View Full Version : JAva Fern daughter plant or what?
kill_a_watt
02-06-2006, 12:34 AM
hello i had this java fern for probably 2 months and today when i went to feed the fish i noticed there were these tiny about 2cm little plants floating around the tank other palnts i have are eel grass and java moss if u have any pictures of daughter plants please let me know or if u defiately know what it is .
it has 2 little roots squiggly ones and i think about 4 leaves they just look like tiny worms not that they are tiny worms but is definately a plant
mandimoron
02-06-2006, 1:06 AM
Here are some pics I took of my java fernlets. Don't mind the algae spots on the glass. >_>
I had to wait a while for my platies to stop swarming in front of my camera, but managed to get this one:
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2424/picture0144kw.th.jpg (http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0144kw.jpg)
Here's another from a slightly different angle. The pink thing is just a stick I used to push the end of th fern closer to the camera:
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2672/picture0159pl.th.jpg (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0159pl.jpg)
Hopefully those are clear enough to be useful, I suck at taking pictures.
Aquabum
02-06-2006, 8:00 AM
Those are definitely baby plants. Oh, oh. You have some fuzz algae on your plant as well.
Same thing happened to me (fuzz) a long time ago when I fertilized too much.
Lissette
kill_a_watt
02-07-2006, 12:26 AM
no where near looks like them lol i wonder what tmy baby plants are,... ]
oh yea ive tied them to my driftwood if thats okay for a baby java fern plant or a unknown spieces
nursie
02-07-2006, 12:46 AM
sound like a good plan..then you can watch them grow and see what they are.
wesleydnunder
02-07-2006, 12:12 PM
Sounds like a hitchhiker. Java fern babies form on the leaves of the fern and usually stay attached until removed by me or a fish.
Mark
Aquabum
02-07-2006, 7:19 PM
Ooops. :o
Now I see what you mean. I wasn't referring to that, but what's on the tip of the Java Fern.
I have no clue what that long fuzzy thing is.
Lissette
kill_a_watt
02-08-2006, 11:08 PM
lol kk i cant wait to see what it is.. iver had that tank for 6months and how could those hicthickers hitch? i havent put any new plants in.. hmmm
carpguy
02-08-2006, 11:22 PM
My Java Fern spits out little daughter plants like that. I think they're just little ferns.
YuccaPatrol
02-08-2006, 11:45 PM
The baby java ferns are fantastic. I bought 2 plants a year and a half ago and sometimes I take those babies and tie them to a small rock or piece of wood. Now I have fantastic bunches of java ferns in all of my aquariums.
Most of the time I just pull them out and toss them away I get so many of these now.
kill_a_watt
02-09-2006, 10:49 PM
i hope they are java fern there pretty expensive :) :coffee2: