Java fern and water movement

[Chiasmodon]

I recently bought a wave maker. The reason why I bought this is to sweep away debris that get stuck in my java moss or in other areas. Will this also make my newly bought java fern happy?

 

[Frank the Fish guy]

Yes, plants like Java Fern will be happy with the water flow too! My Java ferns thrive in a tank with pretty good flow. The leaves move around a bit and it looks cool too.

 

[Chiasmodon]

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Yes, plants like Java Fern will be happy with the water flow too! My Java ferns thrive in a tank with pretty good flow. The leaves move around a bit and it looks cool too.

I previously bought Java ferns and placed them in my old tank with no flow. They all died. Furthermore, I also suspect that higher temperatures(90-95 f) may have been the cause of the problem.

I think Java ferns would benefit from water movement because it would help distribute nutrients throughout the tank, preventing the accumulation of debris that could cover the rhizome of the plant and potentially cause it to die.

Although theres this small cluster of java fern thriving In a bucket.. no flow , just water and snail poop.. how come it survived.

I kinda fixed the temperature problem by repositioning my tank in an open area.

 

[Mudminnow]

Your high temperatures are much more likely to have killed your java fern than low flow. In my experience, they are highly adaptable. I've kept them with very low flow and very high flow tanks. They were happy in both.