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greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	i have an amazon sword, its been there for a little bit over a month now, its grown about 20 leaves, but each one of them are just like 8 inches long, and skinny, some have lighter shade of green, some are just fine, what am i lack of? these leaves are about 1 inch wide, and i know they are suppose to be like.. 2-3 inches wide. no special gravel, just tabs, liquids, diy co2, and little over 3wpg
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	It could be a different species of sword that was mislabeled at the LFS. Do you have a picture? How long ago did you get it? They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	i got it about 2 months ago, the original leaves are normal, but the new grow leaves are narrow and long.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	I get the same thing, I'd appreciate an answer to this too Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	How deep is your gravel? Swords have biiiig root systems, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that a sword with too little root room starts to grow a little funky, rather like root-bound houseplants not doing as well. -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	gravel is about 2.5 inches
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	Yeah, I'd allow a lot more than that if possible - 4" might cut it for a smaller sword, but the more, the better in this case. Do your root tabs have iron? -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
HazyWater Hobbyist Posts: 101 Kudos: 44 Votes: 0 Registered: 19-Oct-2002	That can happen. i believe amazon swords can and usually are grown emersed to facilitate a much hardier plant for the riggers of shipping. Now that your sword is immersed, it shall grow leaves more suitable to the enviroment. Gravel has nothing to do with this, but amazon swords are heavy root feeders and would do better with a more nutritious substrate. They sell balls of laterlite or clay or fert tabs or something like that at stores. You can just stick one of those under the plant.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	yes my tabs have iron, i usually double the dose around the sword too. thanks for all yer help
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Falstaf Fish Addict Posts: 785 Kudos: 1211 Votes: 196 Registered: 12-Feb-2004	Hi, It can also depend on the amount of lighting, i've had swords that when brought home, they have either skinny leaves like melon swords and once in a high light enviroment the leaves start to grow wider, same happend once all the way arround with an ozelot sword, so i think that if they are well fertilized and all, it must be a lighting change tthat is causing them to adapt.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	well, i just tripled the tabs, i'll see how it does this month, if stays the same, i'll get 40 more watts on it. thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43


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