I'd never really had live plants in my aquariums until about 2 weeks ago, when I decided to pick up 3 hornwort plants from the lfs for my 55 gallon. I'm still just using a Sun Glo bulb, but they've grown noticeably in length in the 2 weeks that I've had them. I want to grow more, but I'm not sure how to go about it. If I cut some of the length off and let it float in the tank (or try to root them) will the pieces grow on their own?
Growing hornwort
- Thread starter mojo2776
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They will grow on their own when separated. A big step would be getting a life glo 2 bulb and removing the sun glo.
Hornwort grows like a WEED! I had a tiny piece floating on Sunday and now it's covered half the tank. I also had a stem that was held by the driftwood and it has grown significantly too. If you hold them down with something, the bottom parts will die off and end up floating. I noticed the growth rate doubled when I put in my 2nd light. With the Coralife dual T5 6700k/1000k strips, they really grow much master. I think I'm going to have to get rid of half of what's there right now as they will take over my entire tank.