Honeywort

[Imkeisme]

How in the halibut did they get there honeywort so thickly layered like this any suggestions?

 

[Lisak1]

I think you mean "hornwort". And I'm thinking this appears to be a planted tank. Or could even possibly be a photoshopped picture to make the fish look good - who knows.

 

[GBBUDD]

I agree with Lisa as to it being a planted tank and C02 INJECTION WOULD BE THE ANSWER ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF FERTALIZERS

 

[Mmathis]

Agree, as well!

 

[Tara]

I don't think there can be a definite answer here. That tank could have been planted with healthy thriving plants the same week the picture was taken. It's a beautiful tank, even with no information from the the person who designed it. I purchased hornwort this year that was grown outside and it's just as bushy and green, I have given some away to a friend for her indoor aquarium. If you look online at pond plants for sale you can find some.

 

[Marck]

The plant in the tank isn't Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum). It's green fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana).
That explains why it looks more "thickly layered" than Hornwort.

 

[j.w]

Hornwort doesn't come up out of the water like that does it? I have always seen it right under the surface of the water just floating around.