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
Plants arrived quickly, looked great, larger than expected which was a nice surprise. Would definitely buy again and recommend others to do the same.
My order of Bolbitus arrived in a timely manner, carefully packaged, and there's so much of it!! I only ordered a Small-sized plant, but I got a huuuge bunch of it, and many smaller sprigs besides! I didn't see a single dead frond, either; everything was big, bright, healthy, and with great rhizomes and roots already! It makes a beautiful centerpiece for my fancy goldfish tank (to replace my poor Amazon Sword that they ate, lol), and a couple of the smaller sprigs ended up being the perfect size to add to my nano shrimp cube!
It was my first time ordering from Dustin, but I will DEFINITELY be a returning customer! This made my day! Thanks so much, Dustin and Co.! (I love the sticker it came with, too; I put it right on my work water bottle <3)
I ordered 3 plants and when I received the order , its more than 12 rhizomes they have sent me. I absolutely adore their generosity and dont have enough words to express my gratitude. Just one thing i'll like to mention, this bolbitis is v hard to grow ( it will not die but it takes a lot to grow this slow growing plant ). So, irrespective of being advertised as bullet proof plant, if you want to make a jungle out of it then proper co2 injection & ferts are required.
Great looking plants when received can't wait to see them grow
Half of the plants were dead