can E. Rose grow emersed ? My tank too small

[dx]

My Echinodorus Rose is growing too big for my 2ft tank (height 1ft only). The middle portion of a big leaf is curving up into the air and I think it is unsighty.
So thinking of plugging it out and grow it as land plant. It is possible, and how ?
Otherwise, you might see me giving it free in buy/sell section. []
Please give advice.

[geoffrey]

I suggest you give it to me

Yes, Echinodorus genus can be grown emmersed.

[sherchoo]

E.rose can be grown even in the smallest tank, just as long as there is enough substrate. The question is, whether it looks nice or not. IMO, it will be too big for your 2ft tank even if it grows emmerse. Suggest you remove it before the root system runs all over the place.

[limsteel]

Strongly agree... I tried to remove my BIG E. Ozelot. when tugging/pulling it, I saw gravel movement over a large area! In the end, I gave up and let it sit in my tank.

[TanVincent]

you mean i can pluck my Echinodorus genus plants and stuff them in a pot with garden soil?

If can, I can pluck my rubin, ozelot green and ozelot and stuff them in a echinodorus garden.

Please do let me know

Cheers
VIncent

[confusekid]

Vincent,
Yes, You can stick them into garden soil but make sure the soil is very wet. No matter what they are aquatic plants

[hwchoy]

put them in a fish bowl or something, put a layer or lonestar over it to keep the water from muddying, add a couple of guppies to take care of the mosquitoes, now you have an emmersed E. without having to worry about watering everyday [:]

[lorba]

You may want to keep the echindorus in moist container/atmosphere for some time. When the emersive leaves grow out, you can remove whatever the plant from container and leave it to sit in a shading area. Thereafter, slowly acclimatise it to brighter light, which means, higher temperature and drier atmoshphere. The submersive leaves will experience rotting during this process.

[TanVincent]

i got a nice little fish bowl, i got garden soil, i got gravel and echindorus genus. SO what am i waiting for???

Anyway, my small area of potted garden need some new additions.

I think I should start converting my potted garden to potted aquarium plants garden.



Cheers
Vincent

[hwchoy]

make sure must have fish [:]

[TanVincent]

errr mebbe i should keep a couple of cherry shrimps in there.

CHeers
Vincent

[hwchoy]

cherry shrimps don't eat mosquito larvae []

[TanVincent]

Okie, plucked out one echinodorus ozelot green, stuff it in a small pot, fill it with garden soil and soaked the whole pot in a small glass of aquarium water.

Let's see if it works.

Cheers
Vincent

[kadios]

I juz took out my huge E Osiris 2 months back and planted them in garden potting soil mix with 7-8 mm gravel. After 2-3 weeks, it has started to respond and grows new emersed leaves. However, the growth rate is much slower compared to submersed form.

Here's some of my observation:

I followed one of the AQ member's advise to let the plant grow emersed leaves before planting it emersed. Strangely, the emersed leaves dried up and wilt away when I planted it into the pot. After 2 weeks in emersed form, it grew its first emersed leaf but the tips were "burnt". A week later, it grew another new leaf without any burnt tips. So I guess growing emersed leaves prior to planting may be skipped base on preference.

Prior to planting it, I seek the advise from the nice folks at Teo's. The advise was as long as the "head" or bulb of the Echinodorus plant is undamaged, one may trim away the roots and old leaves and plant it into the soil directly. If the plant is placed under "strong light", then one has to wet the leaves frequently to ensure they are always moist to avoid drying up. After the plant is accustomed to the heat and light, wetting the leaves once a day in the morning may suffice.

Alternatively, place the plant in a shaded place and you need not ensure the leaves to be moist all the time since they will not dry up that easily.

As for water inside the pot, juz keep the soil moist or a very thin layer of water will be good.

I juz uprooted my huge E rubin yesterday. Going to attempt to plant it emersed as well. Hopefully, things will go well.

Hey Juggler, as promised, will inform you once my E Osiris has any plantlet.

Cheers!

So before planting the plant, decide on the spot, bright or shaded. Then juz leave the plant there and try not to shift them so that they dun have to acclimatise to its surroundings again.