will I kill it?

moonstream

moonstream

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I have some water sprite in my 29, and would like to let it float at the surface of the water. it has a clump of roots that attaches a few stems together. I was wondering if I could cut this off to separate the stems- would it harm the plant? I'm a little unclear at to whether these are stem plants, or what?
 
ok, thanks!
 
Water Sprite? You can throw that stuff in a blender and it'll live. :rofl:

For the most part, if the plant has the right conditions, any portion of Water Sprite will sprout a new plant, whether it has roots or not. I regularly propagate mine by breaking off a branch and sticking the branch into the sand.


Not sure if Water Sprite is technically a stem or rhizome, but for most intents and purposes just consider it is stem plant.
 
Yeah, as long as you have enough light your water sprite should be fine floating, with or without roots. My water sprite does pretty well even in my lower light tanks, too. It's pretty rugged. I am always ripping it apart and distributing it around my tanks.
 
wow, surprised to hear the stuff is so hardy. the leaves look like they'll fall apart if you so much as look at them wrong!
 
moonstream said:
wow, surprised to hear the stuff is so hardy. the leaves look like they'll fall apart if you so much as look at them wrong!
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Put it under very high light and it will fall apart constantly. :evil_lol: Before I downgraded the lighting on my 40g setup I was picking pieces of Water Sprite out of the tank/filter each day. It just kept pumping tiny plantlets and branches into the water. If I didn't feed it constantly to my snail I could have probably filled a dozen tanks with the stuff.
 
The simple answer is Yes. Doesnt matter what it is, reptile, amphibian, fish, plant, bird, whatever... If you have to ask the question the answer is most like yes, you will kill it.
 
um, little harsh, dont you think, fshfanatic? unless it was sarcasm, which I hope it was, because really, what kind of answer is that?
 
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