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  1. hydrophyte

    Small background plants for nano tank?

    Crypts are the best of all aquarium plants IMO.
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    chamaedorea elegans - parlour palm help

    Chamaedorea elegans will certainly be very dead if planted underwater in an aquarium, but it makes an excellent houseplant. It is usually sold in the mass market with many seedlings in a pot to create a more bushy appearance. But for growing long term these seedlings should be separated with...
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    Are there any interesting emersed echinodorus ?

    Might have been mentioned already above, but years ago I grew 'Marble Queen' emersed and it generally would repack only 10" or so in height.
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    Training Bonsai Tree for Planted Riparium

    I got the Montezuma cypress today!
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    Training Bonsai Tree for Planted Riparium

    Oh I'm definitely adding fish to this setup. The tank is only about 6.5 gallons, so I will need to use a small nano fish. The Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) that I ordered is supposed to get here tomorrow with UPS. It is apparently in a 1-gallon pot. I don't know if I will be able to...
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    Training Bonsai Tree for Planted Riparium

    Training Bonsai Tree for Planted Riparium I have been trying out a couple of new kinds of plants for use in ripariums that might be good candidates for developing more or less as bonsai specimens. I started another discussion over in the Aquascaping forum about the idea of borrowing from...
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    Montezuma Cypress

    These little trees have already started to grow! You can see new leaves emerging from between the seed leaves. I hope that I will start to root development in the planter soon.
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    ophiopogon gigantea

    That plant grows well in riparium planters. Here is some of it in my 11.4G Mr. Aqua setup...
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    Montezuma Cypress

    The seedlings have grown a bit more.
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    Montezuma Cypress

    Here are the little seedlings in a riparium planter. I hope that they will grow.
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    Montezuma Cypress

    Montezuma Cypress I am testing out a pretty cool new plant as a riparium subject, Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum). This coniferous tree is a close relative of bald cypress (T. distichum), but it has a more southerly distribution, occurring from Southernmost Texas, through various areas...
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    Riparium Plant Profile: Mexican Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)

    Riparium Plant Profile: Mexican Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) This post is a review of the useful riparium plant, Mexican milkweed. With notes on its cultural requirements and use in planted riparium aquascapes. Mexican Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) Geographic Origin: Mexico...
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    Rice in a Riparium

    Rice in a Riparium I'm trying out a new kind of riparium plant! Last year I saw an interesting setup description here on UKAPS by somebody in Japan who grew paddy rice (Oryza sativa) in a fish tank on his balcony outside. Here is the link... Japanese Balcony Rice Paddy (Final) Harvest | Page 2...
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    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations

    I have the first part of another new entry completed here. 2. A layout with Spathiphyllum peace lilies, Pilea and other tropical forest plants Spathiphyllum peace lilies: Peace lilies are a group of plants from tropical Central America and South America plants that are widely used as...
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    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations

    A lot of these aquarium stem plants are pretty easy to bloom in a riparium. Here is the flower of Hygrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis'. This one flowers non-stop in my 50-gallon setup.
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    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations

    Thanks BIgTom. The best grass-like plants that I have used in ripariums are various Cyperus and Acorus gramineus. There are probably a few others that would work well. I have been meaning to try Scirpus rush. There might also be a few Carex sedges that would work.
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    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations

    (continued) 1. A layout with Cyperus umbrella sedges and carpeting stem plants) (continued) Carpeting emersed aquatic stem plants: To summarize what I have observed for potential carpeting emersed stems in a riparium I would just say that there are many possibilities. It seems that there are...
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    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations

    1. A layout with Cyperus umbrella sedges and carpeting stem plants Cyperus plants: Plants in the genus Cyperus are known as papyruses or umbrella sedges. Most grow in moist marsh or shoreline situations and the several hundred different species are distributed all over the world. Thus, they...
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    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations

    Well that tank is a good example of a layout built up mainly with Acorus gramineus. That is a popular pond plant and I imagine that you should be able to find it there in Europe. The best variety that I have tried so far is A. gramineus 'Ogon'.
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    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations

    Proven Riparium Plant Combinations: 3 Winning Layout Ideas I have heard lots and lots of questions about which kinds of plants to grow in ripariums. Naturally, plant selection is an important first step in planning and developing a healthy and attractive riparium layout. The following list...
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    Riparium Plant: Adiantum sp. maidenhair fern

    Thanks again Darrel. I think you are right that they are probably gametophytes. I should try to get some close-ups with the macro lens. One of the planters has quite a lot more of them there on the surface of the gravel.
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    Riparium Plant: Adiantum sp. maidenhair fern

    Thanks again for all of the information you guys! I think that these Adiantum divisions might be making a real recovery. Most of them have grown a couple leaves. They also appear to be doing some sort of fern-sexual-reproduction-thing-that-I-don't-understand. There are a few little strange...
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    Buying good aquality plants in UK

    I wish that we had the seleciton of plants that AquaFleur offers here in the US. It is particularly difficult to track down swords and crypts other than the usual dozen or so varieties of each that the online vendors offer here.
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    Riparium Plant: Adiantum sp. maidenhair fern

    Darrel, Thanks again. Did those Adiantum rhizomes that you observed creep in a manner similar to the habit of Java fern or Bolbitis fern? When I divided this plant, the rhzomes seemed to be more "clump-forming" (not sure of best term here). For maidenhair ferns that might grow like that it...
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    Riparium Plant: Adiantum sp. maidenhair fern

    Thanks Neil and Darryl, Darryl I do not see pink coloration in the new fronds. They are green. The pictures that i have seen of A. capillus-veneris look more like my plant to me. Do you have any opinions with this other more detailed shot of frond from my specimen? I also got some more...
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    Riparium Plant: Adiantum sp. maidenhair fern

    Thanks Darrel. Those are useful observations. I have looked aorund and seen that there are indeed a number of species and varieties in cultivation. It appears as though there have been a number of cultivar selections from A. capillus-veneris, and this plant looks like the pictures that I have...
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    Riparium Plant: Adiantum sp. maidenhair fern

    I am trying out a new plant that seems to have promise for riparium culture, Adiantum sp. "maidenhair ferns". I picked up this good-sized potted plant the other day at a local garden center. There are quite a few maidenhair fern species and varieties in cultivation, but the label on this just...
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    Pilea sp. Plants for Planted Ripariums

    Management of lighting and most other life support is pretty much the same as for regular planted tanks, except that they do not have the dense plantings of underwater foliage, so there is no need for CO2 injection. This tank has a photoperiod of eleven hours, which is working well. There is...
  29. hydrophyte

    Pilea sp. Plants for Planted Ripariums

    Thanks Darrel and Dan, Those species determinations are handy I should write them down before I forget. These Pilea really are perfect for this particular application. I have tried a few different aquarium stem plants on the nano trellis raft but they all suffer with my less than consistent...
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    Pilea sp. Plants for Planted Ripariums

    Hi Mark, Yes it is really easy to plant the plants on the nano trellis raft. Each raft also has a pair of mushroom-head fasteners on the segment ends, so you can just snap the raft + plant into place next to other rafts or planter cups. For planting in this way you just have to take care to...
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    Pilea sp. Plants for Planted Ripariums

    I have tried quite a few different kinds of plants in ripariums. Among these are some very useful selections. I have also encountered some that were unsuitable for riparium culture, either because they did not adapt to culture in water under artificial lighting, or because their growth habits...
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    wabi kusa plants?

    Among common aquarium plants swordplants (Echinodorus sp.) actually grow better with lower humidity as emersed plants. Java fern will also do fine in drier conditions once they are adapted to growing emersed. There are many pond marginal-type plants that grow as emergents that would work too...
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    Supperglue plants to wood.

    You only need a little bit to hold plants in place. "Gel" super glue products work a little bit better with porous surfaces, such as wood. The dry glue will slowly fall apart in water.
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