Cut I trim this plant? If so where is best to give the cut part a chance of survival if possible? Thinking round where roots and coming down ..read more

Please ignore my biofilm covered cholla wood i took my crs out of here a few weeks ago, But i think this is african/congo fern (Bolbitus Heudelotii) and im quite new to keeping it but i have a few stems/leaves that started looking like this, i have a few leaves that are almost pinched at the stem of a few clipping and while the plants rhizome is fine i started noticing something that seemed like bio film but hade too much of straight uniform strands, eventually i noticed the leaves having... Read more ..read more

Also how do I plant them ? A couple of the leaves in the pack just have a stem, no roots or rhizome , I just stuck the stem down into the substrate ..read more

HI folks My second plant order from APF included one Nymphaea Rubra (Dwarf Water Lily) bulb. I don't have a lot of tank space for tall plants, so I am very limited in plant choices. Anyhoo, I THOUGHT I had looked into the mature size of these bulbs, but I just looked around again at customer photos, which mostly show sprouting bulbs only, and there were a couple of mature ones that look WAY larger than I expected! Can anyone with experience with these easy plants share photos of their... Read more ..read more

Have been doing some deep cleaning and plant work during a large water change on my 15.5g tank with pygmy cories, otos, and endlers (right now, endlers will likely be going, or at least moved for now). I had a lovely anubius coffeefolia in there, and there's still some in the base plant (it's still in it's pot), but some parts of it had rotted, and lost a lot of leaves as a result. I removed the rotting parts, and the rotted leaves (tank smelled pretty bad, a lot of thick green algae and... Read more ..read more

I've got this plant that looks like a little lilly pad. I thought it would grow branches, but so far it's mostly single stalks growing tall. I cut a couple of them and haven't seen anything grow out of the part still in the ground. I'd like to shape it into some kind of bushy look, but not sure I can do it. What is this plant and how to I tend to it? Does it just grow straight up like that or can I coax it to branch and form a bushy-like appearance? Forgive the algae on them- I'm working... Read more ..read more

Hello everyone, and happy new year to everyone of you! I'd like to show you some pictures I took of plants in their natural environments. Keep in mind that all plants that I share are all native to Thailand. 1. Selaginella willdenowii 2. Bolbitis heteroclita 3. The karst spring - home to Cryptocoryne cordata var. siamensis and the endemic Betta simplex. To be continued ..read more

i bought them from a local fish store for less than a dollar each, the owner don't know the specific name. please help me identify this plant, thank you in advance ..read more

HI all! I did a search here, and noticed a lot of people ask the same question about their Java Ferns: WHAT ARE THE LITTLE LEAVES GROWING ON MY JAVA FERN? ... or... WHAT ARE THE SPOTS ON THE BOTTOM OF MY FERN'S LEAVES? I thought perhaps a catch-all thread about Java reproduction would be helpful (provided members use the "search" function before posting their question in a new thread). Old-hands can teach us newbies, perhaps share their experiences with... Read more ..read more

So the deal is that I bought a topfin plant from petsmart (along with new multiple plants for a new planted 10 gallon) and the packaging for it said some type of cardinalis but Im not exactly sure if thats right. I know what the swords and buce are but i have little clue as to what it is. Is it going to melt these red leaves grow green ones ..read more