rollinghills
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What's this plant?
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BBradbury
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Your Plant
Hello rolling...
In my non professional plant ID opinion, it looks very much like a small fern, possibly Java fern. If you want the scientific name, it's Microsorum pteropus.
Try attaching it to a small piece of driftwood with some dark sewing thread and let the wood float or you can weigh the piece down with some rocks. I think Java fern grows better attached to driftwood than lava rock, but that's me. Attached is a pic of an experimental tank I use to grow plants using different liquid ferts. I have some Java fern floating in this 45 G.
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Hello rolling...
In my non professional plant ID opinion, it looks very much like a small fern, possibly Java fern. If you want the scientific name, it's Microsorum pteropus.
Try attaching it to a small piece of driftwood with some dark sewing thread and let the wood float or you can weigh the piece down with some rocks. I think Java fern grows better attached to driftwood than lava rock, but that's me. Attached is a pic of an experimental tank I use to grow plants using different liquid ferts. I have some Java fern floating in this 45 G.
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rollinghills
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Thanks, the fork shape of the leaves throwing me off. Have you seen them like that before?
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Your fern plant
Good morning rolling...
There are several different varieties of Java fern and those I've kept grow differently depending on the tank conditions. Most aquatic plants grow like that, there's just no way to duplicate tank conditions. Guess that's another one of the interesting things about this hobby.
I've gotten interested in growing low light plants as much as keeping the fish. I just have low light, low tech (no CO2) tanks and play around with liquid fertilizers to see what plants I can grow. The plants are as interesting as the fish.
Let me know how your fern does.
B
Good morning rolling...
There are several different varieties of Java fern and those I've kept grow differently depending on the tank conditions. Most aquatic plants grow like that, there's just no way to duplicate tank conditions. Guess that's another one of the interesting things about this hobby.
I've gotten interested in growing low light plants as much as keeping the fish. I just have low light, low tech (no CO2) tanks and play around with liquid fertilizers to see what plants I can grow. The plants are as interesting as the fish.
Let me know how your fern does.
B
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