Bolbitus (BULLET PROOF) heudelotii, African Water Fern

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NOTE: Photos Are Labeled what the plants currently look like! 
(THEY ARE OLD PHOTOS BUT PLANTS LOOK JUST LIKE THIS AS OF 5.23.25 (NO NEED FOR NEW PHOTOS _ Same plant :) 
"SMALL AS OF 11/22/24" = Small Plant 6-12 inches 6-8 Stems
"LARGE AS OF 11/22/24" = Large Plant 13-18 inches 6-8 Stems
"JUMBO AS OF 11/22/24" = Jumbo Plant 18+ inches 6-8 Stems 

Bolbitus heudelotii also know as African water fern. Who wants a mega hardy fern that can tolerate almost any conditions?

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

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P.H.

Very nice plants

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Luke Vaughn
Bolbitis

Excellent as always! This is the place to go for quality and size of plants!
Despite USPS taking longer than expected, the plants were extremely well packaged ( !!!!!!)
They arrived in great condition.
I’m excited about my next order. I won’t shop anywhere else.

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Jerry Riggs
Not bulletproof so far….

Arrived looking a bit skippy. After a week in my tank, lots melting leaves and overall droopy appearance of the plants. Hopefully these bounce back. If not then I won’t be buying these again.

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J.V.

Super fast delivery. Well packaged arrived healthy and big. Its a very beautiful plant for my background or sides of aquarium. Will buy again.

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Nathan
Put 2 medium and 2 small batches in my 90 with Mbuna's and OB Peacocks.

Added these hoping the Mbuna would leave it alone and its already growing. I am adding Thrive to the tank every 3rd day. Looks awesome and sucked the nitrates down to less than 10 ppm