.

I made another trip to All Oddball Aquatics today and picked up a few more Blyxa Japonica for the 55 gallon tank. I wanted to replace the Crypt. wendtii because although it was staying short, it had grown very bushy and was taking up a little more space than I wanted it to. I removed the Crypt. wendtti and planted 4 of the Blyxa I purchased. I had only purchased 3 but the plants were so big I was able to separate them and ended up with 7 good sized plants. The shape of the Blyxa left more of the substrate open in that area (which was the goal) so now I can plant more Glosso to fill it in.

I also topped a few of the Ammania senegalensis and planted them with the new Blyxa to add a splash of color. I know the Ammania won’t stay short enough to keep it in the foreground but it looks nice for now.

The other 3 Blyxa went into the 10 gallon which is filling in nicely.