View Full Version : Any information on these plants?
palmbreeze
09-29-2005, 10:53 AM
Do any of you experience folks have any information on these plants...
Onion Plant
Bateri Round Leaf
Marsilea Minuta
I'm hoping those of you who have kept these plants before can give me some insider information.
Thanks!
palmbreeze
09-29-2005, 11:55 AM
I lied...I do not have Marsilea minuta I have marsilea quadrifolia.
phanmc
09-29-2005, 1:01 PM
bateri broad leaf: an anubias, very easy to care for low light plant. Like most slow growing plants, its susceptible to BBA algae should your tank have excess nutrients and not enough CO2. Doesn't need to be planted and will attach to rock and wood.
Marsilea Quadrifolia: water clover, larger than the minuta and a lighter green color. Its also an easy to care for low light plant that is ideal for ground cover for low light tanks. Grown submersed, the leaves will lose its clover like shape and look similar to glosso. Planting is done in a similar fashion to glosso, cut off small groups of leaves and bury the nodes into the substrate. Plant the nodes an inch apart and they will eventually grow to fill in the area. Marsilea grows much slower than glosso however.
carttman
09-29-2005, 2:44 PM
I have been growing an Onion Plant in my 29 gallon for five months now. It is growing in an all gravel substrate with 38 watts of light. I had to trim a couple of the leaves are ready because they got so long and it is starting to put out new leaves. If you go with this plant do not bury the bulb.