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kankushok Hobbyist Posts: 50 Kudos: 51 Votes: 12 Registered: 18-Jun-2005	Today I went to petco for birdfood, and since they were out of stock, I went to look at what they had to offer plantwise. I found aquatic plants in plastic tubes in a gel substrate. Anybody else seen these. I purchased three labeled echinorderus argentinensis argentine sword, selaginella wildenowii peacock fern, and dracaena variegatus gold ribbon. It says these are products of complete aquatic systems of Torrance, CA.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	kankushok, Hey there Take a look at [link=This Site]http://www.cloudytanks.com/reviews/aquariums/plants.htm" style="COLOR: #ff6633[/link]. Hope this helps, Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
kankushok Hobbyist Posts: 50 Kudos: 51 Votes: 12 Registered: 18-Jun-2005	Wow thanks. I did a little research on the plants, and it appears the latter two plants aren't truly aquatic. Is this so? Last edited by kankushok at 15-Jul-2005 20:28
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	Kankushok, you are right selaginella wildenowii – is listed as a terrarium plant, one site even goes so far as to say that it is unsuited for aquariums dracaena variegates – is listed as a semi-aquatic plant, or even as a potted plant outdoors, one site (same as above) even goes so far as to say that it is unsuited for aquariums This basically means that they will survive for a while under water, but eventually die. Good that you did your research there. Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	HI, yes i have seen and purchased several of those plants. Unfortunately, out of all the one I have seen, only 2 were actually aquatic plants. The rest were all terrestrials. The 3 I had "peace lily" spathithyllum (sp) and brazilian sword, and dracena, were all terrestrial plants and only lasted about 3 weeks in my aquarium. I wouldnt bother with them, better off to go for real plants. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	Old thread... I took the time to go to the LFS and write down the plant names, then did some research. Of the thirteen plants I found sold at the LFS, a mere four were true aquatics. I haven't checked to see if there's any more varieties of the gel-packed plants, but then, lately all I've seen are very dried out, poor specimens. Poor plants. Last edited by kitten at 15-Jul-2005 22:04 ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
kankushok Hobbyist Posts: 50 Kudos: 51 Votes: 12 Registered: 18-Jun-2005	Couldn't find much on the first plant, but from what I've seen it looks to be aquatic. Can anybody confirm that? Also, what should I do with the nonaquatic plants?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	As far as I can tell the argentine sword is aquatic. Most of the sites I found weren't in english except 2 and one was by someone that didn't really know english. The first one gave information for keeping it in an aquarium and the 2nd also gave aquarium keeping info and said something about not being a suitable terrarium or pond plant. As for the nonaquatics well I stuck mine in a pot and gave it to my mom
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