[GSAS-Member] Elodea (was) Re: Shoreline Community College Biology Dept is looking for donations

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

I tried out Elodea in 2008 when I was rearing koi fry from Steev's first
koi grow-out contest. I  got it from a mailorder place with a Vallisneria
spp. that was supposed to be hardy. I had some 10g tanks outside on my
metal plant table on the patio which got partial sun. I'd stuck the sprigs
into plastic pots I filled with garden soil with red lava rock gravel
overlayer. At first they struggled, but once they rooted, they started
going nuts and I had to trim and fill rubbermaid containers with the stuff
(I had daphnia growing in those tubs as well). But I quickly learned, once
winter came, that this strain was NOT hardy (sigh)....so I no longer have
Elodea (or the Vallisneria). I really did nothing special with it that
summer. I probably had whiteclouds, goldfish fry or baby koi in all the
containers with Elodea. Also had pond snails.

Betty Goetz

> Hi Betty,
>
> Thanks for the info! I must be doing something wrong, we have an outdoor
> and
> indoor pond that the elodea used to flourish in and now it disappears.
>
> I have been trying the rubbermaid bins in the greenhouse, trying to keep a
> few sprigs alive-- to no avail. My boss just purchased a lot for the labs
> cause we couldn't keep it alive.
>
> Another GSAS member, Bryan, has volunteered to help me set up a few tanks
> for aquatic plants.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the leads!
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:
>
>> Before I learned that the elodea I had was not hardy, I had plenty in
>> rubbermaid bins cheap from Fred Meyer/Home Depot etc. No filtration, no
>> heat, with natural light (outside). So if all you are doing is keeping
>> elodea alive or propagating it, the requirements are minimal. In the
>> process, I also learned that java moss is fully hardy here (grin).
>>
>> Betty Goetz
>>
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