Wisteria came with emerged leaves.... - Aquarium Advice

gfink · 08-15-2005, 03:51 PM

What can I expect to happen as it adapts to being submerged?

Will it lose all of its leaves, or will it keep the current leave shape and new growth will be submerged type? Or something else?

Click this link to see the two types of leaves.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=824

malkore · 08-15-2005, 04:19 PM

it'll be stunted for a few weeks, then start puttign out submersed growth, as it sheds the thicker emersed growth leaves.

travis simonson · 08-15-2005, 06:21 PM

Typically with Wisteria (H. difformis) submersed growth, the brighter the light, the more pinnate the leaf structure becomes. Although it doesn't require much light to grow well. That stuff is so hardy it would probably grow on the floor of my closet :P

jrp1588 · 08-15-2005, 06:43 PM

Then why isn't mine thriving?

All my other plants are doing great in my tank.

malkore · 08-15-2005, 06:55 PM

I have the same problem, wisteria and watersprite do horribly in all of my tanks.

travis simonson · 08-15-2005, 07:12 PM

And I can't grow Bolbitis fern to save my life, but Wisteria is like a plague if I put it in my tank. I swear, if I don't remove every last bit, even the tiniest 1/8" chunk of root will grow back into another full-fledged monster plant

08-15-2005, 03:51 PM	#1
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08-15-2005, 04:19 PM	#2
malkore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 6,540	it'll be stunted for a few weeks, then start puttign out submersed growth, as it sheds the thicker emersed growth leaves. __________________ Visit my aquarium pages - see specs on my tanks, and photos of how they've evolved My other passion: TheNinja 500R - updated 9/18/05

08-15-2005, 06:21 PM	#3
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	Typically with Wisteria (H. difformis) submersed growth, the brighter the light, the more pinnate the leaf structure becomes. Although it doesn't require much light to grow well. That stuff is so hardy it would probably grow on the floor of my closet :P __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

08-15-2005, 06:55 PM	#5
malkore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 6,540	I have the same problem, wisteria and watersprite do horribly in all of my tanks. __________________ Visit my aquarium pages - see specs on my tanks, and photos of how they've evolved My other passion: TheNinja 500R - updated 9/18/05

08-15-2005, 07:12 PM	#6
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	And I can't grow Bolbitis fern to save my life, but Wisteria is like a plague if I put it in my tank. I swear, if I don't remove every last bit, even the tiniest 1/8" chunk of root will grow back into another full-fledged monster plant __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

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