i just got a java fern for my fish tank :D i got rid of my bamboo plant and put the java fern in :) is it ok in there? like is it placed properly and stuff? my fish isnt in there yet.
You don't have any decorations to attach the fern to? I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to bury it in the gravel but I can't really tell from your photo. Way too dark where the roots are.
Your fern has a ton of little baby ferns at the tips of the leaves. Too bad they grow slow as molasses.
i was just researching a bit on this plant for you and this is what i found "Java Fern will not grow well if planted in a substrate...it grows by rhyzomes (thick roots) that need to be in the water layer, not planted. The main growing root should remain on or above the substrate. Yes just weighting it down will work." hope this helps :)
i know the main roots are suppose to be out, so im pretty sure i let them all out. i only buried the small roots if i remember right :) and is it suppose to have dirt? :( im afraid the dirt will make my water dirty or something :p
no, no dirt! :p if anything you could use sand. but maybe you could weigh down the smaller roots with a rock? but (i'm not positive) you should be fine because i just read that the larger roots just have to be exposed-which is what you did :)
no, no dirt! :p if anything you could use sand. but maybe you could weigh down the smaller roots with a rock? but (i'm not positive) you should be fine because i just read that the larger roots just have to be exposed-which is what you did :)
it came with the dirt so i dont know if its suppose to be there or not D: but to weigh it down, i just put a little bit of rocks on the small roots. but i left the big ones out :)
to be honest i don't know much about using dirt in aquariums but here, check out this link (she's using dirt to substrate her plants) http://www.dustinsfishtanks.com/dirt...do-it-and-why/
honestly i don't think that the dirt is really necessary as my live plants have thrived just with the light and warm water..but then again that's just my experience. you should be fine with what you've done!
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