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Ceratopteris Thalictroides or Cornuta or Siliquosa (Water Sprite) There is a great deal of confusion with regards to this plant because there are various species being sold as Water Sprite. The naming of these types is hopelessly confused in the books. All speices are floating ferns. All are from the Water Fern family and can be planted or floated. Water Sprite (Ceratopteris) In small open aquariums it can grow out of the aquarium and form beautiful surface leaves. The finely branched leaves are very decorative and provide good contrast to other leaf shapes. In good light Ceratopteris grows fast and helps prevent algae by consuming large amounts of nutrients. This makes it a good starter plant in small aquariums. Easy to care for fast growing plant. Can be floated, but does better planted. Good at using excess nutrients in the water and recommended for starting a new tank. Can make nice cover for fry. Propagation by adventitious shoots. Watersprite may branch repeatedly and may have the branches coming out in positions unrelated to each other, although it is common for branches to come out individually on different sides of a stalk. Watersprite also does not generally have one main stalk, but instead has many stalks coming out from the central root mass (rhizome) One of the reasons that Watersprite seems to grow so fast for most people is that it is an incredibly efficient water feeder. It can pull nutrients and carbon directly out of the water both through its hanging roots and directly into the leaves if necessary. It prefers this method over root feeding, where it gains the nutrients from solid matter in the substrate. It can do both, but it's much better at water feeding. Also, because it's physically much thinner and less dense than most plants, it requires fewer nutrients to create a taller plant. Watersprite also seems to be much better at water feeding than other plants that also water feed. Therefore, it may out-compete other plants and take more than its fair share of nutrients. |
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