water sprite

[bluekrissyspike]

i have quite a bit of watersprite growing in my 30g now as floaters, the floating stuff seems happy enough and it's sprouting babies and new leaves too. i planted one large piece into the subterate to try to grow it as a stem plant. it grew babies all over it and fell apart. i've seen some really nice pics of what watersprite can look like if it's grown as a stem plant, but how do i make it grow like that? do i need to start with sprouts to get it to live underwater?

 

[jaysen]

plant a bunch of small plantlets (that have roots) in the gravel. in a few days/weeks they will take off and grow like crazy. make sure you have adequate lighting in the tank that reaches the bottom. thats how i got mine to grow. to see it just check my 125 gallon link in my signature.

 

[bluekrissyspike]

wow, yeah, that's what i'm talkin about! your tank rocks. i'm going to plant some little plants right now.

 

[FtwayneFish]

Yup, please check out my tanks and you can see the options.

let me know what you think.

Also if you search Mavisky. I gave him "trimmings" from a 10g tank and he stocked a whole 55g with it.

 

[bluekrissyspike]

nice. i can't wait for mine to grow

 

[jaysen]

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