Aquarium plants

The plants of different breadths and types of reservoirs have different «tastes» in part of temperature, luminosity and quality of water (inflexibilities and reactions of rN).From number plants rooted in soil, simpler those which succeeds to be reared from the small wreckages of stems-handles prigivayutsya than all.
Lyudvigiya — plant making to use popularity at the home amateurs-aquariums more than one hundred years. Bright green, with rounded listyami, it well overgrows in the magnificent bush branching out from any fragment prikopannogo in sand. Prefers the bright illumination. In this case lower parties of its foliage acquire a reddish tint. In nature is water-bog plant. Overgrowing, its overhead escapes achieve a surface of water and continue to grow out it, beautifully let through the edge of aquarium down. Optimum temperature of water for this plant — a 20—22 degree.Peristolistnik — yugnoamerikanskoe plant; loves light and clear water. Its long fragile! the stems covered by the peristimi fluffy nitevidni-j mi by listyami of tender-green color are very beautiful. Well grows at the 18—20°S temperature. Lees which has to be periodically shaken off osedaet on its tender foliage, or it follows to delete senescent muddy stems, rejuvenating a fast-growing plant.

Kabomba.

Motherland of this plant — South America. Grows long stems and pair suprotivnimi listyami fan-shaped and melkorassechennimi. The most fluffy beautiful plants develop at the good lateral illumination. Kabomba fine looks at oneself at landing by thin kurtinami. At the insufficient overhead illumination the stems stretch at the rare location of listev upwards. Prefers soft water and temperature 20—24 °S. Ploho prigivaetsya in the hard ferrous water.Elodei. The aquariums have to run into three near types of these plants.

Elodeya canadian Its long thin and fragile stems are thickly covered by the oblong shallow leaves. Well grows in the cool water — at temperature about 10 “With, captivating shallow reservoirs. Therefor name it still aquatic plague. In the room teplovodnih aquariums prigivaetsya badly, perishes in the hard water, especially with the admixture of salts of iron.More befit for the room aquariums of elodeya toothed with the lengthened oblong chlorine leaves and form near to it — elodeya curly, also with extended, but with the curled leaves. These plants not bad grow in aquariums with the net, regularly updated water, at the room temperature.

Vallisnerii

the most widespread and simple plants. Their listya as rather narrow ribbons of emerald color are very decorative and besides not strongly shade the lateral illumination, that important for other plants. The aquariums conduct vallisnerii two kinds. One of them, by birth from South Europe, differs by direct and long (50—60 sm) listyami. In the aquariums of sufficient depth at the overhead illumination of vallisneriya sometimes flowers by the shallow flowerets. They are two kinds: womanish — as long tubes with bell on end on spiralevidnih stilts and masculine — trilobate, on the short legs. In the shallow aquariums these plants lose, because their lengthened listya, attaining a surface, lie along it down, blocking a skylight and hindering to superficial aeratsii, and such overage juveniles look not so beautifully.Therefore in the aquariums of middle depth other type of vallisnerii is preferable — by birth from America, with spiralevidnimi listyami which do not outgrow in length. Vallisneriya with the linear foliage well gets along also in the holodnovodnih aquariums, and at the room temperature. Vallisneriya with spiralevidnimi listyami is more heat-loving. Prefer that and other kind updated clear water of aquariums and badly carry a brackish environment.(or yaponika) differs by wide (2—2,5 sm) rifle-green listyami. In the low aquariums at the good overhead illumination forms wide lanceolate listya on the long narrow petioles. Its motherland — south of North America. Above water flowers — as brushes of small white colors with the yellow stamens. The plant planted in sand develops enough slowly, but gradually types growth, forming the powerful root system transforming a sandy pound in silty substrat. This not always appropriately in the ordinary decorative aquarium, but very well, if aquarium — pool in the winter garden. Strelolisti and ordinary vallisneriya more successful effloresce after original yarovizatsii or stage of rest, when the plants save at the temperature 10—14 °With during a few weeks.

Saggitariya

(or strelolist) looks like on vallisneriyu, but its listya of sableobraznoy form and more dark tint. This water-bog plant can form a surface tier of foliage on the long petioles in the form of tip of arrows. It very decorates an aquarium, but this not always comfortably, because possibility to cover it by glass disappears.Izoetis (helioharis) — elegant plant, having low (15—20 sm) threadlike chlorine listya growing small bunches. Well grows on the sandy pound, in the light, systematic refreshed water. The sizes and grace of plant do it by decoration of foregrounds of aquarium. At the lateral illumination of izoetis overgrows toward podsvetki and forces systematic to thin out its kurtini. At the overhead illumination to make the upgrade of kurtini more comfortable, deleting senescent its parts. It is possible to limit excrescence of plant, mortgaging in sand of strip of glass or plastic.Amazon — teplovodnie plants, by birth from America. Them there are a few kinds different on sizes. In the aquariums of middle sizes appropriately to conduct a «midget» amazon — beautiful, rifle-green plant as small bushes — electric outlets with lanceolate listyami long about 15 sm, at the width of about 4 sm on the short handles. Other meeting at our aquariums the kind is very beautiful, but its bushes with listyami long about 40 sm at width 5— 6 sm are bulky for the aquariums of middle sizes. Better grow in the soft, slightly sour water at the temperature 22—28 °S. Pri good illumination lower parties of listev acquire a reddish tint. Lately the list of plants of this family broadens due to delivery and other kinds.

Kriptokarini

— family which more than fifty kinds from the countries of East Asia are included in. Among them meet both large plants appropriate only for landing on backgrounds in the large aquariums, and shallow (12—15 sm) kinds suitable even for the small capacities. Kriptokarini differ by variety not only specific forms, but also by the considerable intraspecific changeability. So, comparatively not large kriptokarina Nevillya is known as shirokolistvennoe and as an uzkolistvennoe plant. Kriptokarini with lanceolate listyami have vague similarity with amazon, but petioles of their listev longer, the color is olive-green, and lower party of foliage russetAll kriptokarini are heat-loving. Optimum temperature for them 24—28 “With. Most beautiful the plants grow at the good, mainly overhead illumination. But at the same time they tenevinoslivi, grow in neutral or to the slabokisloy environment at the insignificant or middle inflexibility of water.For these plants brackish and alkaline (rN over 7,5) water is ruinous.Aponegeton — tender-green plant with long lanceolate listyami on the long petioles. Such listya develop at the lateral illumination and at the young plants. The floating leaves of more dense structure with the lustrous surface appear at the overhead illumination. Unlike the visheopisannih kinds the young plants appear not on the prikornevih sprouts, but on the long pointers in the layer of water. The tuber from which upwards listya of young aponegetona germinate appears on the end of pointer, and the counterfoils stretch downward. At the good terms a new pointer grows from this plant, and so appears whole chainlet of young plants. As far as their maturing of pointer become more fragile, and seat an underwood in the sandy soil. The plants better prigivayutsya in the teplovodnih aquariums (24—26 °With), at the soft, dissipated illumination in the old water with neutral or by the slabokisloy reaction.The aquariums-muscovites conduct an aquatic fern (tseratopteris) from a 1948 year. From the sole small small bush in the short space it was got the great number of the plants winning popularity at amateurs to conduct fishes thanks to its beauty and unpretentiousness. Plants with the chlorine fretted leaves achieving in length about 20 sm, propagates oneself by buds which appear in the great number on the ends of listev and then develop in the young plants. These daughter's small bushes, moving away from the maternal bush, emerge to the surface and can grow and propagate oneself, not fastened in soil. But the plants planted in sand at the overhead illumination develop much more magnificent. Fern — teplovodnoe plant, demanding to composition of water, but better grows in aquariums, where regularly update water.Senescent small bushes growing in soil, expediently systematic to replace by youths which on the first stage of development, not still obrosshie by the numerous daughters' rastenitsami, much more beautiful. — plant with the thin threadlike stems of chlorine color from the mutovkami narrow (1 — 1,5 mm) leaves long the no more than centimetre. The long stems of gidrilli branching out overgrow in the layer of water, not fastened in soil. Gidrilla is not demanding to the temperature and inflexibility of water. Although better grows in the updated environment. Any fragment of gidrilli, at the sufficient illumination, soon overgrows, captivating all free space. The anxiety of aquarium is taken to deleting of superfluous senescent lashes of gidrilli mainly.Along with the small bushes of young fern freely floating at surface this plant is special comfortably in aquariums with the fishes inclined to dig in soil, and also for the small capacities used for transplanting of fries or as spawning-grounds.(fontinalis) — inhabitant of cold running waters of middle bar of our motherland. Its thin stems thickly covered by the shallow leaves tuft, by fastened «koreshkami»-rizoidami to the stony bottom. Well prigivaetsya in the aquariums unwarmed up at the sufficient illumination and slightly by the sour or neutral reaction of water. In such terms overgrows, forming thickets of chlorine color. Declines in health in the warm, muddy water and at the alkaline reaction of environment.This plant badly prigivaetsya in aquariums with the warm water and exotic inhabitants, but very comfortably as substrata for ikrometaniya of fishes and as refuge for fries at breeding of the kinds inclined to the cannibalism.

Aquarium plants

The aquarium plants convert a room reservoir into the original submarine garden, decorate it not less fishes and other inhabitants. Growing of aquarium plants so enthralling, as well as room floriculture.
Without them in the water environment the biological equilibrium can not be set; vegetation enriches water by oxygen, serves by shelter for fries and food for fishes, shellfishes and mikroflori. Naturally, that before to place in aquarium fishes and other living creatures, it is necessary to crop it with plants.In aquariums conduct mainly teplovodnie exotic plants of small sizes. They well grow during all year, while experience most plants of our reservoirs the winter in the oppressed state or die off in autumn, in spring to regenerate from seeds, tubers or rhizomes.Aquarium most plants well overgrow from handles-wreckages. Simply prikapivayut them in soil with the sheet bosoms from which soon the counterfoils germinate. So conduct peristolistniki, lyudvigiyu, kabombu, bakopuand row of other plants. Vallisnerii, marsilii. izoetes, different kinds amazon and plants similar to them propagate oneself by prikornevimi otvodkami — by sprouts, on the ends of which the young plants are formed.At aponegetonov young otvodki appear on the leaved pointers. And some plants rear, landing in soil pieces of rhizomes or tubers, for example, money-box yellow, which not bad grows in aquariums. On a new place best the young plants prigivayutsya of all. Therefore, buying them at the market, it is not needed to overpay a superfluous money for the luxurious large copies which in the process of adaptation at you at home, as a rule, decline in health and will in best case give beginning of young underwood.Before landing every plant it follows carefully to wash in pelvis with the net water of room temperature. Simultaneously it follows to delete all leaves and podgnivshie counterfoils dying off. The long counterfoils are needed to be shortened so that their length corresponded to the layer of soil.In most cases the plants seat directly in soil of aquariums. In pots it has to seat the plants wherein it is assumed to contain fishes inclined to the digging activity. For the pot culture appropriately than the plant of the single landing, clustering forms, more large and not formative prikornevih otvodkov, for example, lyudvigiya, aponegeton, yellow money-box and other. The pot landing of yellow money-box is appropriate also in order to limit the excessive growth and excrescence of rhizomes of this powerful plant undesirable in the room aquarium. For this purpose it is possible to use small kuvshinoobraznie, uzkogorlie pots. Planted there young plants taken by the early spring from the natural reservoirs, at the lateral illumination form beautiful electric outlets of submarine pale green leaves. Such, in essence, midget form of money-box it succeeded to save, artificially limiting growth of its root system by the small pot and cutting rhizomes germinating through its overhead edge.For the taking root of the again planted plants, settling of shallow particles of soil and forming of mikroflori of aquarium 7—10 days are necessary. By the index of the set equilibrium the disappearance of the lees arising up in the first days serves in «nature» of room reservoir. Only after this in aquarium it is possible to seat fishes and other animals.

Floating aquarium plants

Riccia — floating plant related to low mham. Grows at surface as kurtin of ramified sloevish by thickness about 1,5 see At the good overhead illumination, overgrowing, fills all surface of aquarium, that at times turns out undesirable. But this plant is irreplaceable as refuge for the fries of viviparous fishes, haplohilusov and other. Richchiya also serves by material for building of floating nests from suds and this plant at breeding of lyaliusov and other labyrinth fishes. Successfully overgrows from the most little piece.The floating form of aquatic fern (cabbage) is known to our aquariums much earlier than its submarine variety. It grows on the surface of water as electric outlets of wide listev with the toothed edges cut up.
The young plants are formed from the buds appearing on the edges of listev. The «cabbage» of full value develops at the good overhead illumination, at its failing becomes small.
Eyhorniya (aquatic hyacinth) — tropical plant supernatant water as electric outlets. Its rounded listya with the swollen petioles are raised above the surface of water. In the opened aquarium or in pool at the good overhead illumination of eyhorniya blossoms beautiful sotsvetiyami on pointer, similar with hyacinth, from where and the Russian name happened. In the aquarium with the net water sometimes it succeeds to rear in soil a submarine form of eyhornii, which the swollen petioles do not develop at. The plant is heat-loving, temperature of survival — not below 22 °With, and flowering — 26—28 °With.Pistiya (aquatic lettuce) — large floating plant with green velvety listyami. In summer not bad propagates oneself by the vegetative path, but carries the winter badly. Above all things ruinously for this plant maintenance of aquarium under glass, also does not take away decline of temperature and lack of overhead illumination. Pistii temperature 24—26 optimum for development °With.
Salvinii — plants of family of floating ferns, include about two ten of kinds. On the south of Russia and in Western Europe salviniya is widespread floating. This plant with the thin stems, lying on the surfaces of water, from which in parties will depart small, suprotivnie pair leaves, and the counterfoils covered with downward stretch from them.At the sufficient overhead illumination of plant, taken from the natural reservoirs, well grow in the room aquariums, but they usually perish at the beginning of the winter. Better prigilis in the aquariums of plant from Western Europe, which for the row of generations had time to acclimatize in the room terms. Successfully grows in the aquariums of salviniya with the big ears, widespread in the natural reservoirs of South America. All floating plants very decorate the aquariums, but their demand to the overhead illumination in default of glass coverage limits possibilities of their successful growing in the room most reservoirs. Best of all to lead them in the hothouse pools or in the large aquariums set in the winter garden or on the glazed verandah well lighted up. Makes the exception only simple and irreplaceable at breeding of many types of fishes floating plant of richchiya.