bamboo 101

[cocoa_pleco]

at petco, i saw they had bamboo fully submerged and for sale in aquariums. can you really do that? For my neon tank, it'd be cool to have 10 stalks growing.

[Drumachine09]

Bamboo isnt an underwater plant. It would probobly rot after a while.

[cocoa_pleco]

crap. Theirs looked healthy.

May as well throw in a real dumb question.

How does a UGF with powerheads work? (stupid, i know)

I know the powerheads sucks water out of the UGF tubes, so how does the crap get under the UGF plate?

[Drumachine09]

The bacteria and stuff builds on the top and in the gravel. If you use a reverse flow UGF, then it builds under the plate.

[Abbeys_Mom]

There is a bamboo for aquariums, but I would try it. Doesn't sound like fun.
http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-37.htm

[Chrona]

I think cocoa is talking about actual bamboo, you know, as in "Chinese bamboo, veeeery strong" :wink2:

[Drumachine09]

There is a bamboo for aquariums, but I would try it. Doesn't sound like fun.
http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-37.htm


I was thinking conventional bamboo. ie, what pandas eat.

[xoolooxunny]

I've tried it, it rots.

[Abbeys_Mom]

Mmmm I like Bamboo. Very Tasty.

[cocoa_pleco]

il turn into a panda and eat bamboo!

il skip the bamboo then. The plantgeek had me off at fragile.