Aquatic Utricularia Minimal Container Size?

Aquatic Utricularia Minimal Container Size?#299016

By Sakaaaaa -  Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:22 pm
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- Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:22 pm #299016

So this guy is selling Utricularia Purpurea... the flowers look very nice, and obviously, as a CP person, I want one! Unfortunately, it is aquatic. And the only free floating plants I currently grow are water cabbages/letuces in a little pond with fish. So some questions:
-Do they need a minimal container size? Like maybe 1 litre?
-Do I still need to use pure RO/distilled water?

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Re: Aquatic Utricularia Minimal Container Size?#299062

By Fishkeeper -  Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:04 pm
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- Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:04 pm #299062

You'll want a container of at least a couple gallons, if you can get one. Should be easy to find a tiny aquarium that would work.

You should still use mostly distilled water, but with a small amount of pond water and maybe a few dead leaves added in to help grow the microorganisms that the ultrics eat.

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Re: Aquatic Utricularia Minimal Container Size?#300237

By HeliamphoraWalnut -  Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:30 pm
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- Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:30 pm #300237

Utricularia purp. will need larger containers, as fish keeper said.
I grow my aquatic utrics in hose/rain water in a tub with a layer of dead leaves, sand, and peat.

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