Mystery Plants

[Truck]

Oh ok so do they like a lot of light or a medium amount of light?

they will grow at low light and they will grow at high light providing CO2 and nutrients are right

 

[Miah002]

Where do you get all your info on plants?

Can anyone tell what the other plant is?

 

[aaronnorth]

bacopa monierii on the right. Cabomba caroliniana "red" on the left - it looks as though it has a red tinge to it?

 

[Miah002]

Yeha it does have tiny bits of red on it and thanks aaron

 

[Truck]

Where do you get all your info on plants?

Can anyone tell what the other plant is?

plant geek

 

[OldMan47]

Java moss, java fern, Anubias nana and many Crptocorynes are recommended for low light situations. That does not mean that they need low light but just that they will survive and grow in low light. Java moss and java ferns have a home in many of my tanks. Some of the tanks are low tech, low light tanks. Others are medium light, pressurized CO2, artificial fertilizer tanks. The java ferns and java moss grow faster in higher light but do fine in the low light also, I would class them as versatile plants. They will grow for you whatever situation you have. I think you could actually grow java moss with just room lights. I have a few scraps that got into an unlighted tank along with decor that I was moving and it is alive after 2 months now. Since the tank has not been cycled yet, the lights are not even plugged in on that tank. Who needs the algae with no fish or plants?

 

[Miah002]

Ok so if a website says that the plant likes low light and you give them medium light then which will grow better?

 

[Miah002]

Would i keep my plants in the pots?

 

[three-fingers]

No, you pull them out of the pots carefully stem by stem and plant them in the substrate or attach them to rock/wood if it's java fern or anubias.

If you wanted to plant them in puts, you can use garden pots and put soil in them, then cover with an inch or two of gravel/sand to stop the soil growing everywhere.

 

[Miah002]

On the second image theres a gooy substrate in the pot would you keep that?

 

[Truck]

On the second image theres a gooy substrate in the pot would you keep that?

no, all you want is the plant

 

[Miah002]

So i should throw everything away but the plants.

Do i do anything else with the plants?

 

[Truck]

So i should throw everything away but the plants.

Do i do anything else with the plants?

pull of diseased or dying leaves, and trim the roots back to an inch or so

 

[Miah002]

Ok and i read this on another site that for cabonba carolinian to grow best you should tie it down into a filter sponge.

 

[Truck]

Ok and i read this on another site that for cabonba carolinian to grow best you should tie it down into a filter sponge.

just plant it in the substrate, it will be fine