Weird question about amazon sword

ryknier

ryknier

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Nov 10, 2004
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I have an amazon sword, and recently, which i find quite amazing, but it could be stupid, but it is streaming a consitant gas from one of the leaves! not like bubbles bubbles, but a constant teeny tiny bubbles, extremely small, i would take a picture but can't get a good pic. Does anyone have an idea what this gas formation is and how this plant could be converting whatever it is soo fast?
 
it may be that its actually gassing off which is a good sign from what I have heard its often called pearling if its what I am thinking about.
 
Generally this steady stream indicates a small hole or injury to the leaf. When it heals it will stop streaming.
Many times you will see this when you cut a leaf away from the base, especially in rosette type plants or Lotus.

Len
 
Yup, just some real hard pearling. I notice it from time to time on various plants. Like Len said, it's just some small injury, I'm neven sure of the cause, perhaps just too much activity. Never seems to hurt the plants any and I just take it as a good sign.
 
no worries though ehh !
 
I just read in the Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants that this is caused by a carbon dioxide cycle. I just means that your plants are getting adequate lighting, causing them to convert co2 into sugars and freeing oxygen in the water when these bubbles hit the surface.
 
Don't confuse pearling, which I believe is what you are talking about, with beading which occurs as a result of a damaged leaf. This can occur from a pin-hole or a small slice in the leaf, etc.
Prune a leaf off of a lotus or anubia and the resulting stump will emit beads for hours afterward.

Len
 
Oh, ok I learn something every day from this site!
 
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