Amazon Sword

[kreuztraeger]

I have an Amazon Sword in my 10-gallon tank with ONE SMALL common goldfish. I do not use CO2 injectors, but I have plenty of light in there for it, 3 watts per gallon.

I have a question: Will it reproduce?

 

[CaitxSith]

as for all plants do

depends. fert or no. what substrate.

and small or not, even one goldfish isn't good for 10 gal... as they're poop factories and something with metabolism

 

[kreuztraeger]

as for all plants do

depends. fert or no. what substrate.

and small or not, even one goldfish isn't good for 10 gal... as they're poop factories and something with metabolism

::rant:: (Never mind the space considerations. I can't change those anytime soon. No $ and no permission (for an upgrade) from the tenants aka my parents. But soon I'll be out and I'll be able to buy a bigger aquarium for the fish. OK I lied, I still have two fish in it. I didn't want to cause a flame war or some anger fest from people who hate me for "torturing" a goldfish. Really, it does frustrate me to hear from you people with huge aquariums all the time, telling me I ought to go out and buy a bigger one. Or give away the fish. Who am I supposed to give them away to? And how do I know they'll be responsible with them?) NO MORE POSTS ABOUT THE # OF FISH IN MY TANK ::end of rant::

As far as the plants are concerned:

No fertilizer but the goldfish poop. The substrate is gravel. The temperature is steady at about 72*F ... pH I usually keep around 6.8-7.2 by occasional water changes, blahdeblahdeblah.

I haven't seen any flowers yet from the swordplant. I'm hoping it will happen soon. But while we're on the subject of flowers: What about aponogetons? How quickly will they reproduce once the flowers have appeared on them?

 

[blackwolfXKAV]

@ three watts per gallon, no CO2, and the nutients from two goldfish (we'lll get into that later), i'd say you're setting yourself up for an algal bloom bigtime.

 

[Gumby131]

amazon swords grow HUGE before they start sproutin off... ive had mine in perfect conditions in a 30 gal cube for about 6 months and still nothing, its about a foot high now...

 

[Star_Rider]

amazon swords grow HUGE before they start sproutin off... ive had mine in perfect conditions in a 30 gal cube for about 6 months and still nothing, its about a foot high now...

how huge is huge??

I have one in a tank that is not huge but it is healthy the plant is abotu 6"-8" tall and spreads out about 8 "..it has just sent out it's first runners. it has been in the tank for about 4 months. it is suplemented with CO2 and ferts. and the tank has 3+wpg.

 

[Marinemom]

I have an amazon sword plant in my 46 that takes up about half of the aquarium. It has reproduced twice now each time with about nine daughter plants that I was able to sell to the LFS. Most amazons get to big for a ten gallon tank.

Marinemom