japanese rush plant(Acorus pussilus)
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I find folks sometimes confuse the word submerged with immersed. Your plants probably can be grown immersed, meaning the roots and perhaps a small portion of the plant is underwater but the majority of the plant is above the water.
What are all these APC people doing here? :huh: 
It is a plant that grows more ideally with the leaves out of the water, more of a terrarium plant. However, many people use these types of plants as "temporary" aquatic plants. It will not immediately fall apart or disintergrate, or pollute your tank and kill all your fish. It may last several months, but it will most likely never grow an inch. So if you like it, don't worry about it. Keep it until it starts to get icky!
But, if you want to keep plants that you can learn how to care for and really watch them grow, then there are many better alternatives. If you like the looks of Acorus, Cypress helferi looks very simular, but will grow like crazy!
Here is a picture:
It is a plant that grows more ideally with the leaves out of the water, more of a terrarium plant. However, many people use these types of plants as "temporary" aquatic plants. It will not immediately fall apart or disintergrate, or pollute your tank and kill all your fish. It may last several months, but it will most likely never grow an inch. So if you like it, don't worry about it. Keep it until it starts to get icky!But, if you want to keep plants that you can learn how to care for and really watch them grow, then there are many better alternatives. If you like the looks of Acorus, Cypress helferi looks very simular, but will grow like crazy!
Here is a picture:
Of course it will ruin my water when its rotten but I will def. remove them long before they ruin my water and Acorus can normally survive for 12 months totally submerged and only then will begin to die if not exposed to air for some time. I will be moving in about 6months and if I remove them when I'm moving and keep them out for a couple of weeks them I have a 12 more months of them in my tank.
AquaBotanica.com I've ordered from there before.
I do love to watch plants grow but I really like these and I do like plants that stay small. So If it never grows an inch thats fine with me.
I do love to watch plants grow but I really like these and I do like plants that stay small. So If it never grows an inch thats fine with me.
