Fish Folk Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 My passion in this hobby is breeding fish. But I love plants enough to propagate them a bit too. Here’s a video chat about a “mother” java fern. I’m plucking off baby ferns, and explaining a few things… Java Fern</a> — plucking mini ferns" width="200"> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 Watergardens where I like to breed guppies outdoors through the summer have been a special “revelation” for outdoor flowers. Water Hyacinth sends out new blossoms every few weeks… Other flowers stay in bloom, straight through the summer heat… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 I like to trim / prune my water lettuce so that they get HUGE… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan12boy Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/3/2022 at 3:08 PM, Fish Folk said: Watergardens where I like to breed guppies outdoors through the summer have been a special “revelation” for outdoor flowers. Water Hyacinth sends out new blossoms every few weeks… Other flowers stay in bloom, straight through the summer heat… Do the roots of the water hyacinth grow crazy long? I would like them in a tank for that flowering but worried of it being like other floating plants where it takes over completely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 12:22 AM, dan12boy said: Do the roots of the water hyacinth grow crazy long? I would like them in a tank for that flowering but worried of it being like other floating plants where it takes over completely. Yes, in natural sunlight they grow very, very long / large. I have never tried propagating them indoors. I have had some aquarists suggest it's not possible without sunlight. But I've never really worked with good aquarium / plant lighting before. I want to believe it is possible. As for taking over, the roots do command a large area. I trim the new plant shoots away so that my tubs contain no more than 3x water hyacinths ever. Still, those three command a large area. But I find that fry love them, and micro life abound in and among those roots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan12boy Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 12:43 AM, Fish Folk said: Yes, in natural sunlight they grow very, very long / large. I have never tried propagating them indoors. I have had some aquarists suggest it's not possible without sunlight. But I've never really worked with good aquarium / plant lighting before. I want to believe it is possible. As for taking over, the roots do command a large area. I trim the new plant shoots away so that my tubs contain no more than 3x water hyacinths ever. Still, those three command a large area. But I find that fry love them, and micro life abound in and among those roots. Dang would have loved to have some flowering action in my tank. Only exceptional thing my plants have done is how my pearlweed and anacharis pearl a ton now even though I don't add any CO2 to the tank. Just easy green every two days. For surface coverage I've just been letting my jungle val leaves grow and my red lily is constantly growing lilies that I'm constantly cutting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) Sharing some plant photos today. Nothing too amazing — my plants have to struggle to thrive — but I’m enjoying these as much as my fish today… Bamboo and Pothos growing emersed Crinum, Valisneria, Java moss, Sword, and Rhizome of something I’ve forgotten Tiger Lotus Aponogeton sp. Edited September 24, 2022 by Fish Folk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 How are things going in terms of plants @Fish Folk? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 On 1/3/2023 at 8:06 PM, nabokovfan87 said: How are things going in terms of plants @Fish Folk? Well… let’s see here… I moved a bunch of plants into my son’s high school Biology classroom NANF tank. I’m kind of proud of the java moss growing on hidden Dragonstone. Here’s two short videos from Monday… Let me see… This big, distressed Java Fern keeps handing out babies Maybe not everyone’s ideal plant-scape 🌱 🪴 but I personally am happy with the Valisneria + Java Moss in this divided Killi 40 breeder My favorite bright and hardy plant, Hygrophila polysperma (Indian Swampweed) still kicking here and there… The red Tiger Lily (?) lotus thingamajig plant 😂 is … still alive… As is the Aponogeton (sp?) in same Rainbow Shiner growout tank… More “inspiring” than functional right now, the Pothos jugs are going strong… This old Anubias (??) is still struggling along in one of my small NANF tanks… It might be going on 3x years since I jammed this Pothos into 2x Aqueon 75 HOBs… Lots of Najas where Guppies are born… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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