Aponogeton madagascariensis pic.

Here are some Photos of some A. madagascariensis I got from Seahorse a few weeks ago, they are really growing quickly, something they aren't reknowned for. Also in the pic is some Blyxa.















Kev.

They look great Kev

Very nice, are they very fragile?

Melander

lovely, i google A. madagascariensis thinking it was a fish (and as you know i'm not one for using foreign names) and wat did i get? a sparrow hawk Kev, a madagascar sparrow hawk (Accipiter madagascariensis).

lovely plant Kev, really beautiful

Thanks Johnnie.

@Melander

They are fragile to a degree, getting Fertiliser just right is more of a problem, too little and they disappear, too much and Algae covers them and it cannot be physically removed as they will tear like Candy floss. I used Shrimp, Amano, and they kept the algae at bay but if you don't feed the Shrimp they'll eat the strands of Leaf like spaghetti. The other thing that you need to do is nip any Flowerbuds immediately you notice them as this causes a retardation in their growth to a point where you cannot get them going again.

Always buy them in Leaf, if you don't, you will spend good money on a root vegetable because they either take many months to erupt into leaf or they sit there and rot.

The corm can grow very big and the plant is a big Plant so give it plenty of room and not too intense lighting.

I've always loved them and they last many years. When I set up this Tank I didn't conventionally cycle it, I took a Fluval 205 that was about to stop, it was time for a Water change and a media wash so I emptied everything into the newly setup Tank, I washed all media, I mean EVERYTHING in the Tank, it turned Chcolate brown with lumps of Detritus in every nook and cranny, it cleared in 24 hours and every bit of loose mulm caught up in the windows of the leaves were picked clean by the 60 or Shrimp that I'd put in earlier.

No Bristlenoses or Plecos just a few sae and ottos.

@Dar. Another passion of mine is Raptors, if there's an after-life that's what I want to come back as, not a Vulture though, I've been Bald already, I'd like a change..


Kev.

Great plant.

They were pretty good qual for the price in seahorse (i got one as well)

Kev,

You reckon my Cherry shrimp would do damange to this plant? Im thinking not ?
Any tips on it ? Picked up a nice one y/day and trying to decide which tank to put it into.
Gavin

Not at all, Shrimp are like your own Croke Park Groundsmen, they keep Algae under control and suspended Garbage from settling on the Leaves keeping them fresh looking. The fenestrated ( Windowed ) Leaves are hard to keep looking good if water changes aren't kept up and Algae kept to a minimum.

A. madagascariensis will enter a period of dormancy after flowering but this can be delayed by snipping off the Flower.

Kev.

Cheers Kev,I'll remove it to another tank tomorrow so in that case.
Thanks again. They are a lovely flower.
Gavin