I am putting together a planted sump. I found bamboo for 3 bucks a stock and it has lots of long root growing off it. I thought they might be really effecent for the sump because i could pack way more in than a brod leaf plant. thoughts? I know nothing. Chime in if im worng on anything.
Is bamboo good for a sump?
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any plant is fine for a sump...ESPECIALLY fast growers. Just rememeber if it isnt truley aquatic (like your bamboo) it cant be completely submerged.
perfect. the section is only 7". bamboo im getting is 10". I have max tank height of 16". I can always just let it grow outside of the tank.
Lucky Bamboo is extremely slow growing. You probably wont see it grow at all even after a few years. The leaves/shoot things will grow but not the stalk. Also, Lucky bamboo (the kind that isn't $80 for a 5-gallon pot. The kind thats all twisted and what not) is not actually bamboo, but a member of the lily family. True Bamboo cannot survive in water like Lucky Bamboo/Pothos/etc..
You probably have lucky bamboo, as long as the leaves aren't submerged then it should thrive in your sump. I have not tried it myself, but have heard from other people that it works really well for reducing nitrates. I also believe that it needs less light than pothos does to survive.
I've never used a sump so I'm not sure if floating plants would cause problems in the sump but frogbite is great at sucking up nitrates. I've also heard of people using water sprite, water lettuce or any fast growing plant that uses nutrients from the water column in their sumps.
Another idea comes from a fellow MFKer...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...osphate-Remover-DIY!&highlight=algae scrubber
Another idea comes from a fellow MFKer...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...osphate-Remover-DIY!&highlight=algae scrubber
hornwort is really fast grower and it actually adds oxygen to your water. or if you wana get crazy, duckweed, that stuff grows like crazy and you'll never be able to get rid of it lol.
thanks everyone. im buying a batch of 70 bamboo shoots (or some type of lilly acording to terldib). I like the bamboo because i can fit a ton of them in the sump.
SO this is the lucky Bamboo i picked up. My LFS was selling it for 10 bucks a peice. I found these in a run down craft shop. They were only 3 bucks. So im ordering 20 which are coming soon.
These are great tall peices. They are almost touching the light that is mounted under the tank. I need to cut them down but i dont know how much to cut off.
How much can i cut off? only leaves? all the leaves? will cut stems regrow?
Do i need substrate? I dont want to use any if i dont have to.
These are great tall peices. They are almost touching the light that is mounted under the tank. I need to cut them down but i dont know how much to cut off.
How much can i cut off? only leaves? all the leaves? will cut stems regrow?
Do i need substrate? I dont want to use any if i dont have to.