Does anyone have it?
Does anyone WANT it?
I found like, a huge bunch of it, and I'm trying to decide whether or not to toss it.
Does anyone WANT it?
I found like, a huge bunch of it, and I'm trying to decide whether or not to toss it.
Bladderwort.
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Can it eat fish? 
This website (http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/database/floating_plants/bladderwort.htm) says: "[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bladderworts are unique in that the underwater leaves bear small oval "bladders" that trap and digest small aquatic creatures." And http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/wort.html says "[/FONT]When prey touches the trigger hairs, the bladder expands, sucking in the animal. It is then dissolved within the bladder."
Feed me, Seymour?
This website (http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/database/floating_plants/bladderwort.htm) says: "[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bladderworts are unique in that the underwater leaves bear small oval "bladders" that trap and digest small aquatic creatures." And http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/wort.html says "[/FONT]When prey touches the trigger hairs, the bladder expands, sucking in the animal. It is then dissolved within the bladder."
Feed me, Seymour?
It can only eat the smallest of fry. It gets the majority of its energy from photosynthesis.
Its a nuisance to most of us.
Its a nuisance to most of us.
Curios, why is it a nuisance? If it is why would it have been added to your tank to begin with?
I might want some, but I'd like to know more about it. I'll read up, but still am wondering about the nuisance.
its not very fun to aquascape with since its so brittle and small and once you dont want it any more its hard to eradicate.
DAVIDFBT
Extinct? Since when?
I find a strand of it almost every day. Its a nuisance to me because I don't like it in my tank. It's like having a bum at your party, he hitch hikes in, eats your food and lives off of you even though you don't want him there, and no matter how many times you try to take it out, it just keeps on coming back.
It might be good for a pond plant. Just don't let it loose..
I ended up with some of it because it hitchhiked on some plants I brought home. I'm sure I can wrap up enough to send out.
I ended up with some of it because it hitchhiked on some plants I brought home. I'm sure I can wrap up enough to send out.
Utricularia gibba , the humped bladderwort is the type I have. Small strings and eats mosquito larvae.
