As some of you know, I'm trying live plants.

I bought some Hornwort. Does anyone have any tips or words of advice on whether this is a good or bad choice of plant?

I put a small plant in both of my aquariums.

Thanks for any personal experiences, etc.

From what I have read it should be a good choice . . .

New aquarists find this the perfect plant. Under nearly any type of lights, hornwort survives and grows. Under bright lights, it grows as much as an inch per day. It sucks out fish wastes faster than fish can excrete them. Carbon dioxide, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and phosphates all go into that fast-growing foliage. It sucks all the nutrition out of the water in six to eight weeks and will often die unless you fertilize it. But in the meantime, hornwort keeps new tanks healthy as a horse without West Nile Fever. Under bright lights, hornwort growing tips often turn reddish.

Thanks! You even cleared up my next question before I asked it. The tips are turning a copper-color, so I suppose that means it is growing.

:D

it was the first plant i had, and one of the worst ones i remember.it fell apart and made a big mess. recently, i was in iowa city volunterring at a petland that had a tank full of hornwort and baby red devil/midas babies. the floor of the tanks was literally covered in the plant, and the rest was turning red/brown and dying. make sure you have a very good lighting system, or else you may end up with a different substrate!

Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) http://www.tropica.dk/productcard_1.asp?id=021 to me was the only plant that grew well under very low lighting (1wpg). Mine grows about an inch per day and has to be frequently trimmed. As stated by
Cichlid Commander it is takes in large amounts of ammonia, a 5 or more of sprigs in a new setup is enought to safeguard it.

i ahve never tried it but i have heard its great!!

I just found out it has been growing in my soon-to-be high tech planted tank that it has been growing in darkness (only room light) for 3 months, with no brown or rotting bits.