Good Plants?

SkeptikaL · Post by **SkeptikaL** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:06 pm

Well I'm gonna test some. I'm willing to bet money more than JAVA MOSS and JAVA FERN are the only things that will grow...

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:32 pm

Well go ahead and test if you like. Some may live for a while, but I assure you that we have tried, and have come to these results. I didn't just pull that out of thin air my friend.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:39 pm

SkeptikaL, the information that LL has given you I can back up from experience. They can survive, but growth takes forever.

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:04 pm

Very few survive very long for me. YMMV, and I hope for your wallets sake, it does!

Boxermom · Post by **Boxermom** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:18 pm

*sigh*

SkeptikaL · Post by **SkeptikaL** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:11 pm

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I don mean to sound rude... Just live is the only thing that will look right in my tank... Do mosses do alright?

And you say Java Fern and Java Moss work? Does Java moss ever attach to things like driftwood?

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:19 pm

Java Fern will attach to drdriftwood eventually but I wouldn't suggest it for 2 reasons: The roots will take a long time to attach since it is in brackish. Aswell as that the driftwood will turn your tank water yellow and it will rot. If you are that desperate to have Java Fern on driftwood it is best to buy it pre-grown on driftwood but I do not recommend it out of experience.

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:30 pm

Wood decays pretty swiftly in BW.

I'm not sure why you ask the same questions over and over again though. You asked if mosses do alright, and as I said twice before, Java moss is your answer.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:36 pm

Plus when the wood decays IME the PH drops.

IMHO, get silk plants. The flow with the water and look live with the right angle of light and other decor.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:53 pm

Algae is a plant is it not...it seems to do well in all water conditions...

I also wanted to plant my F8 tank, but I am having enough issues learning the ropes with a FW planted tank...and my F8 tank configuration is not good for plants (hex tank too deep, poor light, bad substrate, ect)...fake plants are not that bad, silk ones look realistic enough, and you can pull them all out, and get them outta the way when you clean your tank.

SkeptikaL · Post by **SkeptikaL** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:16 pm

lisalisa wrote:Wood decays pretty swiftly in BW.

I'm not sure why you ask the same questions over and over again though. You asked if mosses do alright, and as I said twice before, Java moss is your answer.

Calm down. I'm sorry, but i thought this forum was to help people? If not, guess I'll have to look elsewhere? What happened to decency?

Anyways, I have wood in there now with no problems, as far as yellow water is concerned. And as far as plants are concerned, I think I might just stick with a buncha Java fern. I got this sand that just doen't look well with fake plants... makes everything look bare. I'm going to get some rocks also to help this issue. Thanks all.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:26 pm

Sorry Skeptical, its just that we keep answering your questions and you keep asking the same ones. We are not trying to be rude or indecent.

SkeptikaL · Post by **SkeptikaL** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:28 pm

I'm not asking same ones. I'm making sure that was all you thought could fit. Nothing more. No need to get pushy or rude. If you think I'm being retarded you all could simply have courtesy and ignore my post, call me stupid and end it there. No need to act like a... well.... you all get the picture...

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:30 pm

As far as I can see no one is being rude nor pushy and connotation on text can only be assumed. No one is calling you stupid or retarded, it just gets frustrating a question more then once.

SkeptikaL · Post by **SkeptikaL** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:36 pm

lisalisa wrote:I'm not sure why you ask the same questions over and over again though. You asked if mosses do alright, and as I said twice before, Java moss is your answer.

??? sure thing...

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