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
These plants came through an excellent condition and looked great in both my large Cichlid tank as well as in my smaller Barb tank.
Only gave 4/5 star rating because they encourage you to write a note if you want wire which I did, but it was not included in the package.
In warmer weather, I would encourage you to a larger or multiple chill packs as the package was starting to already get warm upon delivery. Although it did not impact the plants appearance upon acceptance.
Beautiful dark green just what I needed! They arrived in amazing condition! As always! You all rock!
ALL of my plants in ALL of my aquariums are from DFT!!! Tank on!
Never seen bolbitus this big before. Plants were shipped very fast and received in perfect condition. This will be my go to for plants moving forward, in fact I just placed an order for more.
Healthy and great size
Very nice plants