Re: [Aroid-l] Aquatic aroids

From: "Marek Argent" <abri1973 at wp.pl> on 2009.01.18 at 17:44:54(18925) Hello, I don't recommend Spathiphyllum - it is not an aquatic plant although it is often sold in aquaristic shops. It usually dies after a few months spent in water. You can also sometimes find Syngonium, Epipremnum, Aglaonema, Alocasia, Dieffenbachia, Homalomena and Caladium sold as "water plants" - they are also not aquatic and they rot living underwater. Cyrtosperma is too large for your aquarium, it can grow half submerged - the roots in the water and the leaves above, then you should have installed additional lighting above the leaves. In your smaller aquarium I suggest you to create a paludarium - plants growing in wet peat with a fertilizer. This way you can cultivate many aroids, all these which require high humidity (Alocasia, Colocasia, many Anthuriums, Zantedeschia, Spathiphyllum) but not these which fall into dormancy (like Amorphophallus or Arisaema). A paludarium is also a better place for many Anubias species than an aquarium. You can have in any aquarium Lemna, Spirodela and Pistia but many fishes like to eat them. If it is not too hot you can try Calla palustris, Orontium aquaticum or Lysichitons but I don't guarantee a success. Improvise... Best, Marek Argent +More www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor Holzer" To: Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:05 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Aquatic aroids I am an Taylor Holzer I am 14 I am an Aroid collector and i would like to add some aquatic aroids to my collection. i have a large aquarium 55 gallons with some fish. and a smaller one that is 10 gallons with nothing. i was thinking about adding Pistia stratiotes, spathiphyllum, and Cyrtosperma to my 55 gallon. in the 10 gallon i was thinking about adding anubias, and cryptocorynes. also i would like to have a typhonodorum could you keep them in just wet soil? are there any other aquatic aroids i could grow in my aquariums? any help would be appreciated! also if you have seeds for these plants i would appreciate them. i only currently have the spathiphyllum in the aquarium. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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