bevans@td2cad.intel.com (Beth Evans) (05/05/88)
The aquarium plants that I have had the most success with are members of the anubius family - specifically anubias nana and anubias lanceolata. They seem to even stand up to the strain of clown loaches digging for snails or just plain ravaging of the plants that used to happen when I had plants with thinner more fragile leaves (some of the cryptocoryne). I currently have several of these types of anubias in a 40-gallon with flourescent light. I have an undergravel filter. All of these plants have some of that potting fiber around their roots; they originally came in those little black plastic baskets. I read in an article that the banana plants only grow long leaves when they are receiving too much light. They send up the long stems with leaves at the top in order to creat shade for themselves. Banana plants that I have had in the past have always just rotted. And drifted around the tank because they would never grow real roots... I have some type cryptocoryne plants that are doing well - actually they are recovering - since they are no longer in a tank that has clown loaches. I was wondering if anyone has experience with those plants that look sort of like onion plants? I need some sturdy, tall plants. (The anubias that I have are about 3 inches (nana) and maybe 8 inches (lanceolata) tall; I want something which goes to the top of my tank!) -Beth