Banana Plants Love 'em! Updated 3/27/12
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Good morning,
A few updated photos of the Banana Plant below. It's growing and growing and I'm still waiting on it to bloom. I have no idea how long it will take for the plant to bloom.
Too, you can see my juvenile Bristle Nose Pleco (BNP) feasting on zucchinI stuffed with a veggie wafer in 2 of the photos. Awwwww I got the BNP from Harpua2002 back in Novemeber 2011 and was soooo tiny. It's growing very well but no bristles currently showing. I have a feeling I have a female but not certain.
Photos were taken with tank lights off and a flash.
Thanks for looking and for any responses.
Ken (breathless with anticipation!)
A few updated photos of the Banana Plant below. It's growing and growing and I'm still waiting on it to bloom. I have no idea how long it will take for the plant to bloom.
Too, you can see my juvenile Bristle Nose Pleco (BNP) feasting on zucchinI stuffed with a veggie wafer in 2 of the photos. Awwwww I got the BNP from Harpua2002 back in Novemeber 2011 and was soooo tiny. It's growing very well but no bristles currently showing. I have a feeling I have a female but not certain.
Photos were taken with tank lights off and a flash.
Thanks for looking and for any responses.
Ken (breathless with anticipation!)
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Good morning,
Well, surprise surprise! What I thought was going to be a bloom is actually a new leaf! (photo #3 & 4) The stalk has almost reached from center to the right glass panel. It's a little shy of 2' long. The leaf is going to be green just like the other ones.
The leaves are getting so close to the top of the water too! You can see how the stalk stretches in photos 1,2,3.
Ken
Well, surprise surprise! What I thought was going to be a bloom is actually a new leaf! (photo #3 & 4) The stalk has almost reached from center to the right glass panel. It's a little shy of 2' long. The leaf is going to be green just like the other ones.
The leaves are getting so close to the top of the water too! You can see how the stalk stretches in photos 1,2,3.
Ken
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They look great Ken!!!!! Here u go again....I got a small one tooooooo....lol.....in my 5 gal planted with my gold tetras....(I had to get it!!!!! Lol!!!!) I hope mine does half as well as yourds are doing!!!!!
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Good morning and thanks for the comments!
Here is some information on KerrI Tetras. I haven't found them in my area. I ordered mine from our member Harpua2002. Great little fish, very hardy. I have 22 of them and 4 neons, 1 BN Pleco in the tank and that is all. Trying to keep it more a less a species only tank.
Ken
Here is some information on KerrI Tetras. I haven't found them in my area. I ordered mine from our member Harpua2002. Great little fish, very hardy. I have 22 of them and 4 neons, 1 BN Pleco in the tank and that is all. Trying to keep it more a less a species only tank.
Ken
Good morning,
My substrate is river rock so most of them stay where they are put. However, some of them are floating a bit with longer roots holding them in place.
I still get a floater every now and then and I just put it back into place. Once the longer roots start developing, it's much easier.
Ken
My substrate is river rock so most of them stay where they are put. However, some of them are floating a bit with longer roots holding them in place.
I still get a floater every now and then and I just put it back into place. Once the longer roots start developing, it's much easier.
Ken
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Cool, I'll try that! I'd have hated to do it and then killed it Just a little, then! Its got a few roots, one that's really long, but its not smart enough to grow its roots *down* and into the sand. Rather, they grow up LOL
Have you gotten a bloom, yet? Or just a that really long stem that made a surface leaf?
Have you gotten a bloom, yet? Or just a that really long stem that made a surface leaf?
Hello,
The long roots that grow may very well grow all over the place and not just down. It's recommend to have a group of them and watch how they entwine with each other. So if the roots grow up, the plants should still thrive. I have quiet a few exposed roots.
I got a lily pad type leaf, no bloom to date. The stalk has reached from the center to the right glass panel, almost.
Ken
The long roots that grow may very well grow all over the place and not just down. It's recommend to have a group of them and watch how they entwine with each other. So if the roots grow up, the plants should still thrive. I have quiet a few exposed roots.
I got a lily pad type leaf, no bloom to date. The stalk has reached from the center to the right glass panel, almost.
Ken
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Those roots can get pretty wacky sometimes. I have one growing through an arch in my driftwood, then up, and down in a huge arc. It looks so... inefficient. But neat, so it's okay.
Good morning,
The same Banana Plant has grown another stalk that will more than likely be another Lily Pad. These stalks grow so quickly it's amazing. Photos below.
Too, you can see my juvenile Bristle Nose Pleco about to jump onto her slice of zucchinI in the first photo. I got her from Harpua2002 November 2011. She is going to be tiny, and no signs of bristles to date. She is so cute! The slice of zucchinI is almost bigger than she is.
Room lights were dim, tanks lights off and I used a flash.
The really long stalk that you see that kind of leads to nowhere is about 22" long and doing well with the pad floating on top of the water.
Thanks!
Ken
The same Banana Plant has grown another stalk that will more than likely be another Lily Pad. These stalks grow so quickly it's amazing. Photos below.
Too, you can see my juvenile Bristle Nose Pleco about to jump onto her slice of zucchinI in the first photo. I got her from Harpua2002 November 2011. She is going to be tiny, and no signs of bristles to date. She is so cute! The slice of zucchinI is almost bigger than she is.
Room lights were dim, tanks lights off and I used a flash.
The really long stalk that you see that kind of leads to nowhere is about 22" long and doing well with the pad floating on top of the water.
Thanks!
Ken
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Good morning,
As long as the leaves are not brown, or starting to turn brown/yellowish, then I do not worry about it too much. However, the leaves in question do not appear as healthy as the ones without the darker green patches. I was thinking that my Pleco may have been nibbling on them. I know it isn't algae.
We'll see.
Ken
As long as the leaves are not brown, or starting to turn brown/yellowish, then I do not worry about it too much. However, the leaves in question do not appear as healthy as the ones without the darker green patches. I was thinking that my Pleco may have been nibbling on them. I know it isn't algae.
We'll see.
Ken
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Oh neat! So you have pretty much ID'd her as a fem BN then? That's very cool!
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HI Ken,
So, my fluorescent tube is only 15 watts! According to the lighting articles, I should have at least 40 (min 2 watts/gal of water). This seems high, no? Also, I need to change to a full spectrum or tri-phosphor tube, right? I'll be heading to my LFS tomorrow afternoon! Hopefully this will keep my banana plant happier;-)
So, my fluorescent tube is only 15 watts! According to the lighting articles, I should have at least 40 (min 2 watts/gal of water). This seems high, no? Also, I need to change to a full spectrum or tri-phosphor tube, right? I'll be heading to my LFS tomorrow afternoon! Hopefully this will keep my banana plant happier;-)
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