alrighty. here's my problem. i have a ten gallon tank with two of these bulbs:
http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...26075&itemNo=21&Nao=12&In=Fish&N=2030061&Ne=2
on about 14-16 hrs per day.
no CO2
occasional ferts, not in a while
two peppered corydoras, treee neon tetras (the last of the mollies died today)
the main plants in my tank are similar to these:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87137&page=3&pp=15&highlight=aponogenetons
i have two onions, one dwarf lily/tiger lotus, one aponogeton, two bananas, and one lone clump of java holding on to some driftwood.
everything is trying to get out!!!!
the apon's have had some very strange growths and, since the camera is currently dead, i'll have to describe them:
vascular growth with spiky knobs at regular intervals along the stem
which gradually change to:
similar structure, however, "knobs" evolve into white stuructures that, at an educated guess, appear to be pollinating structures of some kind
which have recently turned into;
"early stage" green knobs, w/ about two other growths sprouting off the area where the knobs were, they resemble pods of some sort.
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the bananas:
when uprooted recently due to the need to prune the massive bed of java moss on which they rested:
the long (4-6") white roots that had been growing away from the light and into the gravel reversed themselves and beagn to grow towards the light, at the same time gaining a strong green coloration
and
sending vascular growths from the root tips above the water with the hint of a developing leaf or pod on the tip.
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i think it may be safe to assume this could be perhaps some reproductive structure/mechanism of the plants....
what do you think they are?
what should be done, if anything?
if they were reproductive stuctures, what can i expect in the next stages?
i'd like to keep the cycle (not the tank, the plants) going, and if possible, raise the juvenille plants.
how should i do this?
also, i have a spare tank (very small, in fish terms; holds about 7 cups )
could it be possible to throw some eco complete or the like, attach another one of the light bulbs (see first link), and hope to culture the baby plants?
thanks. B.W.
http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...26075&itemNo=21&Nao=12&In=Fish&N=2030061&Ne=2
on about 14-16 hrs per day.
no CO2
occasional ferts, not in a while
two peppered corydoras, treee neon tetras (the last of the mollies died today)
the main plants in my tank are similar to these:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87137&page=3&pp=15&highlight=aponogenetons
i have two onions, one dwarf lily/tiger lotus, one aponogeton, two bananas, and one lone clump of java holding on to some driftwood.
everything is trying to get out!!!!
the apon's have had some very strange growths and, since the camera is currently dead, i'll have to describe them:
vascular growth with spiky knobs at regular intervals along the stem
which gradually change to:
similar structure, however, "knobs" evolve into white stuructures that, at an educated guess, appear to be pollinating structures of some kind
which have recently turned into;
"early stage" green knobs, w/ about two other growths sprouting off the area where the knobs were, they resemble pods of some sort.
-------------------------------------------
the bananas:
when uprooted recently due to the need to prune the massive bed of java moss on which they rested:
the long (4-6") white roots that had been growing away from the light and into the gravel reversed themselves and beagn to grow towards the light, at the same time gaining a strong green coloration
and
sending vascular growths from the root tips above the water with the hint of a developing leaf or pod on the tip.
-------------------------------------------
i think it may be safe to assume this could be perhaps some reproductive structure/mechanism of the plants....
what do you think they are?
what should be done, if anything?
if they were reproductive stuctures, what can i expect in the next stages?
i'd like to keep the cycle (not the tank, the plants) going, and if possible, raise the juvenille plants.
how should i do this?
also, i have a spare tank (very small, in fish terms; holds about 7 cups )
could it be possible to throw some eco complete or the like, attach another one of the light bulbs (see first link), and hope to culture the baby plants?
thanks. B.W.