I thought it was that too, but it hasn't grown much (just got a bit greener and better looking edges) and I thought they were fast growers so I forgot about that. How can I make it grow faster and tying it to a rock is okay, right?
Yes, tying to a rock or driftwood is the way to go. If you plant, just make sure not to bury the rhizome. You can see a tiny rhizome developing on the one little plant already.
I pulled about 10 of these suckers off one of my Java Ferns and planted them around ... they are terribly slow growing! The main plant has done quite a bit of growth over the last 6 months, but the babies which are ~4-5 months old still look about the same. Still alive, but hardly growing at all.
I'll tie it to a rock my friend gave me. Not that she give me rocks all the time (all that in was is the cavity her brain is supposed to be in) she just live by a river.
One thing I noticed about java fern, it took about 2 months for it to acclimitize to the new environment - i basically saw no real growth for the first 2 months, then it decided finally to let the older leaves start fading away and focus attention on growing new leaves and plantlets. I read an article by Takashi Amano that echoes this, as he recommends getting rid of as many old leaves as possible on any java fern you're introducing to a new tank, and patiently wait for new growth, which will be adapted to the new environment, to start emerging.
Going to have to put it in a new tank, he jumped out for the fourth time and didn't make it.
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