Bamboo

[guppy]

the 8" cuttings for sale at Petco are the same 8" cuttings for sale at 1/4 price at local garden shop, They should be kept as emergents but I found out today that they will suvive fully submerged in a tropical tank for at least a year. As an aside my sister has a clummp of them in gravel in a 1g shallow golf fish bowl, they are now over 2' tall. there is a lot of green algae in the water and today I found a fiddler crab in there. It has a burrow between a couple of bamboo stalks. I gave it to her almost a year ago and she thought it had died when she found it's shell. She hasn't fed it in 3 months! Can any body say amen!? :hitting:

[WckedMidas]

lol

[dmarinko]

amen!!!!!

[Bluenotes]

If its that lucky Bamboo they try and sell in store which I am guessing it is, it is NOT BAMBO but Dracena, a plant very well known. True Bamboo is a grass- Google it and you will see.

[maizu]

way to go, crabby!

[ewurm]

Hollowed out bamboo also makes a great hiding spot home for many fish. It needs to be coated though so it won't break down.

[davo]

Hollowed out bamboo also makes a great hiding spot home for many fish. It needs to be coated though so it won't break down.
used this for BGK. does anyone use the "lucky" bamboo in tanks, cause i got a tonne of it at home

[ewurm]

Bamboo helps you get lucky? I'll take it all.

[limz_777]

used this for BGK. does anyone use the "lucky" bamboo in tanks, cause i got a tonne of it at home


i have a few as decoration in my tank , they make great decors.

[davo]

i have a few as decoration in my tank , they make great decors.
and it doesnt affect water quality?

[limz_777]

and it doesnt affect water quality?


just do frequent water changes, twice a week , it does rot after some time if not coated with polyurethane varnish. i didnt coat it, just replace it once it rots. do presoak it as to remove the starchy coating produce by d bamboo

[limz_777]

used this for BGK. does anyone use the "lucky" bamboo in tanks, cause i got a tonne of it at home

just to share davo.

[davo]

ok cool. may try it one day

[Chuckeff]

I have lucky bamboo in my bettas tank. But it is only half submersed and does fine for over a year and a half. My betta feels lucky since the tank is bigger than those little containers at the LFS

[Chad55]

Does it have to be planted at all or just set in there?

Chad

[Chuckeff]

Mine just sits there. It has grown lots of roots though

[kil66]

i think im going to try it

[ewurm]

I got a bamboo stalk at Petco, the leaves are growing some. I haven't gotten luck though. LOL

[Gee]

Me and a few others all trid Dracenea in our tanks, it ended up rotting when fully submerged. It took a long time though.

[MarlboroMan]

I used bamboo a long time ago when I kept my tank water at half full.