blackwolfXKAV
03-16-2007, 2:10 PM
Ok, Let me give you the basics:
I've got a small ten gallon tank that is currently filled to the brim w/ one tiger lotus/lily, one aponogeton of unknown species, two onion plants, two banana plants, an a small mass of java moss attached to some driftwood.
Now, I know that you might be thinking i've lost all common sense as far as plants go, but the majority of these plants (except for the bananas and the java) have all sprouted form some "itty-bitty" dry bulbs.
[Note to self: Dont do that again!]
Trimming and placement (for some of the floaters/longer leaves) is fairly tricky, but at this stage manageble whenever doing regular water changes. Light consumption and some limited algae overgrowths occasionally presents itself as an issue, but nothing out of the ordinary.
My biggest issue is avoiding filter intakes, i have two. Why two? Flow and the assurance of really good filtration.
As I mentioned before, the majority of these plants found their origins into the tank by way of bulb. However, not all the bulbs that i placed in the tank sprouted right away, leaving me with a recent new growth from a "dead" bulb that appears to a species of Apono. Normally, this would be great news forme, except that, due to water movement and the never-ceasing activities of my two peppered corydoras, the newly risen bulb has managed to find itself a home a mere inches below on of my filter intakes. In the past, I have noticed that smaller specimens of Aponos tend to fare badly if moved early on in their developmental stages, due to root damage which then leaves the plant at the mercy of the currents. However, it is quite apparent that this particular plant be moved to a different location in the tank.
Also, current large Apono; the one which sprouted earliest, has been sending out a very large amount of seedlings around the tank. [Lucky me, i picked one of the only aquatic plants that does that] This originally was quite exiting as a beginner to the plant world, until I realized that my tank was not in a position to hold any more of these rapid growers. So, much against my natural instincts, I "controlled" the situation by pruning off all reproductive growths. This seemed to work, except that several of the seeds had rooted succesfully in the tank, and were in difficut places in the tank. There were two of these original sprouts from the first "wave" of seedlings, and, they were also the ones that were damaged by transplanting [see above]. They currently flot on the top of the aquarium nestled between various leave sof the bananas and the parent apono.
Ok, so it seemed that two plants would be a problem, especially since I had resigned myself to the fact that, despite the best of my intentions, the seedlings would reside wherever the tank sent them, so their survival was not encouraged, but I didnt go out of my way to kill them off. :D
[If they die, they die.]
Imagine my shock when I was looking around the tank and I saw FIVE more plantlets!
As if this were not enough, they had managed to find a home BENEATH the java moss, some even wedged into cracks in the driftwood. Mind, not only is the java moss there, but also the bananas lie directly above, making the seedlings right underneath the most heavily populated section of the tank.
What should I do?
Thank you,
B.W.
I've got a small ten gallon tank that is currently filled to the brim w/ one tiger lotus/lily, one aponogeton of unknown species, two onion plants, two banana plants, an a small mass of java moss attached to some driftwood.
Now, I know that you might be thinking i've lost all common sense as far as plants go, but the majority of these plants (except for the bananas and the java) have all sprouted form some "itty-bitty" dry bulbs.
[Note to self: Dont do that again!]
Trimming and placement (for some of the floaters/longer leaves) is fairly tricky, but at this stage manageble whenever doing regular water changes. Light consumption and some limited algae overgrowths occasionally presents itself as an issue, but nothing out of the ordinary.
My biggest issue is avoiding filter intakes, i have two. Why two? Flow and the assurance of really good filtration.
As I mentioned before, the majority of these plants found their origins into the tank by way of bulb. However, not all the bulbs that i placed in the tank sprouted right away, leaving me with a recent new growth from a "dead" bulb that appears to a species of Apono. Normally, this would be great news forme, except that, due to water movement and the never-ceasing activities of my two peppered corydoras, the newly risen bulb has managed to find itself a home a mere inches below on of my filter intakes. In the past, I have noticed that smaller specimens of Aponos tend to fare badly if moved early on in their developmental stages, due to root damage which then leaves the plant at the mercy of the currents. However, it is quite apparent that this particular plant be moved to a different location in the tank.
Also, current large Apono; the one which sprouted earliest, has been sending out a very large amount of seedlings around the tank. [Lucky me, i picked one of the only aquatic plants that does that] This originally was quite exiting as a beginner to the plant world, until I realized that my tank was not in a position to hold any more of these rapid growers. So, much against my natural instincts, I "controlled" the situation by pruning off all reproductive growths. This seemed to work, except that several of the seeds had rooted succesfully in the tank, and were in difficut places in the tank. There were two of these original sprouts from the first "wave" of seedlings, and, they were also the ones that were damaged by transplanting [see above]. They currently flot on the top of the aquarium nestled between various leave sof the bananas and the parent apono.
Ok, so it seemed that two plants would be a problem, especially since I had resigned myself to the fact that, despite the best of my intentions, the seedlings would reside wherever the tank sent them, so their survival was not encouraged, but I didnt go out of my way to kill them off. :D
[If they die, they die.]
Imagine my shock when I was looking around the tank and I saw FIVE more plantlets!
As if this were not enough, they had managed to find a home BENEATH the java moss, some even wedged into cracks in the driftwood. Mind, not only is the java moss there, but also the bananas lie directly above, making the seedlings right underneath the most heavily populated section of the tank.
What should I do?
Thank you,
B.W.