Can I Do Anything With These?

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 29 Mar 2005, 23:01

I have a Radican Marble Sword that went crazy and threw off a bunch of daughter plants. I have the daughters in a 10 gallon tank. I pruned the plant back a bit after doing this. I think a few buds got loose in the tank. The surface of the tank has looked like this for a few days:

Is there any particular way to save these and grow them out? Any help would be appreciated.

Durlänger · Post by **Durlänger** » 03 Apr 2005, 10:50

Hey Bronzefry
What name in latin

Have you better pictures

Post by **Silurus** » 03 Apr 2005, 11:54

Echinodorus cordifolius

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 03 Apr 2005, 20:33

Let's see if these are any better:

Some have one rootlet, some have two. Could I try them in rockwool on top of the tank? There are thousands of them.

fishguyeric · Post by **fishguyeric** » 03 Apr 2005, 22:39

That is duckweed, it is easy to grow, and will literally take over a tank.

metallhd · Post by **metallhd** » 04 Apr 2005, 06:05

Another word of advice, duckweed is like snails - it seems like even one is plenty. I routinely do my best to get every speck of it out of my 10 gallon, down to the last bit, but it seems to get to a critical mass, like glosso, then off it goes! Good luck!

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 04 Apr 2005, 08:46

it's messy, I agree.

you root in your tank and look like the Swamp Thing when you finish; it gets EVERYWHERE

BUT it is THE best nitrate vacuumcleaner anywhere.....every fistful you get out is a fistful of converted fishpoop and nitrates; it's a very good plant to keep a tank healthy and running.

there's also NO faster way of cycling a tank than pitching some of these in a new set up.....

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 04 Apr 2005, 21:45

It probably came in with the plants that I got recently that had the snails that burrowed into the Chaestoma. They completely botched the order, too. Good thing I prune my plants often.

It is taking over the surface very quickly. Thanks for the help.

(Free burrowing snails and Duckweed with every purchase!!

It wasn't on the website...)