BUCEPHALANDRA CARE GUIDE | How to Plant, Grow & Propagate Buce

[@GirlTalksFish]

*Do you have any care tips for bucephalandra? Do you think buce is worth all the hype?* Comment below to share your experiences, and subscribe if you want to see more this videos like this! goo.gl/4q2idY

[@rp101aquatics6]

It sure is pretty

[@vijaysaradhi0911]

I have bought a clump of bucephalandra mini hades..I believe it is grown emersed as all the leaves have melted and nothing is left..now I can only see the rhizome! Do you know like how much does it take to grow back the leaves...?

[@LotusAquatics]

@@vijaysaradhi0911 A long time but they will grow

[@IndoCropCirclesOfficial]

*Hello all. Bucephalandra (Boo-ché Pha-laan-draa) is native to Borneo, Indonesia. As Indonesians, we usually call it like the writing, Buce (Boo-Chê, where ê is "a weak ê", is read like the word "Ba(chê)lor"), some call it Bucé (Boo-Ché, where é is read like the word "café"). This plant likes cool temperatures (maximum 28 Celsius), clear water and moderate light. If that all three conditions are not fulfilled then the plant will melt. Very slow growth, one leaf every 2-3 weeks. Bucé are very sensitive if they have just been moved, if those three conditions have been met, but the plants are still melting, don't throw them away, they are adapting to new water and a new environment. Wait a few days then the new leaves will start growing again. To maintain its sustainability, this plant has been protected and may not be taken from its native nature in Borneo since several years ago. Everything sold here is from the cultivation of farmers. Very beautiful plant*

[@aquariumplantman]

I’m really enjoying collecting buce at the moment, so many different colours and that iridescence, so good!🤘

[@GirlTalksFish]

I know, I love them!

[@mrbellman01]

I’d consider myself a seasoned aquarist. But I often need reminders and search for video on aquarium stuff. LOVE your videos. Thank you.

[@canugroho]

This is one of my favorite aquatic plants. Im so thankful that i could get it so cheap here in Indonesia because it is where they originally come from. You could get it from the farms that sell them through local online marketplaces.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Lucky! It's such a gorgeous plant. I love the iridescence on the leaves. :)

[@canugroho]

Yes, the price would be around 4 USD for a 4x6 inch beautiful flourishing clump if you get it directly from aquatic plant farmers. What is the price at your local seller?

[@Bucephalandra]

Bucephalandra is very impressively interesting plant I love. Planting it above water is also nice. I'm growing them in my paludarium. They are about to bloom. Deeply focusable plant!

[@fredrikmudas]

nice quote, always buy from the farm and not from wild

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yeah I saw that buceplant.com is now sourcing farm-raised buce now, so I'm so thrilled to see the high-quality plants they're providing.

[@additiveartificer9365]

My emersed Buce finally grow submersed leaf I got from my Local Aquatic plant shop

[@Anonymous-mb9kc]

Great production value on these videos! Keep em coming!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Aww, thank you so much!

[@tylerjohnson4600]

My favorite plant in the hobby but it has also been my most sensitive at keeping that plant lol wont lie it's been a rough road but it's coming in nicely now :)

[@veneshpillay2988]

Cool and very informative video. Buce is still very expensive where i'm from up to 3 x more than other plants. I like growing them immersed in the tank attached to wood, seems to grow faster not by much.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you! Yeah I love the look of buce on wood... too beautiful!

[@feix5800]

Really nice plant to have, for its ease of care and hardiness. And I think the color of the leaves, dark green, matches very well with black lava rocks. I just put one into my aquarium and my kuhli loach sneaked up next to the roots while I was wedging the roots between rocks. 😅

[@michelemonk3908]

Got my first tissue cultured buce today.."brownie" hope to get growing onto my driftwood..thx for the great care tips...

[@denyssatr8566]

Hi.. . Im from borneo, I love this plants so much

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

Great informative video, I'm in Melbourne Australia and purchased some today from a hobbyist quite expensive but well worth it, mine had 2 flowers on it so I'm wrapped :)

[@GirlTalksFish]

I really love mine. I've had them long enough now that they're starting to really put out leaves on a regular basis. Congrats on the 2 flowers! 😍

[@JaniartoParadise]

beautiful, love this plant, easy to grow and don't need much oxygen,

[@GirlTalksFish]

I know! I'm so glad they're starting to become more accessible to aquarium hobbyists.

[@JaniartoParadise]

@@GirlTalksFish i'm sorry, i mean don't need co2 😁

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@JaniartoParadise Oh haha, that makes more sense! Good catch 👍

[@KushyCouch]

I ordered the velvet 3 color bucephalandra and I’m really excited.

[@davidwinfrey2861]

Ive been finding buce alot in petco tissue culture cups!

[@ilyas689]

Can you recommend any other plants with low light requirement and no need for CO2 tank?

[@bulkingtoothpick5517]

Saw some at my local pet store for cheap, but the container water it was in looked pretty dirty and the plant was covered in algae. Theoretically, a hydrogen peroxide bath would cure this right?

[@charlesmaunder]

I haven't had any luck growing it in the tank. It gets covered with alge then starts to melt. So I divided it in two and I'm growing them in my terrarium. They aree both strating to bloom now. I'll try to grow them submersed again after i have a few more.

[@Zingo89]

Great vid! I recently got my self a bucephalandra (wavey green) and its shooting up flowers everywhere! I got like 8 flowers/flowerbudds atm and I wanted to ask if you know if its better to cut them off rather to let them flower to preserve energy for the plant? I know many plants puts a lot of energy / resources on their flowers rather then growing. Any idea?

[@GirlTalksFish]

Lucky! What kind of conditions are growing them in to get them to flower so much, or did you buy the buce? Wish I could see a pic of it! I scoured the internet on any information about whether to cut the flowers or not, and there was _nothing_ on the topic. I think most people are super amazed that the buce flowers at all, so they usually leave the flower alone until the petals fall off and then they snip off the flower stem from the base.

[@Zingo89]

okay, yeh I have't heard anything about what to do with buce flowers either :/ My tank stats are: mid/high flow. mid/high co2. low/mid light. low/mid fertz. ~23celsius/73fahrenheits. 6.8-7 PH. They are growing on black/brown lava rock and I heard lava rock contains some minerals wich im not sure of wich they are but maybe thats a important factor? If I missed any info feel free to ask :)

[@GirlTalksFish]

Zingo89 Interesting... That flowering buce in my video was also on lava rock. May have to experiment with that. Thanks for the info!

[@darkdolphiex9600]

I understand that Buce likes to have flowing water, but how does that work in regards to a betta tank (bettas hate strong flowing currents in their tank usually, as it tires them out/stresses them out) - is fast-flowing water a MUST-HAVE, absolutely required - for buce plants, or can they adapt to life in slower-flow/calmer betta tank waters and still do well?

[@wyzemann]

Thank You for this upload. I received mine from eBay and incorrectly planted them into my soil, but after watching this I remedied that mistake. I was able to divide one plant amongst 3 tanks; hopefully, at least one will survive. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@GirlTalksFish]

My pleasure! Yeah, Joel from the channel Corvus Oscen says his buce does well planted in the substrate as long as the rhizome isn't buried. Hope your new plant thrives and starts growing new leaves! :)

[@TableTopBiker]

Any luck?

[@theguyinthecorner7392]

Just got mine from my petsmart it's so butifull can't belive i found it

[@mcgheefoulmouth6587]

if your looking for bucephelandra i australia search up exotic aquarist, the pricing is pretty good as well

[@GirlTalksFish]

Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing with our fellow Australians!

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

I'm in Melbourne Aust. and I just bought some today.. great looking plant but yes very expensive compared to normal plant prices.

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@TimsBitsnPieces Totally agree... looking forward to the day when they're being mass produced in farms and are hopefully more budget friendly!

[@turnipsucks6416]

Patients. Also, of you are doing a low tech walstadt tank, it seems to work well. Mine is thriving in this environment. So far no melt back, and 3 weeks in.

[@GirlTalksFish]

That's great to hear! Buce is so worth the wait. :)

[@frandegroat7943]

What is a walstadt tank ? I'm new to fish keeping & don't know what that is.

[@jenxu2]

My Buce plant melted to little brown stems. I glued it with super glue to ricks. I do have high pH 8.2 no ammonia or nitrites and 40ppm on nitrates. Should I try again?

[@swirvinbirds1971]

I know this is a 2 year old post but in case anyone runs across this with the same question... Leave it in your tank. They will melt, especially if it was a tissue culture but eventually they will start to grow back unless the rhizome is completely dead.

[@jenxu2]

@@swirvinbirds1971 I appreciate the reply. That one never came back. I do have some nice Buce growing now. I got replacement plants and was able to get those to grow back after the melt.

[@huyhagia1176]

will ada soil, seachem flourish for micro elements, sechem excel and other seachem products for macro elements a good help for this plant?

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Good info, thank you! 😁👍

[@weedes0001]

I desperately need more than what I've got what I have I got from Petco and it was almost completely dead the package it was in had no moisture it's now starting to grow a little but I could really use some more thank you for sharing this informational video

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ooo, I had no idea Petco was selling buce now! How much was it?

[@weedes0001]

$9.99 it was the only one that they had I've been back 2x but as yet no luck hopefully soon tho

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@weedes0001 That's awesome! Thanks for the heads up... I'm definitely going to swing by Petco on my way home.

[@weedes0001]

@@GirlTalksFish your are so welcome! Good luck hopefully they will have a good and healthy plant for your aquarium😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@traplordadrian7053]

Love your style of video! Keep up the aquarium vids!!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Adrian Castillo Aww, thank you so much for the encouragement!

[@traplordadrian7053]

A Gamer's Wife oh and I wanted to mention since you said buce was kinda expensive. There is a guy that sells buce for pretty cheap, he’s barely started selling some so he has just one or two types but check him out. Jacob’s aquarium 🙂

[@GirlTalksFish]

Adrian Castillo Holy cow, he does sell them cheap! I wonder how many leaves each plant comes with. I may have to try him out next time; thanks for the recommendation!

[@traplordadrian7053]

A Gamer's Wife yeah no problem 👍

[@andrewcul]

My skeleton key buce has a tiny baby and i want to remove it from the rhizome but its so small I'm just leaving it!

[@beastly_brisket_man6249]

Believe it or not I saw one of my buce grow a new leaf in two days. I thought it was insanely fast

[@larrycung9131]

Great editing.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you! I definitely got a lot of great buce footage that I wanted to share. :)

[@SONNYTULUNGPRESENTER]

BU-CE it's divided into 2 part. BU just like the word BOO (English) and CE just like the name of Che Guevara (Spanish pronounciation). So it's Boo-Che. Palandra, all the A just like in the English word Ah. So: Boo-Che-Palandra. I hope it helps. Thanks

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@twinedbenji007]

low light, po4 on 3 and no3 on 30

[@Teerapatkongrat]

You won't believe how many people are obsessed with Bucephalandra, I've seen so many people just plant only Bucep in their tank and nothing else, It kinda gave me the creep though since these plant when cluster together and it's the only thing in that tank just give me that infinity hole visual vibe.

[@wesm.3481]

I have a buce on a driftwood piece for a month now that's been melting... Still hoping it pulls back.

[@thelonghousetv]

New sub I enjoy your work

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you so much! So glad to have you in our community. :)

[@seigosato0507]

From 4:23 on the rock with large oval leaf bucephalandra, what type of buce is that and where did you get it?

[@jackjmaheriii]

New question for old video… I have a piece of driftwood that extends above the waterline. Does anyone know if I can put this on the emergent hardscape do make the driftwood look like it’s sprouting?

[@sammydendoncker3980]

What is the green plant in the soil in the beginning of the video?

[@ACAquatics]

Very informative video. I wish I had better access to Buce. I'd really like to try some as most all of my 18 setups are for breeding so I like to use a lot of plants that I can attach to hardscape so that I can move them easily. Thanks for sharing and as always do what you do if it works for you.

[@GirlTalksFish]

A.C. Aquatics Yeah planting buce on rocks makes them really easy to move around while cleaning. I know another commenter mentioned Jacob's Aquarium as a cheaper, online source of buce, so might be worth a shot. :)

[@ACAquatics]

A Gamer's Wife thanks for the tip...👍

[@kellipope7405]

I have never seen this plant and now I want it haha

[@GirlTalksFish]

Kelli Pope Yeah that's what happened with me too… 😂

[@kellipope7405]

A Gamer's Wife 😂 one can never have too many plants!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yaasss... 😍

[@SapphireFarm1]

I planted it in my tank, it's very cheap because in my country :D anyway, thanks for the guide ..

[@renaldiprancisco8218]

Soo beautiful

[@sandorkovacs9271]

i love this.

[@MoreChannelNoise]

I was on a Dutch web site recently and it wasn't any more expensive than the other aquatic plants.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Nice! Hopefully their prices will continue the level out for the rest of the world.

[@MoreChannelNoise]

@@GirlTalksFish Yeah they were going for 5.50 euros, another site had them at similar price, don't know what that is in dollars.

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@MoreChannelNoise Holy cow, that's only $6 in the US. Lucky!

[@rachielpamintuan9852]

May i know the Dutch website?

[@MoreChannelNoise]

@@rachielpamintuan9852 I realy can't remember now, that was 2 years ago and my memory is rubbish!

[@darmasusila4830]

I throw away the melted plant, i thought it was died? Are you sure it will grow new sprouts??? Does it take a long time?? Please answer me, thanks

[@rp101aquatics6]

Which buce did you buy

[@GirlTalksFish]

Hah, mine was only vaguely labeled at the fish store so it's a mystery buce.

[@rp101aquatics6]

@@GirlTalksFish oh i thought you ordered it for buceplant i wish my local stores had buce my petco got some buce but some guy just bought it all and thye havent gotten any since

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@rp101aquatics6 Oh yes! I got my first buce from LFS and my second buce was this one: buceplant.com/products/mini-coin

[@Tiger2409]

❤❤👍🏼super

[@suneelkabadi]

what is the pink one at 1:34 mark?

[@haykbozoyan7812]

Here in Greece the red bucephalandra costs about 5euros

[@jayrbagni3736]

All i really wanted to know is how to grow bucephalandra Dark Achilles. So many planted tank hobbyist(including me) are struggling to grow this kind of buce.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yeah, I've heard the Dark Achilles is one of the hardest to grow. Seems to be a lot of conflicting info about whether it'll survive submersed or not, and the submersed leaves don't look anything like the large, vein-y leaves you usually see in pictures. Here's the forum post I found that seemed to have the most discussion. Hope it helps! www.plantedtank.net/forums/33-plants/747994-growing-skeleton-king-achilles-bucephalandra.html

[@ShrimpLife]

I have had Dark Skeleton King for 2+ years and yes it 100% grows submersed. The problem is that these plants can get damaged during shipping (during hot weather or cold weather shipping) they may arrive looking ok, but melt or struggle afterwards. They will not do well if your tank is not cycled and mature. I advise hobbyists not to buy much buce in summer or winter because of melting that occurs. There are plenty of sellers who also don't even bother to submerse and transition their buce for sale. Just something to consider

[@GirlTalksFish]

That's great to hear! Thanks for sharing your success with it. :)

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@ShrimpLife Oh! This is totally random, but I sent you an email a while ago asking if you'd like to collaborate on a video. Not sure if you saw it, but is it something you'd be interested in doing? :)

[@LotusAquatics]

Dark Achilles as with other darker Buces , will only grow fine if it is put in the shade and with little light. Water parameters should be very constant. Water flow should be medium (not high not low )

[@1981pjt]

I just got 1000 seeds on wish still watching but can I use lava rock in my aquarium using these plants for my fry to hide from the other fish

[@GirlTalksFish]

I've never planted seeds in aquariums before, but I know LRBretz uses lava rock mounds as cover for his fry to hide behind. 👍

[@1981pjt]

@@GirlTalksFish thanks my husband just got some lava rocks the other day I'll give that a try

[@1981pjt]

@@GirlTalksFish and thank you for taking the time on my post 😀😀

[@jeshr9684]

Any luck? "Aquatic" seeds on Wish and Ebay are usually a scam.

[@eriklensherr998]

Does anyone know the variety at 4:34 ? thx :3

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ooo no idea. I usually go to Buce Plant to try and identify similar varieties: buceplant.com/collections/bucephalandra?view=30

[@oscarnunez6275]

Due to my Hispanic ascent I call lit Buce-pelantra Haha

[@tatangsuryana455]

beautyfull buce

[@welsan2074]

As someone who lives in Indonesia, buce are really cheap, they are like less than 30 cents for a decently sized rhizome

[@haydaralfannur130]

Tapi sayangnya kebanyakan ambil di alam. Sekarang udah mulai jarang di sungai-sungai

[@welsan2074]

@@haydaralfannur130 iya wkwk, sudh ad bbrp coba budidaya lumayan sukses itu 😂, semoga hasil ternak semua, ga ngambil lg dialam

[@rchamy94]

I bought an in-vitro one, almost a year has passed and I got literally zero new leaves, they just slowly melt :( the anubia petites I have are doing well tho

[@aquageek26]

I gotta get some of those lol

[@eugeneho8677]

Any idea whats the name of the bucep at 1.12 and 1.17?

[@GirlTalksFish]

Not sure, but I filmed these tanks at Aquarium Design Group in Houston, TX.

[@kingaquaticplantofborneo1993]

0:53 nice video😂😂😂

[@GirlTalksFish]

It's such amazing footage of buce in the wild! I hope it's ok that I used some. I credited you both in the video and the description, so hopefully you'll get some views from it.

[@kingaquaticplantofborneo1993]

no problem. I really like that plant. please help introduce to the world😘😘😁😁😁

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@kingaquaticplantofborneo1993 For sure! I definitely hope more people will hear about this amazing plant. :)

[@NoalFarstrider]

I call it Bucephalus!

[@benturner6760]

I got some on ebay n not expensive

[@jonstfrancis]

For me it grows like Anubias. So all I do it poke it between bits of wood or stone and let it grow. It grows slowly but I've never had any problems. If it starts to loose a few leaves, just leave it and it will grow roots to attach to wood/stone and begin to grow new leaves.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you! That's encouraging to hear. :)

[@meggrotte4760]

Man they have this in Taiwan I be putting it in my tanks.

[@myatko9246]

Bucephalandra is very expensive in our country, like 20-30 times more expensive than other plants.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yikes! And then it's so cheap in others. I heard they're farm raising them now though, so hopefully the prices will drop!

[@franky_aoxmehtv6366]

Keren

[@Longnaga88]

Buce is from Indonesia...

[@simonpidgeon949]

💯👍👍

[@meggrotte4760]

I call it a green plant. :)

[@gabrieldemiguel9380]

Check out aquaticarts.com they have a large selection of buce and in my opinion they're reasonably priced. One of the best sites to order aquarium plants and livestock I've seen.

[@shesellsfish]

💝☺💝

[@silverzombiegaming4431]

i'm from singapore.....if i need bucep i just go to indonesia....45 min ferry ride and straight to the farm

[@rp101aquatics6]

I found some one who sells whole baskets of it for 100 dollars I'm prob gonna buy it

[@GirlTalksFish]

Good luck! Hopefully you can find some farm-grown ones. :)

[@rp101aquatics6]

@@GirlTalksFish they look to be farmed in his own pond it may be wild though but it was some good buce

[@ridhofiesta4408]

As Indonesian it's quite cheap here.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Lucky! Fortunately I've heard they are starting to farm buce, so hopefully it'll become more widely available worldwide. :)

[@ridhofiesta4408]

@@GirlTalksFish I hope so.. I mean buce is quite easy and strong plant but it's not as expensive as anubias.

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@ridhofiesta4408 Wow, very nice! In the US, anubias is typically cheaper so I guess it evens out. :)

[@ridhofiesta4408]

@@GirlTalksFish yeah even though I bet everything is much more cheaper here. For 1-2 ryzhome of anubias I need to spend 1$. And I spend 1-1.5$ for 5-10ryzhome of buce.

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@ridhofiesta4408 Oh yes, that's way cheaper than US prices! :O

[@rp101aquatics6]

Buce is the cousin of anubias

[@mitchl6666]

what would it be like to try to pronounce Latin names in Latin ,it is called phonetic pronunciation, not making up endless variants of anglicized names ?

[@ethanedgar7706]

*DEAD* E V R O P A: buce

[@LucyGr]

It's pretty inexpensive on aquariumplants.com

[@difarahman2898]

Man i spell it Boo-che pa lan dra

[@soggyfries4347]

The lfs round my way has listed as 'Buce Godzilla' I shit you not. wetspottropicalfishDOTcom

[@GirlTalksFish]

Wow, they look so pretty! I saw them online here: buceplant.com/products/bucephalandra-godzilla-kedagang-red?variant=12332484329553

[@soggyfries4347]

@@GirlTalksFish IKR, thanks to your vids I think I might run down and grab me one or two.

[@thebigfellacole3757]

Buce is a horrible plant to try and trim. Not because it grows quick, but because every leaf is a month of time to regrow