Bamboo in BW

Tain't fresh, and tain't marine! Talk about brackish setups.
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kass
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Bamboo in BW

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Can bamboo survive in light BW (1.006)?
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Post by Fella »

If you mean bamboo canes, they can "last" (I wouldnt say somthing dead would survive) in BW for up to a year. Someone I know keeps them in both his FW and BW tanks, and in BW they last a year, in FW, 2 years.

If you mean the plant, I have no idea.
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Post by kass »

Yea i was refering to the plant..
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Post by RTR »

That plant is Dracena sanderiana, called "lucky bamboo", but in fact not related to bamboo at all.

I have used it as an emerse bog plant, but only in FW. I have no experience or info on it in BW.
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Post by kass »

Did it do well in the FW?
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Post by RTR »

It lasts for years with pruning, but eventually looks sloppy from so many years of pruning and so it gets replaced, but otherwise it never dies - a nearly indestructable plant IME. There are not too many of those...
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