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    Bolbit rotting help

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    My bolbits are rotting.. What can be the cause?



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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    How do you plant it? Did you tie to rocks or wood? This is emerge leaf it will rot betrer trim it, new leaf will grow from it rhizome unless ypu bury the rhizone on this case the whole thing will rot
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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    How do you plant it? Did you tie to rocks or wood? This is emerge leaf it will rot betrer trim it, new leaf will grow from it rhizome unless ypu bury the rhizone on this case the whole thing will rot
    Thanks thanks. I've trimmed it off. Hopefully it won't spread.
    It is tied to wood.



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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    once you it start rotting , fast fast trim it, if not all will go become same.
    normally i tie it on drift wood, it will grow fast and nice,

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Do not bury the rhizome!

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Your bolbitis is not the real McCoy. It is just land fern sold as bolbitis. Being a land fern species, submerging in water will kill it. What you are watching is slow death of a plant. Next time when buying water ferns look for these characteristics: soft tissue branches, almost opaque leaf. Land ferns have the opposite, hard stems and leaves.

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Ohhhh thanks horst... Mystery solved... Gosh

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Bolbitis looks like the pic below (taken from my tank)
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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    that is submerge leaf, the one in the tread starter pic is emerge leaf.
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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    @shadow. Sorry to differ. There is no such thing as emersed bolbitis. The true bolbitis originates from west africa and is a true aquatic fern grown in fast flowing streams. Unlike Java and windolov ferns it can be grown emersed/ submerged. But you can never grow bolbitis emersed due to delicate structure.

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Here real example of bolbitis with both emerge and submerge leaf from the same rhizome.

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    Here real example of bolbitis with both emerge and submerge leaf from the same rhizome.

    Mind if i ask? Is this the photo of the tank at the ADA Niigata Gallery?

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    yup ADA Niigata galery, seen it with my own eyes
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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    yup ADA Niigata galery, seen it with my own eyes
    Wow.. Amazing... Would you know how they manage to get it so leafy??


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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

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    yup ADA Niigata galery, seen it with my own eyes
    Awesome bro. Sure is a lovely gallery.

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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    strong light and plenty of nutrient I guess . As you can see there are 6 MH light on top of it.
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    Re: Bolbit rotting help

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    strong light and plenty of nutrient I guess . As you can see there are 6 MH light on top of it.
    faintz...looking at the lights

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