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black ghost wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 13:01 pm
fr499y wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:41 pm
black ghost wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:18 pm Doesn’t look like red vallis to me.
Don't forget the red from the light is exaggerating the colours a fair bit!
and I can’t find anything similar...
Vallisneria spiralis 'Red' is not red at all, it's a sort of brick brown colour and to me looks like it's dying. :]
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Vallisneria spiralis 'Red' will go red:


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Certainly does go red! I’ve had it blood red in a previous setup under high light and plenty of ferts 😁
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Having never grown it, I'll take your word for it's redness.
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LookoutTrout wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 13:14 pm I have a question about the original photo, how long have the plants been underwater? They all look a modest size so have they been put in for the photo but would look completely different after a few weeks.
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Well there we go! Cryptocoryne crispatula var. kubotae ("tonkinensis")
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