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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	is there a plant called hornwart, i know that the plants that i saw have one soft stem, with flowerly braches that go around the stem about .5 cm apart.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	sounds like hornwort to me n yes there is a plant called that it goes like a weed in a tank
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	good i plan to get about 100 peices for only 10$. not bad. i want to add it to my pirhana tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
BigGee168 Enthusiast Posts: 245 Kudos: 209 Votes: 42 Registered: 18-Jan-2004	Also u can either plant these plant or let them float. They don't really have roots and they are nitrAte suckers. They supposedly release this chemicals that kill off algae. http://species.fishindex.com/plant_18.html Gee Gee !!I think I just learned somthing new!!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	A little article for you to read ... (shameless plug) Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Nothing personal, but I find hornwort plain ugly in most conditions. To obtain the vibrant green, wispy growth shown in above pictures, you need high lighting and CO2. Even then, it still doesn't match it's numerous look alikes in terms of sheer beauty. If you're intent on a hardy, nitrate sucking cerato, try water sprite.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Untitled No. 4 Big Fish Posts: 488 Kudos: 452 Votes: 33 Registered: 07-Nov-2004	I also don't think they're very attractive, and they are nitrate suckers. I put them in my tank where I wanted the nitrates a bit down, and after two weeks the nitrates were 0ppm and the other plants were suffering badly as the hornwort managed to outcompete them all for nutrients, which is not what I had in mind. By the way, 100 pieces? this is quite a lot. Keep in mind that they double their size very often.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	My Hornwort gets along fine without CO2 injection. And what 's more, grows at a phenomenal rate. I actually make some money selling the surplus cuttings back to my LFS! In my Panda Fun Palace™, Hornwort grows at - wait for it - three inches per day. And is a lovely lush green. Mind you, it IS growing under a 10,000K tube. But my fish provide it with all the nutrients it needs. And that with 50% water changes twice per week. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Doedogg Banned Posts: 408 Kudos: 737 Votes: 445 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	I can't keep hornwort alive to save my life. :%) It lasts about a week and pttthhht. I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. ~ Mae West
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Funnily enough, I have problems with Cabomba ... although with a 10,000K tube and plenty of fish providing nutrients, I fail to see why ... Hornwort on the other hand, grows like a weed in my aquarium. Elodea densa (better known to US aquarists as Anacharis) is another plant that beahves like a Water Hyacinth plague once it touches base in my aquarium. And as for Water Wisteria, well ... I reckon I could farm that for a living if I had the space Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
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