Java fern growth rates?

Kehy · 06-24-2012, 02:04 AM

I'm planning on having it be under high lights in a dirt based tank. How fast can I expect it to grow, if I'm starting with nearly bare rhizomes?

HybridHerp · 06-24-2012, 02:27 AM

will there be CO2? And is it on wood/rocks and if so how far from the substrate will they be?
I can't be exact, but in my low tech tank my java ferns once melted completely but regrew into decent sized bushes within a few months, I'd imagine that in high light with CO2 you could probably get them to be looking like plants within a month or two

HybridHerp · 06-24-2012, 02:27 AM

double post, sorry

anyways, wait for someone with more experience to respond

PlantaddictedKorean · 06-24-2012, 02:42 AM

takes about a month if you strip all the leaves if you have high light and co2. Mine grew about 2 1/2 inches in a month.

Kehy · 06-24-2012, 03:40 AM

I'll be using excel since I have a HOB with a lot of splash, will that make a difference? It's going to be planted A) be on some driftwood and B) wedged between rocks on top of the substrate.

06-24-2012, 02:04 AM	#1
Kehy Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ellensburg, WA Posts: 404	Java fern growth rates? I'm planning on having it be under high lights in a dirt based tank. How fast can I expect it to grow, if I'm starting with nearly bare rhizomes?

06-24-2012, 02:27 AM	#2
HybridHerp Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: New York Posts: 1,906	will there be CO2? And is it on wood/rocks and if so how far from the substrate will they be? I can't be exact, but in my low tech tank my java ferns once melted completely but regrew into decent sized bushes within a few months, I'd imagine that in high light with CO2 you could probably get them to be looking like plants within a month or two __________________ My 75 gallon hi-tech idkwattocallit Tank (Post Sandy): http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...94#post2086394 My 10 gallon low tech Tank (Post Sandy): http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...82#post2086382 My 5.5 gallon nano College Dorm Tank: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...94#post2114094

06-24-2012, 02:27 AM	#3
HybridHerp Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: New York Posts: 1,906	double post, sorry anyways, wait for someone with more experience to respond __________________ My 75 gallon hi-tech idkwattocallit Tank (Post Sandy): http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...94#post2086394 My 10 gallon low tech Tank (Post Sandy): http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...82#post2086382 My 5.5 gallon nano College Dorm Tank: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...94#post2114094

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06-24-2012, 02:42 AM	#4
PlantaddictedKorean Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Los Angeles, C.A Posts: 25	takes about a month if you strip all the leaves if you have high light and co2. Mine grew about 2 1/2 inches in a month.

06-24-2012, 03:40 AM	#5
Kehy Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ellensburg, WA Posts: 404	I'll be using excel since I have a HOB with a lot of splash, will that make a difference? It's going to be planted A) be on some driftwood and B) wedged between rocks on top of the substrate.