Re: [Aroid-l] Aquatic aroids

From: Zach DuFran <zdufran at wdtinc.com> on 2009.01.19 at 14:55:50(18931) Taylor- The most common Aroids in the aquarium hobby are the Anubias and Cryptocory nes. You should be able to find these pretty easily in local pet stores. Even the big stores like PetsMart and PetCo will carry plants from these tw o genera. Anubias are very easy to care for in a low light aquarium and do not require extra CO2, as many aquarium plants do. When you get Anubias, you need to attach them (with string, wire or fishing line) to a rock or dr iftwood. The rhizome will rot if buried in your aquarium substrate. If yo u have very much light on your Anubias, you might have to fight algae on th e leaves. Use algae-eating fish or scrape the algae away carefully by hand , rather than using chemicals which would damage the plants. There are abo ut 4 or 5 common species of Anubias you should be able to find (nana, barte ri, coffeefolia are the most common). There are lots of species of Crypts that do well in the aquarium. Unlike t he Anubias, Cryptocoryne rhizomes like to be buried in the soil. Be carefu l when you transplant these into your soil. They are kind of fragile. Als o, Crypts have a tendency to lose all of their leaves shortly after being t ransplanted, but if left alone, they will usually recover in a couple of we eks. Different species of Crypts will tolerate different light levels, so try to find ones that will be happy in your environment. Do you have a sui table substrate (aquatic soil) in your aquarium for planting the crypts? M ost pet stores carry aquatic soils that you can add to your aquariums now t hat you are planting in them. Good luck and have fun! Zach DuFran +More -----Original Message----- From: Taylor Holzer [mailto:taylorholzer@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:05 AM To: aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Aquatic aroids Iam an Taylor HolzerI am 14I am an Aroid collector and i would lik e to add some aquatic aroids to my collection. i have a large aquarium 55 gallons with some fish. and a smaller one that i s 10 gallons with nothing. i was thinking about adding Pistia stratiotes, spathiphyllum, and Cyrtosper ma to my 55 gallon. in the 10 gallon i was thinking about adding anubias, and cryptocorynes. also i would like to have a typhonodorum could you keep them in just wet so il? are there any other aquatic aroids i could grow in my aquariums? any help would be appreciated! also if you have seeds for these plants i would appreciate them. i only currently have the spathiphyllum in the aquarium. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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