Bamboo

[Bullterrier]

I was at petsmart last night. I noticed "Bamboo" in the plant tanks.

Is this a true aquatic plant? Will it survive in an aquarium?

Thanks

[thegrandpoohbah]

No, the leaves have to remain out of the water.

[bignose]

As long as the leaves are out of the water I believe.

I was at petsmart last night. I noticed "Bamboo" in the plant tanks.

Is this a true aquatic plant? Will it survive in an aquarium?

Thanks

[Bullterrier]

I was pretty sure it wasn't. I am thinking maybe it is mislabeled. it is not lucky bamboo that i do know. it might be in the bamboo family.

[rED O]

I was pretty sure it wasn't. I am thinking maybe it is mislabeled. it is not lucky bamboo that i do know. it might be in the bamboo family.

I had bamboo in my 10 gallon betta tank for a while. just have the top out of the water.

[werner]

The plant sold as lucky "bamboo" is usually Dracaena sanderiana- a common houseplant.

[thegrandpoohbah]

There's a couple other plants in the Dracaena genus that are often sold as aquarium plants. None of them will survive very long when fully immersed in water.

[byte]

I had 2 of these "unknown" lucky bamboo given to be and both were placed in a 20g planted. One was long enough of a stem to reach the bottom and have its roots in the substrate without the leaves in the water. This plant is growing like mad. The other was a short plant and with the leaves above water, the stem only went down about 5 inches into the water. It lasted about a 1 year before wilting away. It never did grow much. I have since moved the surviver bamboo to a fry tank as I thought the bamboo was robbing all the nutrients and causing a algae problem.