Re: [GSAS-Member] Plants for Topless Tank

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

How high is the light suspended, and how much growth are you looking for?

It seems like most substrate-rooted-stem-plants I've had will eventually
grow up out of my aquariums and start showing off their non-submerged
forms if ignored long enough.  Elodea and Cabomba flower pretty easily if
left to their own devices. My elodea flowered pretty close to the water's
surface, and the cabomba was actually sticking up out of the water a few
inches.

Water hyachinth doesn't exactly meet the requirements, but it does hang
it's roots down in an impressive display (*great* cover for fish
breeding), and send up very pretty flowers up to 6" or so off the water
surface (and I've found it to be a better water filter than 90% of the
plastic junk sold in petstores, if you have the lights to keep it going).

I guess now's kind of the wrong time of the year, but if you're looking
for something with some serious vertical growth for a display, I'd
probably just try to find some tall emersed or hardy marginal plants that
suit your taste at a local nursery.  Molbecks, Sky, and Hayes should have
tons of this kind of stuff.

There's also a koi/landscape place on the way to steven's pass (on the way
to monroe I think) if you ever make it out to bfe...some incredible
example ponds (when in full swing).  I think they have another location in
Redmond, but have never been there.  I was there a few weeks back and they
had several kinds of emergent flowering plants (that were in full flower),
but they were bigger than I wanted to put in a 10 gallon.

Cliff


>
> I appreciate all the offers for large Amazonian Swords but as I understand
> their growing habits, they don't fit the description I posted?  Don't
> Swords
> just go to the top and stop?  I am looking for a plant that will come
> right
> out of the tank.  Maybe it will cascade down the side or maybe it will
> shoot
> up towards the ceiling but I definitely looking for a plant that makes a
> statement outside the normal growing area of a tank.
>
> Thanks
> Shango
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Linda Knapp
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:55 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Plants for Topless Tank
>
> If you would like an amazon sword I have one growing up against my
> lights now....
> Linda
>
>  From my iPhone somewhere or other...
> linda@bozuk.org
>
> On Oct 14, 2007, at 9:01 AM, "Shango Los" <Shango@ShangoLos.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Friends,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am looking for suggestions for plants that will grow from the
>> substrate up
>> and out of my topless 35Gal Tall tank.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've got a twin bulb Coralife light with 65W, 10,000K and 6,7000K
>> bulbs,
>> 79-80 degree tank and I inject CO2.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like the plant to grow out of the tank and I would love if
>> it would
>> bloom too.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Shango
>>
>>
>>
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