Well odds are yur gonna get told they may have problematic critters
and other pathogenic crap on them....I say thats bull****. One garss
thatfdoes exceptionally well is mondo grass. Its a shrt (3" blades or
so) dark green about 3/32" wide bladed grass mainly used around flower
beds and such. Its available at most all garden cneters,a nd it gorws
just fine totally submerged in an aquarium. I have approximatley 1/2
of a 60 gal tank planted with this mondo grass now for about 4
years...........looks super and it does not get weedly or leggy
looking either.....When its planted right it looks like a fresh cut
narrow blade blue grass lawn does.

Anothe rgood cheap plant is a common onion bulb, they grow just fine
fully submerged. Get small onion or scallion bulbs. I hace a stand of
them ina 20 gal tall tank that is just dense in its foilage and it
makes a perfect place for bubble nest builders etc to hide in the
tops, which flaot on the water yet the mid andlower column of the
ppants remain relatively open..

One thing yu can fdo is if yu afraid something may be contaminated
iwth undesirebales is to buy some poitassium permangante at the local
big box store in the pond section, such as lowes and home depot has.
Use a 2% solutiion of the stuff and soak the plants in it for about a
half day or so, and any possible pathogens and junk is oxidized and
should not present any problems. Yu can place the plants directly in
the PP solution and then rinse in clean water before final planting
in display tank.
On 21 Jun 2006 16:48:24 -0700, wrote:

Hi, folks......

Just now setting up a new freshwater tank, after many many years being
away from the hobby.

Years ago, I had found and picked up some wild aquatic grasses and
taken them home to my freshwater tank; those plants flourished for
years in that tank with no harmful effects on my fishies.

I'd like to plant wild plants again, and I would appreciate you folk's
feedback as to whether that's a bad idea, and if so, why........

There are some nice tall aquatic grasses and lilly-like plants growing
in a stream just around the corner from my house, some
interesting-looking moss-like growth, too.

Any ideas, folks???

Thanks,

Greg


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