Pond plants to fish tank.

[Kevin]

So guys (and gals), has anyone ever moved plants from their pond to an
indoor aquarium?

Am I risking disaster by introducing something i don't want.

My Elodea in my pond is overgrown and would look great as a centerpiece
plant in my 29 gallon tank inside.

The indoor tank is a community tank of relatively hardy species (barbs,
guppies, rainbow fish, etc). Nothing overly sensitive.

Should I do a conditioning job on the tank after introduction to guard
against any unwanted introductions.

I should not that the Elodea plants are coming from a pond with a UV
clarifier so hopefully any really bad guys have been zapped already.

Kevin in Chicago

[Gail Futoran]

"Kevin" > wrote in message
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>
> So guys (and gals), has anyone ever moved plants from their pond to an
> indoor aquarium?
>
> Am I risking disaster by introducing something i don't want.
>
> My Elodea in my pond is overgrown and would look great as a centerpiece
> plant in my 29 gallon tank inside.
>
> The indoor tank is a community tank of relatively hardy species (barbs,
> guppies, rainbow fish, etc). Nothing overly sensitive.
>
> Should I do a conditioning job on the tank after introduction to guard
> against any unwanted introductions.
>
> I should not that the Elodea plants are coming from a pond with a UV
> clarifier so hopefully any really bad guys have been zapped already.
>
> Kevin in Chicago

I've moved anacharis back and forth between
my ponds and several tropical aquariums
without any problem, as far as I can tell.

Gail

[Köi-Lö]

"Kevin" > wrote in message
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>
> So guys (and gals), has anyone ever moved plants from their pond to an
> indoor aquarium?
>
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I've brought plants in and added them to my aquariums with no problems at
all.
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UV wont do anything. but if you set up a tub and leave the elodea in the tub for a
week and change the water a couple times before moving it into the tanks, the
nasties will be greatly diminished. Ingrid

"Kevin" > wrote:

>
>So guys (and gals), has anyone ever moved plants from their pond to an
>indoor aquarium?
>
>Am I risking disaster by introducing something i don't want.
>
>My Elodea in my pond is overgrown and would look great as a centerpiece
>plant in my 29 gallon tank inside.
>
>The indoor tank is a community tank of relatively hardy species (barbs,
>guppies, rainbow fish, etc). Nothing overly sensitive.
>
>Should I do a conditioning job on the tank after introduction to guard
>against any unwanted introductions.
>
>I should not that the Elodea plants are coming from a pond with a UV
>clarifier so hopefully any really bad guys have been zapped already.
>
>Kevin in Chicago



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[~ janj]

>So guys (and gals), has anyone ever moved plants from their pond to an
>indoor aquarium? >Kevin in Chicago

I have, soak the elodea in permanganate for about an hour. ~ jan

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