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Advice with growing pellia, please?


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Posted 15 December 2009 - 11:13 PM

I was recently in a creek with lots of (what I believe to be some species of) pellia growing in it and took home a nice-sized handful. I put it in a 10-gallon tank with shoplights over top and watched in dismay as the lush green drained out of the leaves and it all turned to mush within a week's time. I've never had any in a tank before and would like to as it was quite attractive, but need to learn what I might have done wrong before getting more. Does pellia have any specific needs?

I found it both in direct sunlight and in heavily shaded areas in slow-moving, tannin-stained waters of southern Georgia. While I fill my tanks from the tap (as in, I use dechlorinators but no hardening/softening, pH adjusting, etc), the eleocharis that I collected from the same creek is doing fine as is the unidentified moss that was left behind as the pellia disintegrated. I also have plenty of live plants in my tanks already and they're doing fine so I'm thinking that it might be something specific about this plant. Thanks.

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 11:04 AM

Is it possible that the stream had high flows when you collected it, and the liverwort doesn't usually spend much time under water? I haven't played around with liverworts much, but I suspect there are many that can not tolerate being submerged for a length of time.

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 07:28 PM

I tried to avoid that by collecting from the deeper portions and the leaves did look different than from that growing on the banks, but it's entirely possible that I got something terrestrial. These rains make collecting hard! haha. Besides, it's not like I know anything about liverworts. Next time I'll just take home less and cross my fingers more. Thanks.

-Alejandro

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 11:51 AM

Another thought - was there a big temperature change for them? I'm thinking that the difference between the stream and your tank may have shocked it. Perhaps getting some more and warming it up slowly over time could help.

Other than that, the only way to know if something will grow for you is to try it!




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