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

[Jessica Likins <jlikins@go.shoreline.edu>]

Hi Betty,

Well, maybe that's it. I haven't planted mine - it just floats... I will try
your method when Bryan comes over to help me set up. Thanks everyone!
Jessica

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:

> 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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