How hardy is java fern?

[bozco]

Nope, I was told not to and instead of putting them in the gravel I attached them to the driftwood. The combomba has just reciently been ripped apart by my swordtails so I gave the swordtails to my teacher's kid. I didn't really want them anymore anyways and that red combomba was the last straw. I will need to buy some more now and start again.

 

[fishfrenze]

could be one of those fluke things... every one says Elodea is practically impossible to kill. Well I've killed it the two times I've tried it in my 30 gallon, but everything else is great. However, in my 72 gallon, the elodea grows like crazy and I'm constantly throwing the stuff away. Its weird how different tanks, kept by the same person, can have totally different results. My java fern took awhile to take off, but once it did, it grew like CRAZY! Stick with what works!!

 

[mogurnda]

nitrate?

I've always had great luck with java fern. Can't kill it. All sorts of water conditions, lighting, whatever. It's in my Tanganyikan tank, where it routinely gets buried and still thrives. I also have always had significant nitrate and phosphate, either accidentally via liberal feeding, or added as a fert. Is your water too clean?

 

[bozco]

I doubt the water is too clean. Set the tank up in December but only found a way to change the water two weeks ago. So no, not clean water.

 

[Paul]

I have Java fern tied to driftwood. Some of the leaves are green and healthy, but others are brown with lots of little holes in them. I also have a lot of snails that crawl on the leaves.

Two questions:

- Should I prune the brown leaves?
- Are the snails eating the plants, and if so, should I try to keep them off the leaves?

Thanks.

 

[Paul]

I have Java fern tied to driftwood. Some of the leaves are green and healthy, but others are brown with lots of little holes in them. I also have a lot of snails that crawl on the leaves.

Two questions:

- Should I prune the brown leaves?
- Are the snails eating the plants, and if so, should I try to keep them off the leaves?

Thanks.

 

[Hound]

In my tank I used to have a golden mystery snail. For a few weeks he ignored plants. Then he started nibbling on the asian ambulia. Then he at half my java fern while I was at work. Now the snail is a resident in my quarantine tank. Pretty much lost the asian amublia (didn't think that was possible), but the java fern is still going.

 

[Leopardess]

That's really weird. I can't kill mine if I try. I've left it in bowls, water change buckets, tanks with 1wpg....I have so much of it in my 55g that it would take up almost half the tank. All from six leaves when I started.

Maybe its the plant that you got?

I know it can be frustrating. I can't my egeria najas to grow no matter what I try, when the anachris in that tank (and everything else) grows very fast.

 

[750t]

Well add me to the list of cant get java fern to grow. I have it 2 different tanks. Every plant I have grows like crazy but the java fern. I have 2 tied to rocks and 1 to driftwood.The plants looked healthy when I purchased them.

 

[Hans]

every leaf of my three jave ferns have babies attached to them , and to be honest it looks messy. but yea some of mine do good, and some get like, cracky and fall apart and some look like in the xmen movie where the girl touches that kid and his skin gets all that black veins, wierd