[buddhabackpacker]

I bought some utricularia graminifolia over a year ago, but I had a tough time getting that tank stable so it died out. . . or so I thought. For about a year I've been removing these long bits of what I thought was some kind of algae growing mostly with my mosses. I've found it in multiple tanks.

I had been beginning to guess what it was but I finally checked it out online when I found a bunch more in one of my breeding tanks. It is utricularia graminifolia--the long bits with the food-catching bladders on them.

So my question is: Does anyone know how to get it back to it's leafy/grassy form? I tried planting a bit of it but my SAE dug it up. From what I remember he always loved munching on this stuff. I still have tons of it growing in my moss but not sure how to start over again and try to grow it into lawn.

THANKS!!

 

[Dollface]

That's not Utricularia graminifolia, it's Utricularia gibba. It's a pest bladderwart that commonly hitchhikes along with UG, it's useless to try and plant it, as it won't grow leaves like U. graminifolia.

 

[Church]

^ What she said. U. gibba is a pest, and very difficult to get rid of, so best of luck to you in doing so.

U. graminifolia doesn't have to be poked or prodded to look the way you see it in pictures. It looks like that on its own.

 

[Hobbes1911]

X2 gibba

 

[buddhabackpacker]

Great, thanks. I don't think I'm worried about getting rid of it. I'll just pull it out every once in a while. It doesn't look bad and my SAE seems to like to eat it.

 

[Hobbes1911]

I'd say carful what demons you summon