Fastest Growing Plant?

[Planetnicolas]

hmmm plant experiment I should have done that freshman year but noo i whent with fruit flies I counted and sexed hundreds of the little bastartd my poor eyes.

test different color lighting on them you will find that plants photosythesize different colors better

 

[Cookie*]

I'm not experienced with aquatic plants, but have read on here Java Moss grows really fast under low light conditions.

 

[thebestincali2000]

the lights that i used were only t-8, but they werre the pinkish colored when the lights were on, idk if they were full-spectrum or not, but full spectruim would be the way to go imo...i just wouldnt use regular white flourescent bulbs, they provide little to none nutritional value to a plant... anything as close to natural sunlight is what you want

 

[studd muffin]

Elodea, hornwort, water sprite, and water lettuce.

 

[her209]

well, im not sure what the problem is then, maybe its your water? do you have alot of fish? ive always had my tank kinda over-stocked, maybe thats the solution, lol

When they were in the 10 gallon, I had Krib fry growing in there. Had no problems growing brown algae though.

 

[smithj427]

hmmm plant experiment I should have done that freshman year but noo i whent with fruit flies I counted and sexed hundreds of the little bastartd my poor eyes.

test different color lighting on them you will find that plants photosythesize different colors better

we leave fruit flies to geneticists

I already did different color lighting in my first year bio course. Just simple stuff red, blue, yellow. That was the order of effectiveness. Looking for something a little more complex this time.

 

[carsona246]

Water wisteria is without a doubt my favorite low light plant. I originally had it in a regular fish tank with no intentions for growing plants other than for aesthetic reasons. After this plant took over my tank and I realized I had no nitrates in my tank after a few weeks of being too busy to do a water change I decided to start researching plants. It also doesn't shed like anacharis or hornwort tends to do variably. Cambomba is another fast growing plant I enjoy, my cambomba furcata is currently taking over my tank, so it might actually be a faster grower than wisteria, but its not nearly as thick.

 

[smithj427]

Thanks for the quick resposes so far.

 

[chonhzilla]

Elodea, hornwort, water sprite, and water lettuce.

Hornwort!

 

[Kaliedoscope]

I remember reading something in walstads book about how cabomba produces an alleochemical that inhibits duckweed in some way. Of course this happens gradually and with large quantities, but it might be fun just to put some cabomba and duckweed together and see which one wins.

My 2 cents