Why must you ask such a difficult question? LOL ;-)
Hmmm, I love the Corkscrew Vals and so do my fish! They really love swimming all through them and poking at them. My banana plants are a cute addition and something a little different. The leaves will eventaully reach the surface and almost look like lilly pads. I also love my red rubin sword. It is a very, very deep red. I guess I wasn't much help for my favorite..haha. I just uploaded up pictures to my thread "Lisa's non-planted to planted conversion" and also created an Aquarium Log. you can check out pictures of them there.
I like my leopard Vals...my fish also enjoy swimming through them....I have 6 in my 55G right now in the corner, next order, I'm going to order about 4 or 5 more.
I gotta say as 'cliche' as it may sounds I really love the size and color of my Amazon Swords....they're just awesome.!
Yes, Amazon Swords are nice too. They are a nice bright green. Brings lots of nice color to the tank and once daughter plants start to show roots, you can simply snip them and replant them in the substrate. A very easy plant to propogate and care for.
but if I was going to reccomend something to buy, I'd say corkscrew val.
(ordered some with my order- only .80 ea!)
I just went through and bought their cheapest things....
The only other thing I ordered was Mexican Oak leaf.
I think after my plants come in it will be my favorite...
YIKES! You're right Nataile! Red Tiger Lotus too. I think it didn't come to mind right away because mine is very small right now and sort of blends in to the gravel. When it grows it will be quite beautiful though! Oh geez! There's too many to choose from! :dunno:
I would have to say my favorite aquatic plant is Utricularia vulgaris, or the Common Bladderwort. It has a similar structure to a milfoil at first glance, but it's an aquatic carnivorous plant :-D
I don't think sweet aquatics carries it, but if anyone does know where to find it be sure to let me know! I really only ever see it in the wild and I am unsure if it would even grow in an aquarium setting but it would be sweet if it did!
Oh yeah and it also has a great looking yellow emergent flower!
Can someone give me some info on these moss balls? I might order 1 or 2 to try them out. Maybe put 1 in my 5g and 1 or 2 in my 55g. Do they grow large? Difficulty? Etc. Any info is appreciated.
well, it's just moss that they sell in balls basically. in my tanks, they do best when they are allowed the free passage of water through them...the shrimp help with this. they manicure it so that it's always looking nice and fluffy. some people don't like it to spread all over so they use screens or strings to hold it down to a surface or dw. i keep mine in small areas. my shrimp breed and feed there. i have java moss but there are all kinds of mosses.
I was considering it for my 5g betta tank that I will have ghost shrimp in as well. Also thinking of the 55g. What do you mean, free passage of water? Like put it near the filter outake so water runs through it?
Clarification is needed it seems-
There are two types-
one is a "ball of moss" which is some type of moss (almost any type) trained to grow over a coconut shell or screen ball.
The other is the Authentic moss ball called a "marimo" ball. The Marimo balls grow in a lake in japan, and people grow them in jars in their windowsill. I would imagine, based on that, marimo balls do not need water current.
Marimo balls grow slowly but can get to a limitless size. (we're talking years and years and years to double in size.
They naturally form a sphere- if you get one, and break it apart, the half will eventually form into spheres (only smaller of course)
I read an article by a pet store owner-
He ordered several baseball-sized marimo balls and had them in a rubbermaid container for quarantine.
He went into another room to answer the phone, came back, and his dog had SHREDDED every one of the balls, with little clumps of moss all over the floor.
He ended up with several dozen tiny marimo balls instead.
Also, it is neat to have them in a current because they will move around, seemingly of their own control.
Thank you, Redchigh. I am talking about marimo balls that I would order through Sweet Aquatics. They sound pretty neat and seem easy enough to take care of.
those sound wonderful, especially in a 55 gallon! (in my little ten gallon it would probably just bounce back and forth like that old school atari game)
I was gonig to put 1 or 2 in my 5g, and 1 or 2 in my 55g. Think that will work?
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