Childhood plant id

[Demonknight]

Got a tough one for you guys, native to america plant that grows in water. Long stem, rooted in soil/sand that has long (4 to 5 inch) leaves that grow off the main stem kind of like feathers. I remember it from streams back in Nebraska but for the life of me can't even remember what we called it, had a whitish stem and very dark leaves and I only remember it being in the faster parts of the streams we fished in.

I'm still digging as this is going to annoy me until I figure it out....

 

[fort384]

Any pictures?

 

[Demonknight]

saddly no... so far the closest thing i've seen it the "leafy pondweed" and its not quite what I remember...course I'm going on a 30 year old memory here.


Pretty sure this is it http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/bigphoto/STUPEC_PSK1.jpg

[FONT=ARIAL, HELVETICA]Family Potamogetonaceae[/FONT]
[FONT=ARIAL, HELVETICA]Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner[/FONT]
[FONT=ARIAL, HELVETICA]comb pondweed, sago pondweed[/FONT]
[FONT=ARIEL, HELVETICA]pectinata: Latin for "comb-like"[/FONT]

 

[mfdrookie516]

feathery? like cabomba or hornwort feathery?

 

[Demonknight]

Hmmm, now where to go find some for my tank.... the stream I remember it from is 1200 miles away.

 

[Demonknight]

Since I started a thread and then after digging through 35 or so of 50 pages at the usda's website on plants found what I was looking for I figure why not ask a few more questions here...

1. are ugf's used when useing sand/dirt in planted tanks?
2. are protein skimmers a salt water only item or do they work for fresh?
3. thinking of setting up my currently empty 125 tank as a Qt for plants, cons?

 

[mfdrookie516]

1-nope... and they're rarely used in fw now because of the efficiency of power filters and the easier maintenance that comes with them

2- saltwater only. there are some fw skimmers, but I can't see a single reason to use one... not even sure that they do anything really

3- that'll work, but man that's a big tank to set up to qt plants. Just dip them in H2O2 real quick and rinse them off in tap water. That's what I do.

 

[Demonknight]

h202 = hydrogen peroxide right?

Now to talk the kid into taking a swim for me

Oh and we got a new couch and the 125 no longer fits into the room so its sitting outside in our double car port doing nothing.

 

[mfdrookie516]

yep. and haha.... I hope the water isn't as cold up there as it is around here right now

 

[Demonknight]

Oh it is, but he is 10 and just wants cash to do so..brat

 

[mfdrookie516]

OK. Something you may want to do first... Just as a little disclaimer. check your local laws before pulling any plants/fish from the wild. Some places are protected and it can be a felony if you're caught. Other places, no big deal.

 

[Demonknight]

on the law part, only ones I'm finding are setup to stop you from bringing plants into the lakes/streams.. however I'll be sure to ask the first game warden I run into.

 

[mfdrookie516]

Good. Usually, you only run in to those types of laws (concerning plants) in national/state parks, but it definitely doesn't hurt to ask. Game wardens would definitely be a good source of info.