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Bucephalandra are a relatively new (to the hobby) and exciting species of plants from Borneo in Indonesia. They are similar to Anubias and Java ferns in that they have rhizomes can can be grown on driftwood or rocks. Like Anubias and Java ferns, they are a fairly undemanding plant as they don't really have any special requirements but will grow very slowly. Most Buce species are quite small (under 5cm) but some of the larger species can grow up to 20cm.
They can be grown emersed or submersed. When grown emersed, their leaves will stay green; it is only when they are grown submersed (in an aquarium) that you see the bright colours they are known for. While undemanding, they will require a decent amount of light, CO2 and nutrients in the water to get their colours to really "pop". They also prefer slightly acidic water (an active buffering substrate like ADA aquasoil Amazonia works great), decent water flow and higher oxygen levels.
There are hundreds of different Buce species in all shapes, sizes and colours. Only a few of them have been scientifically described so most names are a based combination of the locate where they are found, the shape and colour of their leaves and other factors.
General Parameters
Light: Low Medium
Temp: 22-28C
PH: 6.5 ~ 7.0
CO2: Minimum
Fertillization: Minimum
Growth Rate: Slow
We sell our Buce as individual plantlets / stalks. Most will come with 5-7 leaves and will be mounted on lava rocks or SS mesh pads. Photos include a quarter for reference. Please note that most of our Buce are keep semi-emersed conditions so their leaves are mainly green - it will take them a few months inside your aquarium to fully colour up.
Prices
See the individual photos for prices: most Buce are $11.99 per plantlet while Brownie series are $12.99. Rarer species may be higher
We also sell Buce in clumps and mini clumps; availability may vary from month to month. Check our page for updated list of available clumps and their prices.
Photos of our Bucephalandra Collection
Brownie Series
One of the most popular Bucephalandra species, the Brownie series are a smaller sized buce known for their intense colours and compact growth.
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Metallica - $12.99
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Upper Ghost - $12.99
Brownie Upper Ghost is a new variation of Sp. Brownie Ghost from the upper part of the streams. Submersed growth will display red / orange leaves.
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Purple - $12.99
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Phoenix - $12.99
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Iris - $12.99
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Fire Bird - $12.99
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Athena - $12.99
The largest of the Brownie series we currently carry due to emersed growth. New leaves should be smaller but more colorful
Motleyana Series
Bucephalandra sp. Motleyana Brown Red Silver Powder - $11.99
A medium size buce with some interesting colours
Bucephalandra sp. Motleyana Blue Emerald - $11.99
A medium sized buce with blue/green leaves
Kedagang Series (From Kudangan / Kedagang Area)
Bucephalandra sp. Kedagang Black Mist - $11.99
A small size buce with dark green / black oval leaves from the Kudangan / Kedagang Area
Bucephalandra sp. Kedagang Red Sword - $11.99
A small size buce with some nice red leaves from the Kudangan / Kedagang Area
Curly Leaves Types
Bucephalandra sp. Fino Bitter 'Red Biblis' - $11.99
A medium sized buce with curly, elongated leaves. Grows in dense clumps over time
Bucephalandra sp. Fino Mirabelle 'Pink Biblis' - $11.99
A medium sized buce with curly, elongated leaves. Grows in dense clumps over time
Bucephalandra sp. Aurora Upper Stream - $11.99
a medium sized buce with curly leaves.
Curly Leaves Type (Small Leaves)
Bucephalandra sp. Catherineae Red - $11.99
A very nice small buce with curly, long and narrow leaves. Grows in dense clumps over time and makes a great "carpeting" buce
Bucephalandra sp. Chilli Pepper - $11.99
A nice buce with small, curly red leaves. Most of them in this particular batch has very long stems with multiple plants - very nice!
Bucephalandra sp. Elegant Blue - $11.99
A nice buce with medium, round leaves. Will develop lovely blue leaves ove time.
Round Medium Leaves
Bucephalandra sp. Arrogant Blue - $11.99
A stunning buce with medium, round leaves. Will develop intense blue/purple leaves over time
Bucephalandra sp. Black Rose - $11.99
a medium sized buce with round dark green / red leaves.
Bucephalandra sp. York (Emerald Blue) - $11.99
A nice medium sized buce with round blue / green leaves
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There are several ways of doing it; you can use inert substrate with tap water or RODI with a remineralizer that has a bit of kH (Shrimp Mineral GH/KH+, sulawesi mineral 7.5, seachem Equilibrium, etc;)
If you are going to use a buffering substrate you want one that is not too aggressive when it come to buffering (i.e. not ADA aquasoil). I know some people have use Fluval Plant & Shrimp Statum for neos. Although my test of the new version so far indicate it is just as aggressive as Aqua soil. Others used baking soda to bring the pH up a bit. You don;t want it to go any lower then 6.6-6.8
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Is there an inert pea gravel about the right size, that is smooth and uniformish? I like the look of aqua soils, but not the price, and I don't care for their 'activeness'. If there were could get some cheap, inert alternative version, that would be neat.
You might try local landscaping and gardening centres. Crushed lave rocks works well but I haven't seen too many places carry the fine stuff in bulk.
Just remember that in an ideal setup, the active substrate main job is not lowering the PH but to keep parameters stable. Using RODI water will give you fairly low PH values already. Since the water will have a low kH value, it should subject to pH swings if keep in an inert setup. Unless you are using tapwater, keeping things stable with a low KH is actually quite tricky.
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Sand will not work with the UGF - it will just get sucked into your canister filter. One of my first mistake when setting up my tiger shrimp tank many years ago..lol
Regular inert gravel will work. If you want something dark Carbisea makes something called VooDoo river which looks like crushed black lava rocks.
You want the gravel to be at least 3mm to avoid issues with with your uGF.
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What is your lighting schedule like? Are you dosing any ferts? How often do you do water changes?
Remove as much as you can manually and reduce lighting and ferts.
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D-oh! Keep posting using the wrong account.. Lol
Always yeah for my divided tanks in the past I always use a dual sponge filter in each section. I also like to have oxydators in them as well as a back up source.
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d-oh! ya i don;t really trust those digital timers much ever since they killed a few of my lights - switched to old style analogue timers and they seemed to be much more reliable!
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Maybe I should order soon then !
Thanks , that's a quarter of the fissiden from my old tank .... The rest is getting blended up for a project I'm doing for John .
Blake
already ahead of you - I have already requested what stock they left in Canada. : )
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Nice set up, I love the driftwwod with fissidens.
I think you may be SOL on the Mist Type R unless you can find someone who has some old stock.
Last I checked there was still a Mini L Mist Type R (same width and height, but 24cm in depth). Going to see if ADA Japan has any as i want a 60p Mist for myself.
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I think you deleted the wrong one.. this one is missing the photos :p
I was great meeting you! Can't wait to see what you do with this setup!
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Shrimps are all doing well; was just looking thru my photos and I doesn't look like I have any new photos : (
Will take some photos once I finish setting up the other side -
That should fine for chlorine / chloramine.
For ammonia if you have decent biological filtration and drip in the new water slowly it should be able to tackle the ammonia. You can also add some biological additives like Cycle or Prodibio Start-up / Stop Ammo
I would also increase aeration if you haven't ready done so
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my guess is stop using primer.
That would be my next guess as well. Never had much luck with Prime and shrimps.
Do you normally dose prime and have you increased your dosage recently to deal with the ammonia spike with the city water supply?
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Well i put mine inside aluminium channels with a clear cover and I siliconed the end caps as well as the where the wires are soldered, so in my case probably not much. But if it is completely exposed it won't be a bad idea as the soldering pads (every few inches) would be completely exposed on the non waterproof version
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How are the LED's holding up?
Pretty good; I don't have any high demand plants but both my mini pellia's and bucephalandra's are still alive and growing :p
I upgraded to a 400W power supply to power all the row of lights for both the current rack as well as the second 4ft section that is going up this week.
The beefier power supply also allow me go with the some of the newer higher density version of the 5630 LED (90 LEDs /m) vs (60 LED/m) . Will be testing these ones out on the back row of the top two levels once the other side is up
Looks like there is a new "7020" LED type that is even more efficient and if the specs are correct, offers more lumens per W
I am getting pretty good at putting the strips together so I will probably be going this route for all my rack based lighting needs unless i need to grow demanding plants
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Last for the night.
I am liking the right side and "arch" on this one! not so sure about the piece of driftwood in the left front..
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yup, after a year or two about 80% of my marineland power adapters went bad. Even my AquaRay one died on me, but that after about 3-4 years. So far my finnex ones are all doing fine.
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Could be a number of factors
What's your PH / GH / KH at?
Ammonia / Nitrite / Nitrate level?How long has the shrimps been in there?
Does your temperatures fluctuate with the lights on vs light off?
How often do you go water changes? Are you using tap water? If so what are you using to treat the water? Did the deaths occur just after a water change? -
it might be the power adapter. I had similar issues with my Marineland LED fixture dying on me - once I swap out the power adapter with a new one they worked fine. If you have to find a power adapter with the same amp and voltage and same connector
You can check ebay or 724lights -
Looking good! Can't wait to see this all up and running!
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As for the crayfish - how big is Claudio?
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I see Scutariella japonica commonly with neo's from larger farms / exporters - for the most part they are fairly harmless but good idea to drip any infected individuals.
I don't really have a set ratio, I usually tablespoons of aquarium salt inside one of my medium breeder boxes and dip them for around 5-10 seconds. Usually one dip is all it takes. For more sensitive species you can dip them for shorter periods but do it multiple times and put the shrimp / crayfish inside the tank for a few minutes in between dips -
Anyone can have an effect on a stores policy by voting with your wallets, if there are enough people of a like mind the retailer will change their marketing.
Exactly, but be aware it could go either way...
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I am some indifferent to the idea of tattoo'd fish and have more of a beef against thing like Hi Fin Lyretail Swords and fancy bettas but that notion that less supply would lessen demand is misinform - less supply with always create more demand. What would generally happened with prices go up it you won't see them as much in markets like here where people are probably not willing to spend that type of money but in place like asia if prices goes up it will only drive them to go more crazier things because there is good money to be made. The only thing that would create less demand is either more supply or just less demand.
if you want to stop it you will have to do it at the regulation / government level. But from a retail perspective the customers that talks the loudest is usually the spends the most money, most often, i.e. the loyal, long time customers because at the end of the day the are the ones that pay the bills. And if those customers are the ones that want to buy the tattoo'd fish, than you bring some in for them. if it doesn't sell than you don't stock them on regular basis. But if it keeps selling than you have to decide what is more beneficial to your business: the potential business of the customers who would buy those fish from you or the potential loss of customers from you selling these type of fish. I am sure most owners of fish stores who have been in the business for while are well aware of the uproar of selling certain type of fish would create.
At the end of the day, if the fish is truly undesirable it would not sell and the issue would solve itself.
Bucephalandra Collection
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Bucephalandra sp. Deep Purple - $11.99
A nice medium sized buce with round dark green / purple leaves
Long Big Leaves
Bucephalandra sp. Nanga Sukayat 'Red Aphrodisiac' - $11.99
A very nice large sized buce with long, big red / purple leaves and stems. Highly recommended if you want a large sized buce!
Small Round Leaves Series
Bucephalandra sp. Brown Sugar (puttusibau) - $11.99
A nice compact buce with small, round green / brown leaves. Will come mounted on lava rocks or steel mesh pad
Bucephalandra sp. Malinau apple leaf - $11.99
a very nice small buce with round burgundy colored leaves
Bucephalandra sp. Lamandau Mini Purple - $11.99
Once of the smallest buce we carry with very small, round, dark green / purple leaves. Will grow in dense clumps over time.
Bucephalandra sp. Lamandau Mini Red - $11.99
Similar to Lamandau Mini Purple dark green / red leaves.
Bucephalandra sp. Teras Layer Cake - $11.99
A very nice small buce with round green / light brown leaves. The ones we got have very dense growht with many small plants per stem
Nanga Taman Series / Nanga Taman Area
Bucephalandra sp. Pink Lady - $11.99
A lovely pink buce from the Nanga Taman area with medium, oval leaves and striking red stems
Bucephalandra sp. Phoenix Flamingo - $11.99
Another buce from the Nanga Taman area. Not much information on this one but it should develop medium, oval leaves with a bit of colour.
Medium Oval Leaves
Bucephalandra sp. Centipede Red Blood - $11.99
A nice buce with medium oval leaves with a hint of red. while considerd a medium size buce, in this particular shipment we got in a bunch of very nice, large stems (most likely emersed growth)
Bucephalandra sp. Solid Blue Melawi - $11.99
A very nice medium sized buce with dark green / blue oval leaves
Bucephalandra sp. Rainbow Purple - $11.99
Another medium, oval leaf buce. Not much is known about this one but rainbow series buce always have very intersting color combinations!
East Kalimantan
Bucephalandra sp. Red Blade - $12.99
A nice buce from East Kalimantan (Borneo) with small curly leaves with a bit of red. Emersed growth as pictured have larger, dark green leaves.
Special / Rare Items
Bucephalandra sp. Isabelle - $15.99
A rare buce with dense, medium oval leaves with red stems. Very nice!
SKA Tank Raised (Submersed)
These are cuttings from our own buce clumps and are fully acclimiatized to submersed growth
Bucephalandra sp. Green Saw - $11.99
A medium size buce, with green, oval shaped leaves with serrated edges. These ones have been growth submersed in my own tanks for several months
Bucephalandra sp. Theia ? - $11.99
A nice medium size buce with dark green / blue leaves with bit of red underneath. These ones have been growth submersed in my own tanks for several months