If I move a few specimens into the aquarium, how much light do you think I
might need?

This is my first winter for the pond and the aquarium. I've been reading all
I can about lighting for the aquarium watts/gallon, NO, HO, VHO, CF and etc.
But I'm still not too sure how much/type of light might keep the Water
Hyacinths alive without stressing the fish. I've read that something like 2
watts per gallon of regular fluorescent light (NO) should be OK for low
light plants. But I don't imagine Water Hyacinths are low light. I also
imagine 130 watts of fluorescent light in a 65 gallon aquarium might be a
bit bright for the fish?





"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in
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Great idea. No other strategy has worked for us.

We have, however, just put plastic over the pond with hyacinths and let
them
hang in for the winter. The core plants sometimes make it. We will try
the
pot and window method and the sink method.

Thanks for the window method.

Jim

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"Bill Sanchez" wrote in message
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Just plant them in a pot with no drainage hole like any other plant, but
in
clay dirt and place the plant on a southern window that gets some
sunlight.
Keep soil soggy and they should easily make it till spring. I have had
good
success with this method.


"Tbumpy" wrote in message
...
Has anyone tried to overwinter hyacinths? I've read to put them in a
shallow
bowl with aquatic planting soil on the bottom and lots of water so
that
it's a
thin mud consistency. I would like to be able to save some of them
since
they
can be a bit expensive to buy. Any comments appreciated. Thanks in
advance

Tina