Java ferns.

Take some good sized leaves that are just starting to turn.
Get a piece of driftwood, and wrap the java fern around the wood. hold them
on with elastics. I covered the whole log except for the bottom few inches
which was screwed into a piece of slate to keep it standing and
anchored...like a tree. Slowly you'll notice the little sprouts and in no
time you'll have jave up your.....you get the idea.
Baby fish love to hang around in there...it's really safe and the roots
provide a good grazing ground.


"W" wrote in message
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i just did a big vacuum of my tank. My java ferns havent looked very good
since i got them. A week ago i started co2 with a bubble counter and
every
week i use some liquid flourish. the java ferns have some black edges and
holes on them, they are also slightly curled inwards. the affected areas
are worse near the tips.i also added some extra light so i've had a bit of
an algae bloom. today i thought i would rub off some algae and i
discovered
a bunch of things growing on the back of the leaves. i'm not sure what
they
are, if i had to guess i'd say its growing new rizomes off its leaves but
i
thought that was supposed to happen underground. anyone know what this
is?
i'm also wonder what sort of water conditions java ferns like, ph, gh,
etc.
thanks, W.