Java ferns

[Exigenn]

How do you go about getting these nice, dense java ferns?

All the ones i have are very thin and kind of look like crap?

 

[KingKoopa512]

Idk i have the same problem erggghhh

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[RightTurnClyde]

Do you dose ferts in the water at all? I recently started dosing dry Potassium Sulfate from green leaf aquariums and my Java Ferns are exploding!


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[fishenthusiast]

Good fertilizer and good CO2. Java Ferns grow more slowly with low light, and grow fast in high light. Give them time. It takes Java Fern a couple months to start taking off. Now pressurized CO2 isn't necessary for Java Fern, but it will help them become lush and full; Flourish Excel or Metricide 14 are alternatives.


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[Dallascowboys16]

I believe that Good Co2 really is the key. I grow some really nice java fern windelov in my high tech 55 gallon. Compared to growth from years ago before I had pressurized CO2 the current growth is incredibly lush and full. Dosing Excel would also work if you did it consistently.

 

[KingKoopa512]

COWBOYNATION waiting for the draft lol but yea i have pressurized co2 an i growth but not much an u i use the seachem flourish line

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[Dallascowboys16]

COWBOYNATION waiting for the draft lol but yea i have pressurized co2 an i growth but not much an u i use the seachem flourish line

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Hmm. The only thing I can think of is light. Although Java ferns will survive in low light they will not get as full and lush in my experience. Ever since I moved mine to high light a few years back they have really exploded and have looked awesome ever since.

 

[Blahblahblah]

What is CO2? Is it a liquid you put in the tank with the fertilizer?


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[fishenthusiast]

What is CO2? Is it a liquid you put in the tank with the fertilizer?


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CO2 is carbon dioxide. There are some varieties of "liquid CO2" that will produce CO2 in a tank via reactions, such as Flourish Excel, API CO2 booster, and Metricide 14. Pressurized CO2 comes from a tank and feeds it directly into the water via a reactor, atomizer, or diffuser.


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