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
After seeing a video on Instagram about this plant, I knew I had to have it. I must say the plants came in sexier than I imagined! Packaging was legit! I highly recommend DFT!
Plants arrived black from frostbite reached out to customer service with pictures and they told me they should recover. Are you serious? I’m not putting these nasty looking burnt frozen plants in my pristine tank. Couldn’t even send me new ones horrible never will order again. Beware buyers
Hey Peter,
We aren't perfect but we fix problems if one happens. Based on these photos, I agree with our customer service. This is how the plant looks. We have tons of photos of the product as well. If you aren't happy with them, we will happily take them back and refund your money. Tracking shows they were delivered on time at 4pm on Friday.
Dustin
When Dustin says 12-18” African Fern, he means it! Nice large pieces for either your tall tank or to drape over mopani wood in short tanks like I did! Getting ready to order more!
Came in looking good and still looks good in aquarium.
The best plants in the business, and when something went wrong they took care of the issue right away! Dustin’s has that old fashioned ethic almost never seen anymore.