Eggs? Algae? or part of the Fancy Java Fern

**jeffteo** · 21st Feb 2011, 01:54

Anyone know what is those cluster on the underside of the Fancy Java Fern leaf.

Only this particular leaf have it.

**leonard6july** · 21st Feb 2011, 10:25

Mine has this also and I thought they may be spores. Would be good to have one of the more senior members to confirm or comment.

**dennis93a** · 21st Feb 2011, 12:16

doesn't look like eggs or algae. reckon it would be rational to snip the particular leaf off to prevent spread. looks nasty.....

**jeffteo** · 21st Feb 2011, 14:33

Already done that and it is in my quarantine tank just in case. Curious what it will develop into.
Anyway I don't think Java fern propagate by spores right? They grow daughter plant under the leafs.

**Shaihulud** · 21st Feb 2011, 15:18

Its the spore case from the fern.

**v_nod** · 23rd Feb 2011, 00:16

Should be spores..Some land plants and spores have them too, so it should be the same case for the aquatic java fern.

**jeffteo** · 23rd Feb 2011, 00:28

Never notice it on the Java fern before. So do these spores just stay on the leaf till it decided to grow into daughter plant? My tank Java ferns are full of daughter plants and long roots hanging off the leafs. The tank is looking wilder everday.

**v_nod** · 23rd Feb 2011, 23:30

Ok, without getting too technical, daughter plants don't come from these spores. The spores produce another fern which then gives rise to daughter plants. Basically, you're going to get daughter plants pretty soon..

I recently planted java fern, so still waiting to see new daughter plants.How long did yours take to produce daughter plants?

**jeffteo** · 24th Feb 2011, 00:06

Originally Posted by v_nod

Ok, without getting too technical, daughter plants don't come from these spores. The spores produce another fern which then gives rise to daughter plants. Basically, you're going to get daughter plants pretty soon..

I recently planted java fern, so still waiting to see new daughter plants.How long did yours take to produce daughter plants?

I chop it off already.. but I still have a lot of daughter plants already growing in the tank.

Mine took less than 1 month since I bought it. I read before that daughter plants grow when the leaf is old and dying soon. Mine does looks old when I get it.
If yous is all young leafs, it will take some time. With CO2 and EI dosing, the Java fern are growing daughter plants like no body business and the roots gets long very fast. Now my Java ferns look like those old trees with vines flowing down.