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Overview
Siamensis carries wide, apple-green leaves on thick stems, filling vertical space with the mass of a shrub rather than a stem plant. It converts nutrients to foliage at a pace that makes it a favorite for cycling tanks and furnishing big community setups.
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Aquascaping use
Use it as a solid back wall or corner bush in larger tanks; three stems become a hedge within a month. Its leaf size suits robust fish communities over delicate scapes.
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Planting
Plant thick cuttings deep enough to stay put; buoyant tops can lever loose stems free. Give each stem real elbow room.
Flexible
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Light & CO₂
Medium light keeps leaves close-set; low light opens the internodes but rarely kills it. CO₂ merely turns fast into faster.
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Substrate & fertilization
Its bulk demands honest macro nutrition; nitrogen shortage yellows the big leaves quickly. Feed the column and it asks nothing else.
Feeding behavior: Water-column feeder. Nutrient demand: moderate.
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Growth, trimming & propagation
Cut stems hard and replant the tops; new shoots break from below the cut within days. Left alone it emerges and keeps growing out of the water.
Stem cuttings
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Common problems
- !Yellowing under nitrogen shortage
- !Sheds lower leaves when stems crowd
- !Outgrows medium tanks without steady cutting
