Here is a bit of a newbish question. I have a few plants in my tank that are suppose to spread with runners. So, will these plants just sprout leaves grow under the gravel and then all of a sudden pop up? Or do they slowly just grow? I swear I have a plant that wasn't there yesterday and today there is a leaf. Um...does that even make sense, lol?
*editors note* that was actually three questions ;)
Definitely possible. Rosette aquatic plants like crypts, sagittaria, swords, hairgrass and others send runners either just beneath the surface or along the surface. Got any pics?
I don't have one atm, but I'll get one once I get back home tomorrow. 8)
Here you go exv152
Theres are the sprouts, sware they weren't there before!
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I think it might of came from this plant.
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That plant looks like Blyxa Japonica & propagates via side shoots of the mother plant, it does not send out runners.
Regards
+2^ for Blyxa Japonica, which is stem and not a rosette, and propagates by division as opposed to runners.
OK. Weird. I wonder if it's from one of the other plants in there. Told you it was a newbish question!
Thanks to the two of you. :)