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!?

 

[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?