Posted by raptor0192 on January 09, 2003 at 09:42:30:
I posted the below message in July. Since then the banana plant has died. I tried using some fungus eliminator but that did not work. Shortly thereafter the betta fish got some white fluffy stuff on it. I took the banana plant out of the bowl, because I thought maybe it was killing the fish. I changed the water for the fish and the banana plant quite regularly, but eventually they both died. I have since gotten another betta, but have not gotten another banana plant. This betta has been doing fine. Is it not possible to keep plants in with a betta fish? Thanks for any help.
>Recently I added a small banana plant to my Betta fish bowl. How >much light does the plant need to survive? In the past few weeks, >the leaves have been getting brown spots which become larger, and >eventually the leaf and stem rot away. The plant keeps growing >new shoots, but as time goes by, the shoots are dying quicker and >quicker. Also, within the past few days the banana-shaped root >tubers have become covered with spots of a white fluffy-looking >substance. I assume this is some sort of bacteria or fungus. What >do I do? Thank you for any help.
