Re: [AGA Member] Pellia

["Ben B" <benrx@naxs.net>]

My Pellia took a very long time to get established and once it did, it has taken off.  Someone gave me a piece literally the size of a dime.  I wasn't expecting it and was happy for that.  Now I have 4 patches of it about 3-4" across.  Once it gets going, it seems to do well.  I have it in a high light/high tech/high fertilization tank and I have it in a 10 gal/ DIY CO2/15 watts light/no fertilizer tank.  It does great in both.  

I'm not sure what the mystique is about it though.  It's just a little green plant.  I still have awhile before I have enough to give away.  I hope to grow enough to integrate into an aquascpe eventually.

Ben
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Karen Randall 
  To: aga-member@thekrib.com 
  Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Pellia


  I thought I'd lost my original starter that I got from Claus last Spring in
  my big tank, but it is now quite obvious, and growing steadily.  It may be
  like duckweed, where you don't even notice that first little leaf... it's
  got to get going, then it's hard to get rid of.<g>

  I also thought I killed the culture he gave me in Nov., (as I mentioned at
  NEC) by leaving it on the windowsill as the weather got warmer.  But that
  culture is rising, like a Phoenix from the ashes again.  It may not grow
  fast, but it seems to be one tough plant.

  Karen

  Karen A. Randall
  krandall@rdrcpa.biz
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Kathy Olson" <kathy@thekrib.com>
  To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
  Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 11:07 AM
  Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Pellia


  > Thanks, that was the highlight of the auction for me!  (and the day,
  > watching him big on it).  I think our Pellia biomass has now doubled (from
  > 2 to 4 strands....it is in a little mesh bag, so it can't disappear into
  > the tank now!!
  >
  > Take care, see you in Nov!!!
  >
  > Kathy
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > On Mon, 5 May 2003, Bailin Shaw wrote:
  >
  > > Hi Kathy,
  > >
  > > My good friend, Tim Cincotta was the crazy person that paid almost $90
  for
  > > the plant.  I got a huge kick out of it.  He had it going okay in his
  high
  > > tech tank, but it eventually got infested with BBA and he passed it on
  to
  > > some other people to try and propagate it.  I think Luis Navarro and
  Ricky
  > > Cain from our club now have some of it in their tanks.
  > >
  > > I'd love to get a couple of strands and see if I can propagate it as
  well.
  > > I was thinking tissue culture as a way to get it going.
  > >
  > > Bailin Shaw
  > > DFW Aquatic Plant Club
  >
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