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nm123 - 2012-01-03
This type of fern does very well in graval and it will consume almost all the fish food that is near it in the graval but you still need to give the fern at least 5 - 7 hours of aquarium or sunlight every day

Stu - 2011-12-31
Another question, does the java fern grow into the substrate from the rock/driftwood it is tied to?

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Alex Burleson - 2012-01-01
Generally, they must be tied down. Depending on how soluble the driftwood is, there is a possibility that they will grow into it. Especially, if the wood is more rotten.

Stu - 2011-12-31
Everyone says to tie the fern down but all the pics show it in the substrate? And I assume there is a difference between java fern and java moss? Just to make sure I get it right the java fern gets tied down? Thx

nm123 - 2011-12-22
Hi everyone I just got a java fern 2 weeks ago and I was wondering if the fish in my tank will eat the small java ferns after it reproduces.

Please I have anglefish bala sharks 1 red tailed shark clown plecos swordtails platys torpedo barbs and zebra danios in my 30 galloon tank

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Charlie Roche - 2011-12-22
The java fern is a hardy plant that most fish will not eat. Might take a little nibble now and then but the fish probably won't destroy new off shoots.
nm123 - 2011-12-22
thanks so much

Abelard Añana - 2011-09-03
I've been a regular visitor in your website, and I love it. It provides useful information to a hobbyist like me. Upon my research in the internet my particular concern is this plant the water sprite, that it is not a true freshwater aquarium plant, it is a marsh plant not to be planted in the aquarium coz it will eventually die. Which bothers me coz I have newly planted this kind of plant in my aquarium. Is this true? Please help me on this matter. Thanks

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HeyPK - 2010-05-31
Your picture for Ceratopteris thalictroides is definitely not correct. It looks like a picture of one of the members of the genus Hydrophila, which is stem plant and an angiosperm, not a fern at all.

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Editor's Note - 2010-06-07
Thanks HeyPK, you are right this is definately not Ceratopteris thalictroides. We are taking the picture off until we get a good one. Send one if you've got one! Thanks again.

Carolyn - 2011-06-13
What store in san Antonio, Texas can I find this fern?

anon - 2010-03-21
Where can i but java fern from?
(Editor's note... heres a link to java fern for sale

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Joy - 2011-03-15
I have started to put pieces in a container and now have too many and am willing to sell some. Iwouldn't know how to post them.
I have had plants for a long time and had no trouble with them.
Some in tropical tank and some in cold water tank, they grow easily in either. The lights in the tanks go off and on automatically in the aquariums.

tanganyikatapwaterman - 2011-02-05
I have Pteropus latifolia, great plants for Scalares/Angelfishes...but I didn't know that:they can live on rock pile or driftwood.
I have many new plants of latifolia ....so I know places where to add them.
Thanks.
p.s. I've only 2x50W halogen bulbs from ceiling shooting down to open feeding holes of tank and its OK! Full size leaf in every 25-30day's./pH7.5-8.0

thefishkid - 2009-10-25
These are essential for a well-planted tank. They also produce hundreds of smaller ferns each year, which you can plant in your tank!

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John - 2010-08-27
How do you re-plant the smaller ferns in the tank?
Do you wait until the their are at a certain size and then cut them off?
Please help!

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