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September 23rd, 2007
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| floating leaf
I tend to plant water sprite as well as let it float. The one in the 55 is getting a little tall so I pinched the leaves and floated them in the Guppy tank and there are tiny little plants growing in the lobes already 
Heres the plant it came from and then the leaf
Carol
Last edited by Butterfly; September 23rd, 2007 at 08:51 PM.
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September 23rd, 2007
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| oooOOOOoooh pretty clever. | |
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September 24th, 2007
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| Thanks If I leave the leaf floating it will get huge with attached plantlets. Or I can take them off and have new plants 
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September 24th, 2007
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| Water Gardening, it's just as entertaining as watching the fish. | |
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September 24th, 2007
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| yep it's very interesting what you can do with aquatic plants
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September 24th, 2007
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| This is what the leaf looks like from the top today. | |
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September 24th, 2007
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| Beautiful plant Carol That's Water Sprite? My Water Sprite looks very different. Or is it some other variety of Water Sprite? | |
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September 25th, 2007
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Isabella  | Correct If you look in the small print it's also called water sprite. I have some of the same as you. If you pinch a leaf of that it will also grow roots and float
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November 15th, 2007
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| This is what it looks like now | |
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November 15th, 2007
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| Hmm, I guess I have watersprite. I always thought it was wisteria I do have some true wisteria, and was wondering why it looked different. I figured the new stuff I got had been grown emersed, and thats why it looked different.
Anyhow, the watersprite is the only plant I have that has fallen victim to hungry fish. My farlowella cat LOVES it, but he can't eat it as fast as its growing, and I like him more than my plants If it keeps him alive, by all means, he can eat it.
Btw, will the kind of watersprite I have grow like that if I float a leaf from it? I guess I could try | |
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November 15th, 2007
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Originally Posted by neverendingninja
Btw, will the kind of watersprite I have grow like that if I float a leaf from it? I guess I could try | In the far right hand corner is a piece of the other type of water sprite and it's reaching for the light also. I love the roots that hang down. Fry like it also
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November 18th, 2007
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Originally Posted by Butterfly This is what it looks like now | Darn it Carol, it looks like a plant grown in a high-tech/high-light tank! What did you do to it to make it grow so fast and so well!? Looks BEAUTIFUL!  | |
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November 22nd, 2007
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| This thread was helpful . . . I've been looking for a kind of plant that can float, that won't die from it, and this seems to be perfect. Thank you. | |
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January 24th, 2008
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| This is an update. The mass of leaves now cover about half of the 75g 
Carol | |
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January 24th, 2008
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| Carol, is there a floating plant that will help with elevated nitrate in the water? | |
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January 24th, 2008
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| Carol, I love this thread. Now I know I'm not the only one with a tank full of  green taking over!!!
My Bala sharks eat it, breaking the water sprite up, and floating new babies all over the place. Only 4 or 5 of the plants get big enough to plant, and I have never tried that, but will now. It is great for fry, as you say. I find I don't have to do anything to save molly fry, they just spend their first month up top in the foliage.
Do you ever find you have to get rid of some though? It is as hard as "thinning out the MTS snails"  | |
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January 24th, 2008
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Originally Posted by TheEssigs Carol, is there a floating plant that will help with elevated nitrate in the water? | Any fast growing plant will suck up the Nitrates and thus lower them in your water. Water sprite also known as Indian Fern will use a lot of them up. Quote: |
Carol, I love this thread. Now I know I'm not the only one with a tank full of green taking over!!!
| I have it everywhere as a matter of fact it looks like it's crawling out of the 55G Quote: |
Do you ever find you have to get rid of some though? It is as hard as "thinning out the MTS snails" | I'm forever pulling some out and putting it in another tank. In the summer I usually put tubs outside to breed fish and raise plants in so some will have to go out side too
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January 26th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Azahara This thread was helpful . . . I've been looking for a kind of plant that can float, that won't die from it, and this seems to be perfect. Thank you. | ditto | |
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January 27th, 2008
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| Butterfly, do you know if I can use my pathos cuttings in the fish tank? 
I usually put my cuttings in a vase and have them root there. But, I was thinking that they might root better in the aquarium. I was wondering if can I stick a few stalks of cuttings into the tank(placed in through one of the holes in the hood) allowing the plant to cascade down the side of the tank? 
Is pathos safe for the fish? If so, do you think I could leave the cuttings there full time and allow the plant to grow there? I think it would add to the decor of the tank in the one room while being a beneficial filtering agent for the tank. 
Thanks.
Last edited by TheEssigs; January 27th, 2008 at 01:19 PM.
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January 27th, 2008
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| I have put Pathos in the tank and in the filter and haven't had any bad effects. Just make sure the leaves are above the water level, In fact fish love to swim in and out of the roots.
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January 27th, 2008
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