Thank god for this video. I’ve had one in my nano for 3 years now which is planted in the substrate. Never had any issues with it. It’s gone from flowering one flower to flowering 4 at once. So he’ll be getting split up for the nee tank!
My green wavy buce in my 3gal cube bloomed on the 1st. Was my first flower. And have a bud popping up on another piece. So excited to see them bloom. And a pretty little flower. Just wish the flower lasted longer
Whoever failed planting buce in the substrate might have stuffed the rhizome all the way under and they're the ones saying not to plant it in the substrate. Bruh my buce are thriving having access to the substrate nutrients. They have loooong roots under there you'll be amazed!
Thanks for the info! I never knew you “weren’t” suppose to plant it in substrate. I bought some fish from a guy on FB and he happened to give me some buce and I didn’t know what to do with it so planted it. It grows faster than my nana petite.
I did the same thing bc I have a hard time glueing them well. My Brownie Blue is held in place with a rock til I get more roots, and yesteray I SAW A FLOWER. OMG, I freaked with glee. So yes, growing buce in or close yo the substrate works. BTW, my other buce varieties are glued and just lazing in the tank. Thanks forvthe vid! Joanne
I know your probably in Michigan or Germany, so thanks for a video while gone! I plant all my Buce (named after Alexander the great's trusty horse) I just know because it's also my name. anyhow... thanks
Got a bit of these on Etsy. I haven't glued them yet, but my water is full of tannins so the light doesn't reach down to the bottom as well. I do have a cool piece of taller driftwood I'm gonna throw them on. Thanks for this!
I tucked my buce between 2 rocks. It's doing well. You can bury the roots but all plant people say keep the rhizone above the substrate. Rhizome looks like wood, a twig. For tannins, get API's ZORB. Stuff is magic, clears the tank water fast. I had Mopani wood boiling and soaking for over a month. I put it in my tank and the tank went brownish fast. I cleaned my filtet, removed my media and put the Zorb in there. In 1 day there was a dramatic improvement. Left it in for about 3 weeks then put my media back. Tank is great. Fish too. Fount the Zorb at Petco over with the salt aquarium stuff. Not sure why they had itvthere. BTW, I have a freshwater tank.
I bought one small plant of buce on eBay. I planted it in the substrate and it did fine. I decided to propagate it into 3 different pieces, tied them up on a driftwood and they got bigger and healthier.
odd. I'm having success with annubias growing in substrate. It's like your indicating though. Don't completely bury it, and allow for roots above substrate. OMG. Just looked at the price. steep for a plant. Had no idea. Amazing looking though.
Nice tip, I always try to stuff the roots into the substrate when they get long enough on my rhizome plants. Not dipped my toes into the buce pond just yet. Maybe one day. I'm enjoying some anubias nana bonsai and pangolino at the moment, tiny plants and seem to grow quicker for me than petite. I've had a piece of petite for about 5 or 6 years now and it's only just covered a log, stunning plant but soooo slow!
Corvus Oscen I spent a while looking for it out in the wild, I love it. It's currently chilling out in a small 45cm 20litre tank. It was not happy when it first went in but soon perked up after some shrimp got to working on it. Currently researching plants to throw in a tiny bowl (a la walstad). Replacing lamps in the bedroom with tiny planted bowls, aiming for crypts, discovered one called lutea hobbit. Who knows. I may just chuck in baby tears and let it jungle!
I just bought buce for the first time 2 weeks ago from my LFS and planted it in the substrate. The worker that helped me specializes in African cichlids and doesn’t know much about plants and couldn’t believe I was spending $20 on such a small plant. It’s doing well though and I pretty sure I picked one that is two plants but am unsure how to split it. Can you do one of these short vids on propagation?
As long as you have shoots that have roots, you can cut it. Just split it like you would any other plant. As long as you don't cut off the head, it'll grow. Once you cut off the head, it'll stagnate a while because then a new shoot will grow from another node. This is what happens when people prune their roses, nerium, olive trees, .... If you cut the head off a branch, new shoots will grow from the node behind it, which is what makes the plants grow thicker and more bushy in the next growing season. The same principle applies to the bucephalandra. Just keep in mind that buce are slow growing. So it's best to allow the plant to form side shoots willingly. All in all, it's pretty straight forward and you can't really harm your plant. It's simply one of the ways the plant propagates in the wild.
I need some more of this plant mine is green I recused it from petco it's container had no moisture the poor Plant itself felt brittle mostly but there was some that was still fairly healthy enough to survive and it's in my aquarium now I am desperately looking for more of this plant because I think it is a gorgeous plant from what has made a comeback problem is I don't have much money so if you know a cheap I do mean cheap place I can get this please let me know I thought your channel this morning my time it is 0 6:49 a.m. and I did subscribe I'm looking forward for more helpful tips with my aquarium this is the first time I'm actually using plants in my aquarium and thus far it has been a godsend for my PTSD I find it peaceful and relaxing to work on it and just to sit back and watch my fish and admire The View but I think I need a lot more plants than what I have
I think honestly the cheapest place to look would be local hobbyists, they typically have the best deals, or even barter. There are lots of places online that carry it, but, I'm unsure of their sourcing.
@@CorvusOscen how do I find a hobbyist in my area because there's not many people that I know of doing what I'm doing I know only of two others and they're using plastic plants which is silly and I can't figure out why I've got so many more fish without having the issues they're having and I'm not using chemicals as well not yet not till payday
@@CorvusOscen however when they bring their test kits over all my stuff is still five by five for my aquarium and all my fish look good and healthy now the other day I put a little bit of ham in there for my guppies pour it into Super small pieces that ate all of it and yesterday I put some peas in there that ate all of those two of course I did take some out of the shell I smashed them they all of them as well no it did not caught up my tank and this morning they're just being happy as they can be either flakes and their colors seem to be brightening up
It's not too specific on water conditions. Generally the same as most other tropical plants. But don't plant it in intense lighting, just like you would plant anubias.
If planted in a tank will it keep spreading across the tank, the one you showed from your sump tank seems to have a very long stem which I am Wondering if this means these plants spread. Cheers 🍻 for the video
Buce tends to melt when it's exposed to a radical change in water parameters. It can handle a wide variety of water parameters, but it's susceptible to large *changes* in water parameters. From hard, nutrient rich, 28°C water to soft, low-nutrient, 22°C water for example. As long as the rhizome itself doesn't rot away, the plant is still alive.
I hate it when people hear a bunch of Chinese whispers and assume they're well informed. On that note, feel free to correct me on this, but most of the "ephiphytes" you hear about in the hobby such as java ferns, anubias, etc. most often grow in clayey soil above the water line, usually in high humidity; But like most amphibious plants, because they prefer not to grow submerged, tend to do best where their roots can have decent aeration, since you get less oxygen underwater (provided of course that they're not terribly demanding otherwise, and their physiology does not dictate that they must be rooted in soil).
You know what would be cool it would be cool if you're up fish tank brother of mine and mail me some of that boost love the video brother just kidding unless you really want to later later laterrrrrr
Where do I get my plants and things? Right here: bit.ly/2FKRWNc
Love this video because I can't stand people just echoing opinions of others without having done it themselves. Thanks for the buce tip! 🍻
Love that they are blooming!!! So awesome!
Very interesting... maybe I’ll hold off on getting more buce to glue on my dragonstone. Thanks for sharing your experience!
So your saying that they aren’t glued to rocks and driftwood in the wild.
Thanks Captain O. My noodle stopped working.
Thank god for this video. I’ve had one in my nano for 3 years now which is planted in the substrate. Never had any issues with it. It’s gone from flowering one flower to flowering 4 at once. So he’ll be getting split up for the nee tank!
Love my Buce collection, can’t stop getting more...🤘
My green wavy buce in my 3gal cube bloomed on the 1st. Was my first flower. And have a bud popping up on another piece. So excited to see them bloom. And a pretty little flower. Just wish the flower lasted longer
Flutie Coats They don't last long but they certainly are amazing!
Whoever failed planting buce in the substrate might have stuffed the rhizome all the way under and they're the ones saying not to plant it in the substrate. Bruh my buce are thriving having access to the substrate nutrients. They have loooong roots under there you'll be amazed!
Thanks for the info! I never knew you “weren’t” suppose to plant it in substrate. I bought some fish from a guy on FB and he happened to give me some buce and I didn’t know what to do with it so planted it. It grows faster than my nana petite.
I did the same thing bc I have a hard time glueing them well. My Brownie Blue is held in place with a rock til I get more roots, and yesteray I SAW A FLOWER. OMG, I freaked with glee. So yes, growing buce in or close yo the substrate works. BTW, my other buce varieties are glued and just lazing in the tank. Thanks forvthe vid! Joanne
Thanks for the info! I like the short videos with tips that I can go back and watch again when I need to.
caught one! hope all is good! I am still busy with new job and all, hugs and smiles!
I know your probably in Michigan or Germany, so thanks for a video while gone! I plant all my Buce (named after Alexander the great's trusty horse) I just know because it's also my name. anyhow... thanks
This is how deep I go... lol You have already tagged this video. lol
lovely video. I just got my first plant. Can't wait till it goes in later.
Love Buces. Hope you are having a great time on your travels.
Great video, thanks for the info. What is the tall green plant called in the aquarium?
Got a bit of these on Etsy. I haven't glued them yet, but my water is full of tannins so the light doesn't reach down to the bottom as well. I do have a cool piece of taller driftwood I'm gonna throw them on. Thanks for this!
I tucked my buce between 2 rocks. It's doing well. You can bury the roots but all plant people say keep the rhizone above the substrate. Rhizome looks like wood, a twig.
For tannins, get API's ZORB. Stuff is magic, clears the tank water fast. I had Mopani wood boiling and soaking for over a month. I put it in my tank and the tank went brownish fast.
I cleaned my filtet, removed my media and put the Zorb in there. In 1 day there was a dramatic improvement. Left it in for about 3 weeks then put my media back. Tank is great. Fish too. Fount the Zorb at Petco over with the salt aquarium stuff. Not sure why they had itvthere. BTW, I have a freshwater tank.
I too am growing from substrate. I have had no problems and the plants are doing well.
Enjoyed ur delivery on this video.
Tank looks awesome! I have my Buce in the substrate also
Good info, I've got some that have been kind of stagnant as I have them glued to some rocks. Gonna try what you suggested and cross my fingers!
I hope you took some of your art over to Germany with you....they most certainly have a greater appreciation for art then America!
I bought one small plant of buce on eBay. I planted it in the substrate and it did fine. I decided to propagate it into 3 different pieces, tied them up on a driftwood and they got bigger and healthier.
Hi, I am pretty new for aquascape and also for buce. Can you explain more on how you keep it in the sump tank to get more root out?
Love the buce!
Keep up the short vids! Love the mix of these and livestreams
What the name of the green carpet plant in the middle of the tank ? And what the name of the Bruce with the flower ?
Thank you sir!!
Great video thanks for the info
Hey, nice vídeo. Can you leave then floating?? That's a good way of growingthem
Hi great info i had my buce for few months sticked on drift wood doing well just started injecting co2 noticed some melting of the leaves any tips?
odd. I'm having success with annubias growing in substrate. It's like your indicating though. Don't completely bury it, and allow for roots above substrate. OMG. Just looked at the price. steep for a plant. Had no idea. Amazing looking though.
AL Lan Finding them locally will certainly be the most affordable!
Awesome tip!
What about ferts do you find having roots in the substrate they get some nutrients from it or do you liquid fert all the same?
I've found they grow a little faster in the substrate. Don't use root tabs myself though
Nice tip, I always try to stuff the roots into the substrate when they get long enough on my rhizome plants. Not dipped my toes into the buce pond just yet. Maybe one day. I'm enjoying some anubias nana bonsai and pangolino at the moment, tiny plants and seem to grow quicker for me than petite. I've had a piece of petite for about 5 or 6 years now and it's only just covered a log, stunning plant but soooo slow!
matthew smith I need some pangalino in my life. Think I found some local the other day.
Corvus Oscen I spent a while looking for it out in the wild, I love it. It's currently chilling out in a small 45cm 20litre tank. It was not happy when it first went in but soon perked up after some shrimp got to working on it. Currently researching plants to throw in a tiny bowl (a la walstad). Replacing lamps in the bedroom with tiny planted bowls, aiming for crypts, discovered one called lutea hobbit. Who knows. I may just chuck in baby tears and let it jungle!
Which are your favorite types of buce. Eg top 3 or 5
Thanks for sharing! 😀
I just bought buce for the first time 2 weeks ago from my LFS and planted it in the substrate. The worker that helped me specializes in African cichlids and doesn’t know much about plants and couldn’t believe I was spending $20 on such a small plant. It’s doing well though and I pretty sure I picked one that is two plants but am unsure how to split it. Can you do one of these short vids on propagation?
As long as you have shoots that have roots, you can cut it. Just split it like you would any other plant. As long as you don't cut off the head, it'll grow.
Once you cut off the head, it'll stagnate a while because then a new shoot will grow from another node. This is what happens when people prune their roses, nerium, olive trees, .... If you cut the head off a branch, new shoots will grow from the node behind it, which is what makes the plants grow thicker and more bushy in the next growing season. The same principle applies to the bucephalandra. Just keep in mind that buce are slow growing. So it's best to allow the plant to form side shoots willingly.
All in all, it's pretty straight forward and you can't really harm your plant. It's simply one of the ways the plant propagates in the wild.
STR33TSofJUST1C3 thank you!
I will do one when I return for sure! That brownie is going to get split!
Do you use CO2 in you aquarium?
Cool looking plant, have fun in Germany...
What’s the name of that tall green octopuslike plant in the center of your tank ? Regards
Funny how you called it octopus-like, because I think it's a *pogostemon octopus.*
Pogostemon stellatus octopus!
STR33TSofJUST1C3 :-)
Corvus Oscen thanks
I need some more of this plant mine is green I recused it from petco it's container had no moisture the poor Plant itself felt brittle mostly but there was some that was still fairly healthy enough to survive and it's in my aquarium now I am desperately looking for more of this plant because I think it is a gorgeous plant from what has made a comeback problem is I don't have much money so if you know a cheap I do mean cheap place I can get this please let me know I thought your channel this morning my time it is 0 6:49 a.m. and I did subscribe I'm looking forward for more helpful tips with my aquarium this is the first time I'm actually using plants in my aquarium and thus far it has been a godsend for my PTSD I find it peaceful and relaxing to work on it and just to sit back and watch my fish and admire The View but I think I need a lot more plants than what I have
I think honestly the cheapest place to look would be local hobbyists, they typically have the best deals, or even barter. There are lots of places online that carry it, but, I'm unsure of their sourcing.
@@CorvusOscen how do I find a hobbyist in my area because there's not many people that I know of doing what I'm doing I know only of two others and they're using plastic plants which is silly and I can't figure out why I've got so many more fish without having the issues they're having and I'm not using chemicals as well not yet not till payday
@@CorvusOscen however when they bring their test kits over all my stuff is still five by five for my aquarium and all my fish look good and healthy now the other day I put a little bit of ham in there for my guppies pour it into Super small pieces that ate all of it and yesterday I put some peas in there that ate all of those two of course I did take some out of the shell I smashed them they all of them as well no it did not caught up my tank and this morning they're just being happy as they can be either flakes and their colors seem to be brightening up
💕👍
(silly Java fern, growing on the button 😎)
CJ Black That silly java #ferns!
What about light and water conditions?
It's not too specific on water conditions. Generally the same as most other tropical plants. But don't plant it in intense lighting, just like you would plant anubias.
If you look for the video highlighting this tank setup I talk about that info!
please add english subtitles🙏
If planted in a tank will it keep spreading across the tank, the one you showed from your sump tank seems to have a very long stem which I am Wondering if this means these plants spread.
Cheers 🍻 for the video
They will spread for sure, it will just take a long time!
Hah.... I see black algae on you Buce.... it’s n mine too 😂
excellent vid as usual thanks joel,all the best ...........dougie
I tried buce tied onto wood and it just melted away
amcluesent maybe tied too tight and it choked it?
Buce tends to melt when it's exposed to a radical change in water parameters. It can handle a wide variety of water parameters, but it's susceptible to large *changes* in water parameters. From hard, nutrient rich, 28°C water to soft, low-nutrient, 22°C water for example.
As long as the rhizome itself doesn't rot away, the plant is still alive.
amcluesent I think I highlighted floating new rizome plants in this before you scape with them, a lot of success adapting that way!
Safe travels
That's how you plant hardy water lilies
You are running CO2 right? that's how they are flowering
I hate it when people hear a bunch of Chinese whispers and assume they're well informed. On that note, feel free to correct me on this, but most of the "ephiphytes" you hear about in the hobby such as java ferns, anubias, etc. most often grow in clayey soil above the water line, usually in high humidity; But like most amphibious plants, because they prefer not to grow submerged, tend to do best where their roots can have decent aeration, since you get less oxygen underwater (provided of course that they're not terribly demanding otherwise, and their physiology does not dictate that they must be rooted in soil).
What if you have naughty corys?
first?
Get video!
I'm YELLING at you in the comments.
You know what would be cool it would be cool if you're up fish tank brother of mine and mail me some of that boost love the video brother just kidding unless you really want to later later laterrrrrr