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RE: bolbitis heudelotii (plant) problem
I believe its a worming drug used for dogs/cats but
works to remove parasites from fish as well. The
discus breeders use it. Of course, when you use a
bunch of meds in a tank you get interactions between
them that can be a problem, too. Moral: don't medicate
:-)
Matt
--- "Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com> wrote:
> Kate,
>
> Whoa!!.....Never heard of flubendazole....sounds
> like it should be a disease! What is it used for?
> Is it a Hydra medication? I hope your plants come
> back around for you. Have you changed the water
> since this happened and eliminated most of the
> medications you were using in the tanks?
>
> Clay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kate Breimayer [mailto:kate@munat.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:28 PM
> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: bolbitis heudelotii (plant) problem
>
>
> It was the mother plant for a bunch of them, It was
> doing fine for
> probably a year in my tanks, and the person I got
> the original cutting
> from had hers a year. That is what is so
> frustrating. Grew beautifully
> and madly for so long and then bam, it's rotting,
> and it's doing so in
> tanks at different temps with different light, CO2,
> and stocking levels
> that aren't even in the same room. Granted I let the
> CO2 and fertilizer
> slide lately due to migraines followed by surgery
> but still, it grew
> great before I started using CO2 and fertilizer.
> That additional salt
> theory sounds kind of plausible though, and maybe I
> medicated and forgot
> about it. I was using meds for hydra, now that I
> recall, that would be
> formaldehyde with copper, neither is good for plants
> is it? Stupid
> hydra. At least that's gone for now. Now have
> flubendazole for fighting
> hydra, anyone know if that is bad for plants?
> Thanks,
> Kate
>
> throatwarbler mangrove wrote:
>
> >FWIW, I could never get this plant to establish in
> my
> >old fishroom. My water was very hard (so, anubias,
> >african cichlids and mexican livebearers loved it).
> >Was this an attempt to start the plant or was it
> >established? I think I have seen bolbitis grown out
> of
> >water and sold to the aquatic trade (much like
> those
> >little pine-tree plants). Plants started this way
> >generally have a hard time establishing themselves
> >when submerged.
> >
> >Matt
> >--- "Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@Boeing.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Kate,
> >>
> >>Have you treated your water for any type of
> diseases
> >>of late? I treated my tank for parasites awhile
> >>back and had a similar issue with my java fern. I
> >>was using formaldahyde and found my plants did not
> >>appreciate that at all. The leaves turned black
> >>slowly and then broke loose of the main root and
> >>floated away. Just a thought. And, I do not think
> >>that this is Off Topic for this list at all. In
> >>fact, I think this is a great item for the list.
> >>
> >>Clay
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: June Olberding [mailto:jdolb1@comcast.net]
> >>Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:29 AM
> >>To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> >>Subject: Re: bolbitis heudelotii (plant) problem
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi Kate,
> >>I haven't had much experience with bolbitis. I
> know
> >>it doesn't seem to like
> >>really high light environments. I know you are
> not
> >>running high light
> >>tanks. You keep most of your water pretty soft. I
> >>don't know if that may be
> >>a problem. Mine is in a livebearer tank with KH of
> >>4-5 and GH of 5-10. It
> >>does well in that environment which has about 2
> >>watts /gal of shop light. It
> >>took a long time to establish and occasionally
> will
> >>have a section go black
> >>and fall away. Thought that to be normal or that I
> >>had damaged leaf working
> >>in tank. This may be inaccurate but I think it
> >>doesn't like to be disturbed
> >>or moved to new locations. AFA nutrients, I do run
> >>my tanks rather rich.
> >>Also you might try running a little DIY CO2 for
> it.
> >>Generally folks don't
> >>think of CO2 need in low light plant tanks, but
> has
> >>been my experience that
> >>adding CO2 did more than anything else, with the
> >>exception of Flourite
> >>substrate, to boost plant health in lower light
> >>environment.
> >>Re: OT. I would say definitely.
> >>Regards
> >>June
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>I am having a problem with my bolbitis ferns-the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>stems are turning black
> >>
> >>
> >>>and rotting, then leaving the ends with the
> leaves
> >>>
> >>>
> >>free to disconnect
> >>
> >>
> >>>and drift away from the mother plant. Some leaves
> >>>
> >>>
> >>also turn black.
> >>
> >>
> >>>Rhizomes are attached to wood, look fine. This is
> >>>
> >>>
> >>happening in multiple
> >>
> >>
> >>>tanks. I have been pretty bad about fertilizing
> >>>
> >>>
> >>and light bulbs may be
> >>
> >>
> >>>old but it seems odd that such a tolerant plant
> >>>
> >>>
> >>would suffer the worst
> >>
> >>
> >>>for it while rotala indica which likes
> >>>
> >>>
> >>light/fertilizer survives and
> >>
> >>
> >>>turns pink at the ends. Any bolbitis tips? Or do
> >>>
> >>>
> >>the old leaves just do
> >>
> >>
> >>>this after a while? Seems like more than half of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>the leaves on the
> >>
> >>
> >>>affected plants are going down, so it's probably
> >>>
> >>>
> >>not only the oldest
> >>
> >>
> >>>leaves dying, though the new ones are ok... Other
> >>>
> >>>
> >>tanks have younger
> >>
> >>
> >>>bolbitis cut from the same mother plant with the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>same water parameters,
> >>
> >>
> >>>no problem with them.
> >>>Tips?
>
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