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Title: What to do with Amazon babies?
Post by: exv152 on January 07, 2009, 10:47:32 PM

Has anyone here ever removed baby swords from the mother plant? Just wondering if anyone has some good tips.

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Title: Re: What to do with Amazon babies?
Post by: zima on January 07, 2009, 11:41:06 PM

Yupe, I do that on a regular basis. I let the shoots grow a decent root system (they'll only do that while submersed, in my experience), after which I cut it off and replant if in the same tank (if there is space) or in a different one. Or pass it on to another hobbyist :).

Nice setup, by the way! And welcome to OVAS!!

Title: Re: What to do with Amazon babies?
Post by: pminister on January 08, 2009, 05:20:32 PM

Can't offer much help on this topic. Though tank looks amazing, what type of setup do you have if you dont mind sharing ?

Thanks.
-Seb

Title: Re: What to do with Amazon babies?
Post by: exv152 on January 10, 2009, 03:06:34 PM

Thanks, it's a 75 gal tank, with 4x65W Coralife lights, and an Eheim pro II 2026 canister filter. I have five angelfish, three corydoras, five otos, eleven lemon tetras and eleven zebra danios.

Title: Re: What to do with Amazon babies?
Post by: kennyman on January 12, 2009, 10:07:45 PM

I cut them off leaving 1/2" of stem either side of the crown and floated them in a jar of water in the kitchen windosill with a few crystals of all purpose fert. It started to produce roots and I was going to try one as an emerged houseplant but neglected it as usual and the water fouled in the jar.

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