Apnogeton and Cories? Part Deux

[ChilDawg]

Hey all!
Everyone remember that thread with the poll that I had about a month ago? I don't think that the Cories have done much damage to my bulbs, but it looks like nothing is happening with them...is it time to pull the plug on them and try for something a little less, ahem, cheap? Should I try throwing in another batch just to see what happens? (I am planning on looking at the bulbs more closely this weekend, but I thought for sure that I'd be able to see growth by now...)

Are there any cheap bulbs which don't need much light and grow with better consistency and maybe at a rate resembling that of a plant rather than, say, a rock?

Thanks for your replies,

Matthew

 

[kveeti]

Well, I have a single crinum thaianum (onion plant) in a low light tank. It's really meant for bigger tanks, the leaves grow fast and wind around the surface a few times and every once in a while I cut them down so they wind around only once.... more of a background plant though.

Can't remember exactly.... but I remember reading somewhere that if you buy the apo-can't-remember-spelling bulbs and put them in a paper bag over a warm TV, the ones that will sprout should do so in a few days. If I can re-find the site that said this, Ill update.


edit..... Here 'tis http://www.2cah.com/pandora/A_crispus.html

 

[djlen]

Kveeti, I had one of those onion plants and it had, without a doubt the prettiest color green leaves of any plant I've ever had, but it grew so fast I couldn't deal with it, so one day I just pulled it out and chucked it. Unless someone has a 6' tank I would never recommend one of them to anybody.
Matthew, I've heard of people who had those A. crispus for months before they spouted. Why don't you stick 'em back in a corner somewhere and let them sit a while.
Len