Onion plant

Ancient Spacecraft · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

I have bought an onion plant for my new set up and would like to know if
there are any tips Regarding maintaining this plant.

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Graham Ramsay · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 23

"Ancient Spacecraft" wrote
> I have bought an onion plant for my new set up and would like to know if
> there are any tips Regarding maintaining this plant.

My tip would be to put it in a very tall tank.
I had one once and it grew very easily. Just very tall!

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Cammie · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 25

"Graham Ramsay" wrote in message$kan$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> "Ancient Spacecraft" wrote
> > I have bought an onion plant for my new set up and would like to know if
> > there are any tips Regarding maintaining this plant.
>
> My tip would be to put it in a very tall tank.
> I had one once and it grew very easily. Just very tall!

My (dwarf) onion plants are doing horribly. They are okay for about an inch
from the onion but then algae has clung to them and they broke off half way
up. Look terrible. With all my plant problems, and since replacing my
light with power mini compacts, my hornwort and spiral vals do great but
nothing else is doing good, still.

Guylian · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

Onion plant? I guess that is local name for some common water plant Wink

) but
I'm courious. Can somebody give me a latin name of it?

(sorry for my bad English)

"Ancient Spacecraft" wrote in message$1em$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I have bought an onion plant for my new set up and would like to know if
> there are any tips Regarding maintaining this plant.
>
>
>

Graham Ramsay · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 23

"Guylian" wrote
> Onion plant? I guess that is local name for some common water plant Wink

) but
> I'm courious. Can somebody give me a latin name of it?

Crinium

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Ancient Spacecraft · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

It might be an idea to get algae eating fish and snails. My algae is minimal
to date. I have ancistrus and a pleco.
"Cammie" wrote in message$xY1.4@news02.roc.ny...
>
> "Graham Ramsay" wrote in message
> $kan$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > "Ancient Spacecraft" wrote
> > > I have bought an onion plant for my new set up and would like to know
if
> > > there are any tips Regarding maintaining this plant.
> >
> > My tip would be to put it in a very tall tank.
> > I had one once and it grew very easily. Just very tall!
>
>
>
> My (dwarf) onion plants are doing horribly. They are okay for about an
inch
> from the onion but then algae has clung to them and they broke off half
way
> up. Look terrible. With all my plant problems, and since replacing my
> light with power mini compacts, my hornwort and spiral vals do great but
> nothing else is doing good, still.
>
>
>

NetMax · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 614

"Graham Ramsay" wrote in message$h75$2@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> "Guylian" wrote
> > Onion plant? I guess that is local name for some common water plant
Wink

) but
> > I'm courious. Can somebody give me a latin name of it?
>
> Crinium

Crinum thaianum ?
http://www.aquatics-review.com/gf/plants/plants-details/plants-details-00
01-0035/p-detailed-0028-mainframe.php
(watch the word-wrap).
It's claim to fame (which I will be testing) is on the bottom of that
link:

Not eaten by herbivorous fish.
Not eaten by Cichlids.

NetMax

> --
> Graham Ramsay

Flash Wilson · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 84

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:51:06 -0400, NetMax wrote:
>
>Crinum thaianum ?

>It's claim to fame (which I will be testing) is on the bottom of that
>link:
>
>Not eaten by herbivorous fish.
>Not eaten by Cichlids.

Mine isn't eaten by those groups or anything else, but it does get
uprooted by them frequently; it needs good anchoring. Sometimes it
throws out nice ribbons of leaf which quickly reach the surface;
sometimes they break up and get everywhere.

I'm not sure whether I like it; it's fast to establish and grow but
doesn't provide much spread or cover.

And I get sick of replanting it six times a day Smile

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