What is the plant at Aquarama 2005?

**Star-flog** · 29th May 2005, 17:34

Hi,
Anyone who visited the Aquarama 2005 and should have also noticed that the East Ocean 2 x cube tank. Interested to know whether the foreground plant is:Hemianthus Callitrichoides ? (see photo). I think is very nice especially so they're use black ADA aquasoil...

If so, is this plant easily available in Singapore, expensive or not and easy to plant? Thanks.

**budak** · 29th May 2005, 19:04

it's not new... just a bit forgotten... we call it Elatine triandra aka Ah Pek plant (cos it was first sold by the Ah Pek at Lorong Halus a long time ago). Grows like glosso but is more nutrient and light hungry. Also messier.

**crandf** · 29th May 2005, 19:57

The plants at this aquarama only got the stringy moss more interesting to me, dun even have a tropica booth, sigh....

**budak** · 29th May 2005, 20:10

This year it's really geared towards the trade, not the general public. That's probably why they imposed a 'high' entry fee.

**|squee|** · 29th May 2005, 20:37

Yea I agree, I was bored. The fish show was interesting enough, but there were hardly any plants for sale, except for one booth that I found. Even then, they were selling the type you find in wet market LFSes.

Wasn't really worth my $8.

**Cacatuoides** · 29th May 2005, 20:46

yeah, was very sad tat Tropica did not participate this year...but its good to look at e new products which are coming to our market soon....awaiting the arrival of Macro monitors...was told that the PH controller cost less than 400bucks!!! and a PH monitor combine with Temp monitor cost less than a hundred bucks....very worth it!!

**chua** · 29th May 2005, 21:15

I actually want to get TMG from there but i am quite surprised that there isn't any.

Anyway, i got two aquarium pharmaceuticals test kits for $5 each. The one with a fish doctor on the box. Quite worth it i should say. By the way, I got a deluxe pH test kit and a GH&KH test kit.

**ranmasatome** · 29th May 2005, 22:55

Aquarium pharmaceuticals were there??? WAH!! i went both days and i missed them...wa lau!...blur man..
i'm actually waiting for the Velda products to come!!! cant wait!

**ah^siao** · 29th May 2005, 23:19

interzoo will be more interesting..

**fazlee** · 29th May 2005, 23:34

Originally Posted by |squee|

Yea I agree, I was bored. The fish show was interesting enough, but there were hardly any plants for sale, except for one booth that I found. Even then, they were selling the type you find in wet market LFSes.

Wasn't really worth my $8.

Think that i went to the same booth on Sat, as i saw no other plant seller. Asked the staff what plant they're selling and they said; "Dunno, we're only selling"

real bummer.

but, at least the auntie say 'sorry'.

Originally Posted by |ah^siao|

interzoo will be more interesting..

Thanks for the Aqua mags bro.

**Star-flog** · 30th May 2005, 07:34

Originally Posted by budak

it's not new... just a bit forgotten... we call it Elatine triandra aka Ah Pek plant (cos it was first sold by the Ah Pek at Lorong Halus a long time ago). Grows like glosso but is more nutrient and light hungry. Also messier.

Thanks for the comment. The 'Ah Pek plant' = Hemianthus Callitrichoides? is still available at Lorong Halus? I saw East Ocean using wire mess to tie it down.

I read the Taiwan AquaZoo magazine stated is one of the expensive and rare plant and the nicest!

**bclee** · 30th May 2005, 08:27

Originally Posted by Star-flog

Thanks for the comment. The 'Ah Pek plant' = Hemianthus Callitrichoides? is still available at Lorong Halus? I saw East Ocean using wire mess to tie it down.

I read the Taiwan AquaZoo magazine stated is one of the expensive and rare plant and the nicest!

No... Ah Pek Plant = Elatine triandra.

BC