anyone use bamboo?

[MarlboroMan]

anyone use bamboo in their tanks? i was wondering if it helped clean the water any? im going to add about 20 stalks to one side.

 

[AlaskaJammin]

Well any plant is going to consume some nitrates and phospates, but I dont think you will get much out of bamboo. Im just guessing here, buts its a slow grower, which means it probably wont suck up that many nutrients. Try somethin faster growing.

 

[sohfatfish]

I thought bamboo was a very fast grower?.. something like an inch a day for some species. You could also try floating plants like duckweed and watter lettuce.

 

[AlaskaJammin]

Like I said I wasn't sure if it was a fast grower or not, guess it depends on the species....

 

[JnASabo]

I think Bamboo would look nice in a tank, but I'm not sure how it would help in cleaning water.

 

[MarlboroMan]

well the roots must be doing something, even if its slow. im just building my tank really slow because of low budget. im starting with bamboos because they are a buck a piece and look intresting, maybe ill post some pics. i only have 48 watts on a 55 gallon, so plants with high light requirements i cant have. probally gonna get some wendtii's, ive always had good luck with those.

 

[MarlboroMan]

here are some pics, sorry for the size!!

 

[thefishofdoom]

nice tank only thing i would be woried about is that the bamboo could rot but other than that grat idea

 

[contender]

cool. i like the bamboo look and have always wanted to try it myself.
whta kind of snakeahds are they?

 

[MarlboroMan]

those are channa gachuas, 6 of them

i have a total of 7 bamboo stalks now