Java Fern

[FishKeeper-16]

I am going to try and grow Java Fern because I don't have much lighing to grow other high lighting plants and I heard that Java Fern grows best when attached to driftwood and not planted in the substrate and how is the best way to do that? Here is a link I posted below.

http://www.petshub.com/fish/java-fern.php

 

[reiverix]

Thread, fishing line, rubber bands, staples.

 

[FishKeeper-16]

Will staples cause metal poisoning?

 

[carpguy]

Regular sewing thread works nicely. It'll hold the roots down long enough for them to take hold and then rot away. A nice dark brownish thread is almost invisible to begin with.

I wouldn't use staples, but assuming they're steel, they aren't poisonous.

 

[FishKeeper-16]

Can I also tie them to rocks also?

 

[reiverix]

Rocks. Sure thing. Java fern is not too fussy about what it latches onto. When I pulled out my wisteria last week, I found several small java plantlets tucked in among them. They must have detached from the mother plant and whirled around the tank until they got trapped by the mass of wisteria.

 

[FishKeeper-16]

Thanks and well my lfs plants look soo sad. The leaves on those plants are not growing and they have turned brown so I did not buy them and i'll probably order my plants. The plants at my lfs are Java Fern also.