Do hornwort shed a lot?
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yes when you first get them they tend to shed. i moved mine for a while and 90% died off. once it gets a hold it grows good. if you keep trimming it it should be fine since it does suck up ferts quickly.
it does shed but i like it!!!!! what i do is take some plastic wrap and put some gravel in to it...then make a ball with some excess comming off the top... then take some fishing line and wrap that around and tie it off so it wont come off....then tie that to the hornwort stems/vines/whatever you want to call it!!!!!
place that UNDER your gravel and you wont see it....works great for me and it doesnt drift all around my tanks!!!!!
good luck!!!!
place that UNDER your gravel and you wont see it....works great for me and it doesnt drift all around my tanks!!!!!
good luck!!!!
It seems to depend on what conditions the hornwort was adapted to before being placed into your tank. Most cases, it does fall apart rather quickly. However, I have a load in a 38 gallon tank that grows very thickly and hardly ever sheds. The tank is filtered by an Aquaclear 300, so there's plenty of water flow, and a 4' shop light with 2 plant bulbs hangs about 12" above the glass top. However, the constantly growing duckweed tends to block much of the light, and the hornwort itself being so thick keeps the middle of the mass realtively dim.
If you want some, I can send you a large ziploc bag full for $11, which includes Priority Mail shipping and a 72 hour heat pack. Duckweed and some small-growing (1/2" is a huge one) "pond" snails will certainly be mixed with the hornwort, but neither one does any harm as far as I can see. The duckweed does need to be thinned out more often than the hornwort, though if you have a hob it may not last long enough to be an issue.
If you want some, I can send you a large ziploc bag full for $11, which includes Priority Mail shipping and a 72 hour heat pack. Duckweed and some small-growing (1/2" is a huge one) "pond" snails will certainly be mixed with the hornwort, but neither one does any harm as far as I can see. The duckweed does need to be thinned out more often than the hornwort, though if you have a hob it may not last long enough to be an issue.
My hornwort never sheds. I don't have any special lighting and I don't fertilize. I have it in several of my tanks, in a variety of temps. It floats at the top of the tank and when it gets too thick I just yank part of it out and feed it to my apple snails. I have it in tanks with hobs. It probably depends on what kind of hob you have as to whether it will get sucked up in it. I wouldn't recommend it if you are looking for a plant that doesn't float, but it is great in a livebearer tank or any fry tank.
I have had no problems at all with mine, unless you consider my severum munching on it. I have it in all of my tanks, floating and tied down and have had no issues with it shedding.
Only time I've had any issues with it was when I weighted it to give it a rooted appearance. Every couple weeks, the bunched portions would rot and the rest would take to floating again. For me it was a great filler while I waited for a newly planted tank to take off, but once the rest of the plants established themselves, the hornwort became problematic due to it's extremely aggressive nature. There were times where I could almost watch it grow and overnights where I would see up to 1 foot of growth in some of the stems.