THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION , I DID LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PLANT FAMILY :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) I DID A THUMB-UP ABOUT THE THE VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBED TO THE CHANNEL :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Hiya - new sub - came here to learn about this plant - learned a lot :) I am new to all of this planted tank stuff - but I have plans for this stuff in my upcoming tank projects so thank you for helping to enlighten us all!
Pronunciation is Bu-cepha-landra. The name derives from Bucephalus, who was Alexander the Great's horse. The horse was black with a large head, like an ox. In ancient greek, Bu (Ox) Cephalus (Headed).
Brownie ghost was the first specie that I purchased costing me a portion of a fortune when bucephalandra first hit the states. I've become very concerned for the species that are sold since then because there are multiple species with different names that almost identically resembles another under certain light and co2 conditions. I've been amazed at how many new names are made in the last 2 years alone. For this reason, I've decided to not purchase anymore bucephalandra species because I've already have a collection that suffices my needs.
Could you share tips on growing these buce such as ... is there any specific temperature to keep at or avoid not to go over ... any specific fertilizers that could boost their growth or any ferts to avoid that could melt them or something ? It'd be great to hear from you since you have years of experience :)
In my opinion, temperature doesn't really matter but I've never kept them in temperatures warmer than room temperature. I don't keep any heaters with any of my tanks that has buce because I've been pairing these plants with shrimps. My AC in the home is set at 70 degrees but my room is usually around 72-78. I have been waiting to hear how these plants would do with discuss tanks that almost always have water temperatures in excess of 80 degrees. I have yet to test the low and high temperament capabilities of these plants. My shrimp tanks have ADA Amazonia Aquasoil and i don't fertilize but i feel like these plants wouldn't benefit off of water column dosing much. Since these plants grow slow anyways, even if there is a surplus of nutrients the anatomy of the plant itself will restrict rapid growth. The perfect environment for these plants are to be attached to a rock located within a small creek stream where water flows just below the leaves but above the rhizome. In a rocky creek stream, the only time that an abundance of nutrients is provided is when it rains and the water collects nutrients from the surrounding dirt. The staple for the plant are basic minerals found in almost any type of body of water that is connected to creek streams. Co2 would be the only way that the plant can grow just a little bit faster in an aquarium. I haven't try using flourish excel with bucephalandra yet because my tanks at the moment are all low techs. I believe that growth rate changes would be very minimal too as well and i would love to know how they would react to the liquid too as far as melting goes.
Truly appreciate your sharings Krispy! I hope all my new buce grows healthy and beautiful soon as it's covered by some kind of brownish color which I always cause disturbance in my previous planted tank. Hoping to have a video on my buce as soon as they recover with its best looking. Cheers KrispyAquascape!
So you didn't put seeds to grow you purchased grass. I'm only asking because I saw some on eBay grass seeds. It says to put seeds 1 inch under the soil then fill water just over and let sit for 10 days or growth first so the seeds won't float
Been waiting for this for a long time. They should raid the bucephalandra farms too where tens of thousands are being kept. Nothing worst than depleting the resources in the wild for someone else’s personal benefit.
The ph on my tap water is around 6.5-6.7, it’s a little acidic and I don’t test them for gh and kh. I use ada Amazonia aquasoil so the plants pretty much gets all its nutrients from the soil or the water column. I don’t fertilize at all and use seiryu stones to compensate for the acidifying effect of the ada soil. The aquasoil will slowly acidify the water column makin it softer, the stones will slowly harden the water column by releasing calcium. In theory by using both, I wouldn’t need to do water changes every week because both are buffing the water column canceling each other out so the water can sustain a more stable condition over extended periods of time without doing water changes. Based on my low stock I did a water change every 3rd or fourth week on this tank. Bucephalandras aren’t picky feeders. They are master survivalist just like most rhizome plants that are able to live on rocks above water and get all its nutrients from the water stream below it. If bucephalandras are your main stock of plants, I recommend not fertilizing your tank if you are using any aquasoil substrate that is high in nutrients. If bucephalandras are your main stock and you aren’t using aquasoil, I recommend dosing 1/4th of the ei fertilizing method. Bucephalandras grow slow and does not consume nutrients in a timely manner. Unless you have a lot of other stem plants that can grow fast in the same tank with your bucephalandras, I would be against excessively fertilizing your tank.
Forgot to mention boo-cepha-landra.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION , I DID LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PLANT FAMILY :)
THANK YOU FOR SHARING :)
I DID A THUMB-UP ABOUT THE THE VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBED TO THE CHANNEL :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Hiya - new sub - came here to learn about this plant - learned a lot :) I am new to all of this planted tank stuff - but I have plans for this stuff in my upcoming tank projects so thank you for helping to enlighten us all!
Pronunciation is Bu-cepha-landra. The name derives from Bucephalus, who was Alexander the Great's horse. The horse was black with a large head, like an ox. In ancient greek, Bu (Ox) Cephalus (Headed).
www.theaquaticplantsociety.org/world-of-bucephalandra/
Check this one out. I heard of people calling it both ways. Bu-cepha-landra, bu-Kay-phalandra.
Also check out how this dude says it. ruclips.net/video/J6oWX8QB7eI/видео.html&lc=z12advsgarukwxpaf04cczpihzmyx3oga5s.1494615142609408
Sshooter444
Yes, fellow, You're right.
In portuguese,
"CABEÇA DE BOI"
From Greek: "bu= BOI (ox)+ kèphalé =CABEÇA (head)" bucéfalo.
This was exceptional information you went into so much detail 🤗🤗 thanks for the video saving this to my favourites playlist 🤗🤗
Thank you
Every new Aquarist should watch this Video, very informative!! May i ask which Led you are using?
Finnex stingray
@@KrispyAquascape thank you
Great video man! Just started getting into the buce plant! Keep up the good work!
3:35 The propagation applies similarly to some orchids, like cattelyas.
Some great info there sir... thank you for sharing!
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Awesome video! Have you had any success growing dark skeleton king?
buw-ceph-alan-dra. Great video. I'm quite excited to get my first one, just received.
👍👍👍😎🤝 HELLO! 🖐️😉
Great Tips! I just started keeping a couple species myself :)
Current favorite are the brownie ghost !
*new subscriber
Brownie ghost was the first specie that I purchased costing me a portion of a fortune when bucephalandra first hit the states. I've become very concerned for the species that are sold since then because there are multiple species with different names that almost identically resembles another under certain light and co2 conditions. I've been amazed at how many new names are made in the last 2 years alone. For this reason, I've decided to not purchase anymore bucephalandra species because I've already have a collection that suffices my needs.
Could you share tips on growing these buce such as ... is there any specific temperature to keep at or avoid not to go over ... any specific fertilizers that could boost their growth or any ferts to avoid that could melt them or something ?
It'd be great to hear from you since you have years of experience :)
In my opinion, temperature doesn't really matter but I've never kept them in temperatures warmer than room temperature. I don't keep any heaters with any of my tanks that has buce because I've been pairing these plants with shrimps. My AC in the home is set at 70 degrees but my room is usually around 72-78. I have been waiting to hear how these plants would do with discuss tanks that almost always have water temperatures in excess of 80 degrees. I have yet to test the low and high temperament capabilities of these plants. My shrimp tanks have ADA Amazonia Aquasoil and i don't fertilize but i feel like these plants wouldn't benefit off of water column dosing much. Since these plants grow slow anyways, even if there is a surplus of nutrients the anatomy of the plant itself will restrict rapid growth. The perfect environment for these plants are to be attached to a rock located within a small creek stream where water flows just below the leaves but above the rhizome. In a rocky creek stream, the only time that an abundance of nutrients is provided is when it rains and the water collects nutrients from the surrounding dirt. The staple for the plant are basic minerals found in almost any type of body of water that is connected to creek streams. Co2 would be the only way that the plant can grow just a little bit faster in an aquarium. I haven't try using flourish excel with bucephalandra yet because my tanks at the moment are all low techs. I believe that growth rate changes would be very minimal too as well and i would love to know how they would react to the liquid too as far as melting goes.
Truly appreciate your sharings Krispy!
I hope all my new buce grows healthy and beautiful soon as it's covered by some kind of brownish color which I always cause disturbance in my previous planted tank. Hoping to have a video on my buce as soon as they recover with its best looking.
Cheers KrispyAquascape!
0:00 Whats the species on the left with the dark red leaves without black stripes?
5:21 what's that species?
In Indonesia, it only cost 1$
Hey man, thanks for this! Subbed.
can i keep this in a unheated aquarium? usually doesn't get below 68 Fahrenheit
had this plant for 1 week it was doing fine then it just melted....any tips on it? what does it like what doesnt it like?
can the loctite planting strategy be used with rocks and driftwood that are already underwater in the aquarium?
It sure can. Ive done this several times in my tanks
How many Gallons is this, did you seed the the soil with the grass for a period of time before you added the water in in full
This is the mr. Aqua 22 gallon long rimless tank. Soil and water was added first before plants.
So you didn't put seeds to grow you purchased grass. I'm only asking because I saw some on eBay grass seeds. It says to put seeds 1 inch under the soil then fill water just over and let sit for 10 days or growth first so the seeds won't float
The eBay seeds and the Micranthemum monte carlos inside my tank are two completely different plant species. I have no experience with the eBay seeds.
KrispyAquascape oh ok so this is very different and indeed very beautiful. Thanks for taking the tip me to reach one teach one
No problem man, i have no issues with elaborating. Feel free to ask
Hi there, can You please give me the name again about the fern that you show on your video clip. Thanks
Bolbitis heudelotii, African water fern.
KrispyAquascape thanks.
how many lamp watt do u use ?
Can I grow Buce emersed during my dry start method. Constant spraying with a water bottle? Thanks.
Yes you can but it still would grow slow
Where do you buy your buce?
Expensive
Honestly that was one of the cheapest tanks I ever had. I bought the plants from a good friend at the time.
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Bucephalandra is about to skyrocket because Borneo has now ban the export as of April 1 2018!!!!
Been waiting for this for a long time. They should raid the bucephalandra farms too where tens of thousands are being kept. Nothing worst than depleting the resources in the wild for someone else’s personal benefit.
BOO-kefa-LANdra?
how about the ph and gh of the water?
What kind of Moss is that on the left in the beginning of video
Emrah Dolgunsöz Phoenix moss
good vid
im from sarawak and it is in borneo :)
I just got some.
Will it grow in no CO2 low-medium light setup
It sure will
KrispyAquascape
What are your water parameters. Much appreciated if you could share the information. What nutrients do you use? Thank you very much.
The ph on my tap water is around 6.5-6.7, it’s a little acidic and I don’t test them for gh and kh. I use ada Amazonia aquasoil so the plants pretty much gets all its nutrients from the soil or the water column. I don’t fertilize at all and use seiryu stones to compensate for the acidifying effect of the ada soil. The aquasoil will slowly acidify the water column makin it softer, the stones will slowly harden the water column by releasing calcium. In theory by using both, I wouldn’t need to do water changes every week because both are buffing the water column canceling each other out so the water can sustain a more stable condition over extended periods of time without doing water changes. Based on my low stock I did a water change every 3rd or fourth week on this tank. Bucephalandras aren’t picky feeders. They are master survivalist just like most rhizome plants that are able to live on rocks above water and get all its nutrients from the water stream below it. If bucephalandras are your main stock of plants, I recommend not fertilizing your tank if you are using any aquasoil substrate that is high in nutrients. If bucephalandras are your main stock and you aren’t using aquasoil, I recommend dosing 1/4th of the ei fertilizing method. Bucephalandras grow slow and does not consume nutrients in a timely manner. Unless you have a lot of other stem plants that can grow fast in the same tank with your bucephalandras, I would be against excessively fertilizing your tank.
KrispyAquascape Thank you very much for the advice. I will try that.
Please add Turkish subtitles to your videos.
One piece..small piece is $13 at the LFS.
"C" not"S"👍🏿
bro i dont know who's more beta, people for getting 'offended' over the way you pronounce a word or you for apologising about it