dwarf sag

Over a week ago I got some dwarf saggittaria from a fellow aquarium keeper, through the mail.

For years I never thought of trying this in my tanks. People use it in high-tech setups to make a carpet filling in the foreground substrate. But I learned recently that it can grow fine in a low tech setup, it will just get taller- which is what I want! - and it can also do okay with temps down into to the low sixties. Max height is twelve inches, so this might work perfectly in my unheated window tank.

I planted it in the middle, where all the weighed-down hornwort stems have finally come out. Same as last time, I floated the plants for a good long while with occasional additions of tank water to the bag, to give them a gradual acclimation. I haven't seen any melt. I expect them to grow rather slowly, at least until summer comes again.

Looking down at the middle: