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Lucky Bamboos as aquatic plants?

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#1 ·
http://www.chiff.com/a/lucky-bamboo.htm







Would they live totally submerged in aquariums with little fishies??


Man... hope so... my mom has plenty of them and I wanna put 2-3 sticks of lucky bamboo in my community tank. :D
 
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The only way I can think of that you can make it work would be to make sure that the upper half stays above water. I have seen pictures of it growing in a lot of water with a lot of roots but only 3-4 inches of the stem was under water. I have never tried this in a fish tank as the ones I had didn't live long in their planter and I can't keep them alive outside of a tank.
 
#10 ·
I must contest here. I've had Lucky Bamboo in my 20 gal community tank for several months now doing fine completely submerged. Know, however, that it is not a true aquatic plant. Watch your salt and fluorine levels, and you should be fine. Also be careful if you have any omnivores. My Silver Dollars practically strip the leaves bare. Also, Dracaena sanderiana is not poisonous. At least not to fish. (Otherwise my poor Silver Dollars would have died long ago.) It is however poisonous to cats and dogs if eaten.
 
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Picklee said:
I must contest here. I've had Lucky Bamboo in my 20 gal community tank for several months now doing fine completely submerged. Know, however, that it is not a true aquatic plant. Watch your salt and fluorine levels, and you should be fine. Also be careful if you have any omnivores. My Silver Dollars practically strip the leaves bare. Also, Dracaena sanderiana is not poisonous. At least not to fish. (Otherwise my poor Silver Dollars would have died long ago.) It is however poisonous to cats and dogs if eaten.

Really? How long have they been in your tank exactly?

Can I see a picture of your tank?
 
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I can't vouch for them completely. Two of the three stalks have died off completely. (Mainly because my Silver Dollars ate them down to the roots.) I had a stem break off from one, and it free floated around the tank perfectly fine. My last stalk has been in there for around 4 months now. I'll post a picture later, but you can see that the ends of the blades have been nibbled at, and the stem of one of the leaves is broken, but otherwise, the plant is healthy.
 
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Actualy I have 5 bamboos that i bought from petco. They are totaly submerged and do well. I also have a long bamboo 1 that I got from a plant that was in my house. some of the leaves are in the waters, some are out, but it actualy growing more leaves and roots and does well. Don't be scared to try it out.
 
#14 ·
I was actually adding "lucky bamboo" too. I love planted tanks, but feel more safe going one plant at a time! It also fools the eye when some plants are real and some are not. Makes it very hard to tell.

I'd love to hear how it goes.
 
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