Umbrellea Fern

Tain't fresh, and tain't marine! Talk about brackish setups.
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Hello, I am new to this forum. I have 2 GSP's and one F8. I want to know if an umbrella fern will survive in brackish conditions?
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No, it is not an aquatic plant at all, regardless of the water conditions. It is a terrestrial woodland Selaginella.
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This is, this is where I bought it from. I recieved it and put it in this morining. So far it is fine. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1
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It is going to die. Repeat: It is not an aquatic plant.

http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/m ... 00561.html

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/pla ... lants.html

http://www.pets-warehouse.com/plant-comps.htm
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Well sonuvagun. I had plants I SWORE were aquatic on that list.
Huh, thats a lesson for you. Just because everyone sells it, doesn't mean its aquatic.
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Hey, I use Swamp Crinum as a veggie filter, but the foiage is emerse. Spathiphyllum makes a great nitrate-eater, if the plant is emerse and only the roots in water. The larger Aubias do much better for me in a river tank than they do submerse.
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A relative has some of those ferns growing above/side of his pond. There growing on lava rock and or old wood and the roots flow into the water. As long a you dont submerse the plant it should be fine, but I would not try it for brackish/marine water tanks.
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It's been in for 2 weeks, it still seems healthy. Personally, I think it will do well.
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One of the more hazardous pastimes in tank-keeping is making premature projections on short-term observations. That applies equally to fish, plants, inverts, and even upkeep techniques.

Post back after six months and a year and let us know how it is doing.
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I never said that it will last, I'm just letting you know how it's doing so far.
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Rapael, I'm not going to debate you on this, time will tell. But you did say that "Personally, I think it will do well." To me that is a projection of the future, about which we do disagree.
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