plants on wood?

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AthagaMor

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can anyone give me a good (short if need be) list of some plants that will grow on wood (submerged) in a tank? I would guess there is a family of them or something.. <shrug> If not, is there a method for fixing them to wood? I've see a couple planted tank pics with plants 'growing' on wood - sparked my curiousity... I'm relatively a novice in terms of aquatic plants... would be important to you I guess.

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Java fern, java moss, xmas moss, dwarf anubias nana(petite), riccia, glossostigma.

I would recommend starting with some Java fern..very easy to grow and looks great.
 
Fishing line works great for attaching plants because it is clear and does not rot. Some people choose to use the large cable staples and gently place the plant between the poitns and press it into the wood.

Regular anubias nana works well also.

Riccia can be done using hair nets, though Ive found fishing line is much better when trying to attach it to brancy pieces.
 
Not sure about the resin, but I do have several java ferns happily growing into rock.

I would't trust silver dollars with plants--you can try it, but I wouldn't be too surprised if they eat the java ferns.
 
I wouldn't be too surprised if they eat the java ferns.
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That just reminded me of my favorite LFS here, where silver dollars had pruned a huge java fern like a hedge. It was quite pretty, in a bizarre way.
 
Most if not all of the Anubias species will attach to wood, as well as Bolbitis heudelotii (african water fern).

Hmmm...Glosso will attach itself to wood? Thats news to me.
 
Yah, I was a little curious about that also. I've seen it grow up from the substrate and over wood that is there, or rocks, though I've not seen it truly covering anything other than the ground. *shrugs*



I can't recall where, but somewhere there's a picture of a tank that has rocks just covered in glosso...but it kind of looked like the glosso was grown in mats and then just put on the rocks.
 
I'm not really sure how it's done either...but the 'grown on mats then attached to the wood' reference sounds about right. It seems if it can be grown on rocks, then it should be able to grow on wood, as well...though I imagine it never really attaches itself, but has to be permanantly held in place.:confused:
 
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