Ho ho! Quite a bit of info to process there unclescott!
OK here goes:
I was recently turned on to those plant bulbs that you purchase dry, and drop them into the tank. Yes, they take a while to sprout, but whoa nelly when they do -- let's put it this way: I have one in there that shot out and "upshoot" or whatever, basically a really long, fast-growing sprout that grew at least four inches OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT! 8-) HOLY COW! It's now bending over because it has grow out of the water! I'm going to go ahead and credit my CO2 injector and my iron nails I dropped in there for that stupendous growth spurt. The other plants seem to be doing well too, but the dry bulbs have really taken off.
I will, time allowing, go ahead and take some pictures of the bulbs for my next Diary entry. ;)
Speaking of spawning (chuckle), I have not had any births since my last round back before Christmas. Hell, I think it was mid-November! Now granted, the two guppy parents have expired unfortunately, although their fry live on, but I do have another female in there who has dropped fry previously (I don't know if my anchor worm-infested males were in the main tank long enough to impregnate her or not ... certainly they were after her!)
My mollies, however, still haven't produced another litter yet, which bothers me a little. Otherwise, they are all doing swimmingly! ;)
Stay tuned for some "before and after" pics of my dry bulb-spawned plants.
PS- you've blown my mind with the Latin names of plants -- I just go to the store and say, "Gee, that one looks cool!"
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