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Jerrard  Fingerling Posts: 21 Kudos: 19 Votes: 5 Registered: 02-Oct-2007   | i have also come across some very large java ferns is this a different species ? i bought one its large 14 cm in height which is alot larger then the ones i have in my other tanks , the old ones are bulky but short this one is tall and broad leaved anyone got anything on these ? 1-Ancistrus triradiatus 4-Gymnocorymbus ternetzi 2-Danio frankei 2-Danio rerio 2-Danio Starfire 2-Chromobotia macracanthus 2-Erpetoichthys calabaricus 4-Ampullariidae 1-Mastacembelus erythrotaenia |
 Posted 15-Oct-2007 03:01 |     |
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| Posted 15-Oct-2007 06:21 |   |
keithgh     *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003   | It could be a different variety but more likely to be the conditions it was grown in. Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith  Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT?  VOTE NOW VOTE NOW |
| Posted 15-Oct-2007 06:21 | |
| Jerrard Fingerling Posts: 21 Kudos: 19 Votes: 5 Registered: 02-Oct-2007 | it is a variant its "wide leaf" some java ferns are also thin leaf couldnt find a latin name for the varitants. 1-Ancistrus triradiatus 4-Gymnocorymbus ternetzi 2-Danio frankei 2-Danio rerio 2-Danio Starfire 2-Chromobotia macracanthus 2-Erpetoichthys calabaricus 4-Ampullariidae 1-Mastacembelus erythrotaenia |
| Posted 09-Nov-2007 05:18 | |
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003  | Wide leaf is mostly just a term they are using to distinguish it from the narrow leaf type. |
| Posted 09-Nov-2007 06:05 | |
| Gaia Fingerling Posts: 38 Kudos: 25 Votes: 30 Registered: 05-Jul-2007  | I have both the big Java fern and the small one, growing in the same tank so they are different, I don't know the names neither.I suppose it is the same species, with this variation. |
| Posted 09-Nov-2007 13:27 | |
pookiekiller12 Fish Addict Posts: 574 Kudos: 633 Votes: 41 Registered: 13-Apr-2004 | I have java fern with leaves in excess of a foot. It is probably just the conditions in which it was grown. |
| Posted 09-Nov-2007 20:50 |  |
| clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003 | There is supposedly a phillipene type that is different from the regular, you could have this type.  |
| Posted 09-Nov-2007 23:29 | |
| GobyFan2007 Fish Addict Posts: 615 Kudos: 363 Votes: 65 Registered: 03-Feb-2007 | Its spelled Phillipines CLF  Im fillipino, so i should know.... THe Phillipines variety has hammered-looking leaves, and i think it is also narrower. I personally like this variety better than others, and i have yet to see it in stores. I saw on a website selling plants once that the Java Fern's leaves can reach a foot long, and they called it a monster mother plant. ><> ~=!Vote Today!=~ <>< -----> View My Dragons <----- |
| Posted 10-Nov-2007 00:18 |  |
| clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003 | Well pardon me goby, sorry my spelling isnt perfect  I know what you are talking about when you are refering to the giant kind. They call it Ahnuld Fern or something like that, refering to Shwarzenager, you can correct me on the spelling of that. I still say its just how they were grown. They will get smaller in the aquariums. In my experience, java ferns put out short leaves in low light. Under high light, they produce large leaves that may be trilobed. |
| Posted 10-Nov-2007 02:35 | |
| GobyFan2007 Fish Addict Posts: 615 Kudos: 363 Votes: 65 Registered: 03-Feb-2007 | Ha-ha! I bet i cant even spell that....On my own! I am sure that experience beats theory, but i always thought that plants will grow larger leaves in low light to catch as much sun as possible. Smaller leaves, i thought, were almost always accompanied my multiple small leaves. Wow, i guess there are things in life that common sense wouldnt solve (Shouldve realized that by now! )><> ~=!Vote Today!=~ <>< -----> View My Dragons <----- |
| Posted 10-Nov-2007 06:51 | |
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