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AndiH · 10-29-2009, 11:47 AM

The guy at the LFS has mentioned alot of people using arrowhead for bettas. Unfortunately I can't figure out what he means by arrowhead. Does anyone have any ideas?

epond83 · 10-29-2009, 03:25 PM

Did you google it? i found a few things, looks like a plant that prefures to be emmersed. Leaves on the water surface, could provide good shade for a betta

OrangeCones · 10-29-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AndiH

The guy at the LFS has mentioned alot of people using arrowhead for bettas. Unfortunately I can't figure out what he means by arrowhead. Does anyone have any ideas?

Syngonium podophyllum v. 'White Butterfly'

It is commonly sold as an aquarium plant, but it must not be kept submerged. It will rot underwater.

PlantGeek.net - Syngonium podophyllum v. 'White Butterfly'

AndiH · 10-29-2009, 07:00 PM

No I hadn't googled it. I was looking in some aquarium plant indexs I have bookmarked. Orange thanks again

I guess I wont be getting it for my bettas

OrangeCones · 10-29-2009, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by AndiH

No I hadn't googled it. I was looking in some aquarium plant indexs I have bookmarked. Orange thanks again

I guess I wont be getting it for my bettas

A friend of mine uses Anubias barteri v. 'nana' in her betta tanks. The leaves are broad and 'stiff' underwater and her fish like to 'sit' (for lack of a better description) on them when resting. They don't grow very fast so won't overtake a small container.

AndiH · 10-29-2009, 10:16 PM

I searched out the Anubias I ordered, Anubia coffefolia. I'm hoping it will fill the same niche. Its hard for me to get plants here. One store never carries them since the owner says he has a black thumb. The other only special orders them.

OrangeCones · 10-29-2009, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AndiH

I searched out the Anubias I ordered, Anubia coffefolia. I'm hoping it will fill the same niche. Its hard for me to get plants here. One store never carries them since the owner says he has a black thumb. The other only special orders them.

It should work out nicely for you. It grows a bit bigger than the nana, but still is small. Same type of leaves too.

Are you close to Faribault? There is an online dealer there that I have ordered from in the past with great results. The thing is, once you get good at growing plants, you have plenty to 'trade' to others, so you can get different species that way! HAHA!

AndiH · 10-30-2009, 02:28 AM

Regarding the Anubia, my tank is a 14g tall so I think I have the room for growth in that direction. I think its time to start saving for a bigger tank lol. I have so many things I wanna do and cant heh.

Faribault, not at all. It would be about 5 hours away I think. What did you get from there?

OrangeCones · 10-30-2009, 08:27 AM

Aquarium plants, and aquascape plant packages

I bought a 'low light' package from them awhile back. They have a good selection if you want a specific plant too.

AndiH · 10-30-2009, 11:53 AM

cool thanks.. shipping should be cheap from there heh

10-29-2009, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
AndiH Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 60	Arrowhead The guy at the LFS has mentioned alot of people using arrowhead for bettas. Unfortunately I can't figure out what he means by arrowhead. Does anyone have any ideas? __________________ 14g, 1 betta, 4 cory (1 panda, 1 skunk), Colisa lalia (1 flame and 1 blue?) 5g, 1 betta

10-29-2009, 07:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
AndiH Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 60	No I hadn't googled it. I was looking in some aquarium plant indexs I have bookmarked. Orange thanks again I guess I wont be getting it for my bettas __________________ 14g, 1 betta, 4 cory (1 panda, 1 skunk), Colisa lalia (1 flame and 1 blue?) 5g, 1 betta

10-29-2009, 10:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
AndiH Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 60	I searched out the Anubias I ordered, Anubia coffefolia. I'm hoping it will fill the same niche. Its hard for me to get plants here. One store never carries them since the owner says he has a black thumb. The other only special orders them. __________________ 14g, 1 betta, 4 cory (1 panda, 1 skunk), Colisa lalia (1 flame and 1 blue?) 5g, 1 betta

10-30-2009, 02:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
AndiH Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 60	Regarding the Anubia, my tank is a 14g tall so I think I have the room for growth in that direction. I think its time to start saving for a bigger tank lol. I have so many things I wanna do and cant heh. Faribault, not at all. It would be about 5 hours away I think. What did you get from there? __________________ 14g, 1 betta, 4 cory (1 panda, 1 skunk), Colisa lalia (1 flame and 1 blue?) 5g, 1 betta

10-30-2009, 08:27 AM	#9 (permalink)
OrangeCones Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 403	Aquarium plants, and aquascape plant packages I bought a 'low light' package from them awhile back. They have a good selection if you want a specific plant too. __________________ ~It is easy to dodge our responsibilities. But we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ~

10-29-2009, 03:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
epond83 Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 424	Did you google it? i found a few things, looks like a plant that prefures to be emmersed. Leaves on the water surface, could provide good shade for a betta

10-30-2009, 11:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
AndiH Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 60	cool thanks.. shipping should be cheap from there heh __________________ 14g, 1 betta, 4 cory (1 panda, 1 skunk), Colisa lalia (1 flame and 1 blue?) 5g, 1 betta