Can anyone tell me what's up with my elodea?

anasfire23 · 06-19-2007, 06:26 AM

Below is a picture of my elodea in my 50g planted tank. It seems to be growing what look like roots from it's stems and I've got no idea why. This isn't the only bunch of it that's doing it either. there is one growing a much longer root looking thing from higher up the stem. What should I do with them? Let them grow or cut them off?

mousey · 06-25-2007, 05:14 PM

Pretty normal for elodea. It likes to anchor itself.

**Scuba Kid** · 06-25-2007, 05:38 PM

Yep, elodea grows roots. All of the elodea in my pond is growing roots.....completely normal.

Dr_House · 06-25-2007, 08:05 PM

There are a number of stem plants that do this. I've found no harm in trimming the new roots off if you don't like the look of them. I've also noticed that aquariums with higher levels of lighting tend to have less superfluous root growth. I've not seen in writing that this is a cause and effect scenario, but it's soemthing I've noticed in observing numerous tanks. Especially with Elodea requiring fairly high levels of light to thrive and root properly, the lighting on your aquarium may be a contributing factor to this growth.

anasfire23 · 06-25-2007, 11:50 PM

I know my light is a problem. I'm still waiting for my ex to make me a light hood which I have a proper spectrum aquarium fluoro for. He's a selfish person so I don't expect to get it any time soon.. I've been waiting 2 months now but he seems to think making cupboards for the garage in a house he's only just moved into is more important *rolls eyes* I'm actually starting to get really annoyed with him, my plants are dying, which I've informed him about, and as we all know they aren't cheap, especially the amazon sword I have, but he doesn't seem to care!!! ARRGG oh well I might just have to buy a hood for my tank...don't know where I'm going to get the money for that though.

Dr_House · 06-26-2007, 08:52 AM

Usually once you put the "ex" in front of whatever relationship the person is to you, you won't be seeing much from that person. I hope he comes through for you though.

**Scuba Kid** · 06-26-2007, 09:30 AM

You can probably even build one yourself if you are interested in doing a little DIY work. There are a lot of instructions on creating DIY canopies. I'll try to find a couple of the sites I've been looking at for you.

06-19-2007, 06:26 AM	#1
anasfire23 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Age: 26 Posts: 583	Can anyone tell me what's up with my elodea? Below is a picture of my elodea in my 50g planted tank. It seems to be growing what look like roots from it's stems and I've got no idea why. This isn't the only bunch of it that's doing it either. there is one growing a much longer root looking thing from higher up the stem. What should I do with them? Let them grow or cut them off? Attached Images __________________ ~60L Planted Community Tank~ Plants: 1 x Elodea Fish: 3 Month old guppy fry, mixed sex, 4 M & 3 F guppies, 1 x 10m old M DC Fry ~Male Bettas:~ Robin - HM or Delta CT Cyborg & Slade DC Fry Braedan - CT & Proud Daddy ~Female Bettas~ Starbuck & Scarlet CT Girls 190L (50G) Planted Tank Plants: 3 x Jungle Val, 1 x Ludwidgia Fish: 6 x Harlequin Rasboras, 6 Black, 5 glowlight & 12 Neon tetras, 2 Common Pleco's

06-25-2007, 05:14 PM	#2
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 790	Pretty normal for elodea. It likes to anchor itself. __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

06-25-2007, 05:38 PM	#3
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,163	Yep, elodea grows roots. All of the elodea in my pond is growing roots.....completely normal. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

06-25-2007, 11:50 PM	#5
anasfire23 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Age: 26 Posts: 583	I know my light is a problem. I'm still waiting for my ex to make me a light hood which I have a proper spectrum aquarium fluoro for. He's a selfish person so I don't expect to get it any time soon.. I've been waiting 2 months now but he seems to think making cupboards for the garage in a house he's only just moved into is more important rolls eyes I'm actually starting to get really annoyed with him, my plants are dying, which I've informed him about, and as we all know they aren't cheap, especially the amazon sword I have, but he doesn't seem to care!!! ARRGG oh well I might just have to buy a hood for my tank...don't know where I'm going to get the money for that though. __________________ ~60L Planted Community Tank~ Plants: 1 x Elodea Fish: 3 Month old guppy fry, mixed sex, 4 M & 3 F guppies, 1 x 10m old M DC Fry ~Male Bettas:~ Robin - HM or Delta CT Cyborg & Slade DC Fry Braedan - CT & Proud Daddy ~Female Bettas~ Starbuck & Scarlet CT Girls 190L (50G) Planted Tank Plants: 3 x Jungle Val, 1 x Ludwidgia Fish: 6 x Harlequin Rasboras, 6 Black, 5 glowlight & 12 Neon tetras, 2 Common Pleco's

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06-25-2007, 08:05 PM	#4
Dr_House Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 346	There are a number of stem plants that do this. I've found no harm in trimming the new roots off if you don't like the look of them. I've also noticed that aquariums with higher levels of lighting tend to have less superfluous root growth. I've not seen in writing that this is a cause and effect scenario, but it's soemthing I've noticed in observing numerous tanks. Especially with Elodea requiring fairly high levels of light to thrive and root properly, the lighting on your aquarium may be a contributing factor to this growth.

06-26-2007, 08:52 AM	#6
Dr_House Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 346	Usually once you put the "ex" in front of whatever relationship the person is to you, you won't be seeing much from that person. I hope he comes through for you though.

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