Brazilian Sword Non Aquatic?

[bradlgt21]

I have been hearing both sides and I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Do Brazilian swords grow under water? I keep hearing they are not aquatic plants and will not grow and will die. Then I hear advice on how to care for them and for sale on many aquatic websites. Mine hasn't really grown at all I don't think. If it has it has been very minor. But it does grow new baby leaves. The store told me it will get very tall but it hasn't gotten any taller in 3 months its still like 6-8". It always gets algae bad and my pleco always eats off it. I was just want to know if this thing is fine in the tank or if it's just a waste of space. Here are a picture.

 

[vampie]

It's not aquatic. It's one of those plants that can survive awhile when submerged due to it's own toughness, but it'll eventually rot and die.

 

[kanvas]

Brazilian Sword is the common Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum tasson) they like wet places but are not a full aquatic plant.

I got a humongous pot of them growing on dry land in my yard. They need lots of water but by no mean aquatic.

and please do use thumbnail or a smaller image.

 

[dinosue]

Mine was the same, it didn't grow, but still grew out a few new leaves. It finally died last week, when I spot treated with excel for staghorn algae (excel burned leaves). It did look good and lasted for longer than six months without showing any signs of dying, so I don't really think it was a waste of space. If excel didn't burn them, I would have still had them in my tank.

 

[customdrum]

its not a true aquatic, put it in a pot and water often, works great for a vivarium though!

 

[bradlgt21]

Sorry about the huge picture no matter how small I make the picture when hosting it gets full size when I link it.so pretty much I should take it out and plant it in dirt with plenty of water?

 

[bradlgt21]

I put this guy in dirt last night at about 9 pm. Woke up at 7 and it already made a huge new leaf coming up in the middle.