Buying plants online?

[Adam Gottschalk]

While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
chance to find at your local store?

[Toni]

"Adam Gottschalk" > wrote in message
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>
> While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
> selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
> well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
> aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
> Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
> chance to find at your local store?



All of my plants came from online vendors- most from Aquabid.com.
Much larger selection than I could possibly find locally.
Treat for snails!


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Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/discus.htm

[Graham Broadbridge]

"Adam Gottschalk" > wrote in message
...
>
> While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
> selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
> well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
> aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
> Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
> chance to find at your local store?

I've never had a problem with online purchases of plants. Even if they
take 2 days to arrive they survive and give me much more variety than I can
find locally.

Graham.

[Dick]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:54:51 +1000, "Graham Broadbridge"
> wrote:

>"Adam Gottschalk" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
>> selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
>> well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
>> aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
>> Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
>> chance to find at your local store?
>
>I've never had a problem with online purchases of plants. Even if they
>take 2 days to arrive they survive and give me much more variety than I can
>find locally.
>
>Graham.
>

I have used only online stores to stock my 5 tanks. Very good luck
once I understood that with my light hoods I needed to get only "low
light" (less than 2 watts per gallon) plants. I don't know much about
plants so I bought packaged assortments. Not all worked out as well,
but most survived well and some really flourished. I don't add any
fertilizer, I just let those that like my tank's condition do their
thing.

I last bought plants the end of last summer. The plants that survived
look great. I think I have about 7 species.

I remember buying from LFS when I lived in a big city. I didn't know
anything then about plants and would pick that which caught my eye.
Buying assortments that are selected by light conditions brings
surprises, that is part of the fun.