Bolbitus (BULLET PROOF) heudelotii, African Water Fern
You can thank our late friend, the botanical explorer of West Africa Jean-Pierre Heudelot. Our man Jean-Pierre found this cool plant and gave it the heudelotii name. These plants are coming to you DIRECTLY from Africa to Dustin's tanks and on to yours.
Yep. These are the perfect plants for me to import and for you to keep in your aquarium... why?
First- they can handle the abuse of cichlids with their hardy, thick leaves.
Second- They can adapt to almost any tank conditions. I have always kept them in slightly harder water but I hear they can take softer water as well. Like other ferns such as Java Fern, or its smaller cousin, Baby Bolbitus...
Bolbitus likes to be tied to something. Think of it like you would Anubias. Tie it to a nice rock or driftwood. The one slight drawback to Bolbitus is that it isn't the fastest growing plant.
Because of it's slightly slower growth habit- I've always kept Bolbitus in a bit more water flow, which it seems to like and keeps algae off of it.
Grab a cool piece of driftwood, some super glue or wire and make yourself some Bolbitus trees for your tank.
DON'T MISS THIS PLANT. It's made for Any Skill Level.
Ask us for a FREE Piece of Metal Wire to tie down you Bolbitus.
Customer Reviews
Not a first time shopper here but this time I have to leave a review after my last experience with purchasing plants from Dustin. I ordered some plants that I had been wanting and looked forward to getting them. When I got them a couple of days later and opened the box, the plants had been damaged due to the weather. I was Bummed out but reached out to the greenhouse for help and was met with nothing but great costumer care. Dustin and his team offered to replace them and added a couple extra stems. The plants I received were in amazing health and large in size. I was so surprised with the quality of them and how big they were. The plants barely fit inside the shipping box. I will definitely continue to shop from Dustin’s fish tanks and recommend other hobbyists to shop from them as I have the last couple of years. Highly recommend them and their products.
Well my plants finally showed up yesterday after about 2 weeks but I understand that you guys had some weather out there and shipping was a nightmare so I can’t blame that on you guys. The plants were in good shape when they got here with only a few brown leaves but I’m sure they will be fine after some time!! I am happy with them and so far my cichlids have left them alone. I will be ordering more plants down the road! Thank you all at Dustin’s Fishtanks!
Great plants, nice size are doing great in my tanks.
great size for our 125 Gal Cichlid tank
Received my plants really fast.Big bushy healthy plants...ty ty ty
