Plant Questions--Bamboo???

[Hebily]

also anubias, and I believe there is an aquatic plant that resembles an onion that will do well in low light.... and yes, java moss and fern will be fine

I would do the bamboo the other way around... keep in a jar until it is tall enough to live in the tank...

 

[Hooked Newbie]

so ill keep it in there till it starts to rot..when i see it rotting ill put it in a jar next to the tank

so for my tank which is a low light tank, java fern, or java moss are ok? i like them..

How will you tell when it starts to rot? It's not readily apparent visually. Will you be testing daily?

 

[addicted2fish]

just buy a bamboo plant that is big, like at the flea market I have seen them big, and some chain stores sell them too , like lowes, buy a bigger one where all the top & all the leaves are above your water line, then you dont have to worry . , OR do as what has been mentioned, grow it in a nice vase beside the tank, then when it is over the water line, you can grow it in the tank . bamboo is a plant that likes ferts every mth I use green for mine, its a small bottle of stuff I just know its green .. but you can also use fert sticks, and whatever IN A VASE> not in your tank, IN the tank, you can get a mixture of good ferts, seachem makes great liqiud ferts you could use IN the tank .

 

[DoN_WoN]

so im going to get some java fern in a couple days, i heard that the roots for that shouldnt be in the roots, so they says to stick it to driftwood or some decor, would this artificial pot looking thing be good to tie the java fern on???

 

[Hooked Newbie]

Java fern tied to decor is a much better option than bamboo IMO. It will leave your tank healthier and you won't need to worry about it.

 

[DoN_WoN]

oops forgot the pics

 

[DoN_WoN]

Java fern tied to decor is a much better option than bamboo IMO. It will leave your tank healthier and you won't need to worry about it.

if i tie it too it will it eventually attach and i can take the fishing line off?

 

[Hooked Newbie]

if i tie it too it will it eventually attach and i can take the fishing line off?

Yes. I try to use green or black string instead of fishing line, but either will work.

 

[bazil323]

Yep. Even heard of people using Super Glue to attach plants to decor.

I have a bamboo in my tank with about 6 inches sticking out the top, but the leaves just aren't doing well, even with a laterite and Eco Complete substrate. It didn't get much light there, so I moved it to a smaller tank next to a window and angled it so that the leaves got some afternoon sun while the roots were still in a gravel/laterite substrate. Still not recovering much.

My sister-in-law planted hers in actual dirt (not in an aquarium) and put it in a window. She said that suddenly it started perking up and has put up about 10 new shoots as well as grown several inches in only a couple months. She said that it had looked pretty much dead when she had it in a vase with those glass "rocks" and water, but then she planted it on a whim and it revived.

 

[DoN_WoN]

how will i know if the bamboo is starting to rot? mine looks like this now, is that starting to rot like the tan/brown spots on the spin thing on the bamboo? and on the top?