[trace_lynn]

I was looking for a type of fish and this link came up. I started looking through his other photos and noticed snails "inside" this plant. Looked a bit further and if you mouse over this picture, he points the snails out. This plant is actually eating the snails. Has anyone seen this before? Anyone have a clue as to the actual name of the plant? Carnivorous Waterplant and if that link doesnt want to work for you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zabbbby/215965476/

 

[frozenbarb]

http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-290.htm

 

[starrystarstarr]

whoaa thats cool and freaky at the same time.

 

[mistergreen]

Ha... well, that's one way to get your nutrients.. Probably easy to care for. Just give them snails.

 

[Chrona]

Whoa! Perhaps an alternative to dwarf puffers?

 

[Wö£fëñxXx]

YUCKY Utricularia devours hapless aquatic adversaries!
WANDERING water-creatures meet their DOOM!
TERRIFYINGLY presented from two perspectives!
DO NOT watch this alone!

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/plants/39699-securing-aldrovanda.html

http://www.plantedtank.net/plantprofiles/Waterwheel-Plant-Aldrovanda-vesiculosa/1040/

 

[AxolotlFarmer]

I do say this is very interesting plant.! Heck, if it wasn't so endangered i'd pick up a few. I wonder how well conservation efforts are heading. The pictures in the other thread of it devouring brine shrimp was amazing.

Yes, i love carnivorous plants and corpse flowers.

 

[trace_lynn]

Wow. Thanks for all the great info and additional images. Very unique for sure.

 

[SCMurphy]

You can get it from many online sources:

This one is a guy that came to one of our club meetings and gave a talk about his favorite carni's.

http://www.carnivorousplantnursery....177764604.8279&page=product.html&product=1255

 

[D.gilly]

unfourtinuatly i have some utricularia gibba spp. in my shrimp tank with cherries they had babies but i cant seem to find anymore im wondering if the cherrie babies are small enough to get inside one of the little pods? I also just got book 3 of nature world aquarium and noticed that T amano himself had it in one of his tanks. Its a PITA to get rid of and it looks rather ugly mixed in with ricca hair grass and HM yet T amano manages to make it look good in his tank lol. He also has a microscopic section in the back of the book with a close up look at the pods, kinda cool.

 

[SCMurphy]

U. gibba is too small to be a problem for juvenile Neocardinian shrimp. There are other Utric species that do get large enough but they aren't in the hobby and aren't as invasive as gibba.