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I've talked to him about his last attempt with plants, the story is as
follows. He went into a fish shop and picked a couple of healthy
looking plants more or less at random, put them straight into warm
water nestling the little plastic root pot into pea gravel.
He did have
a fluorescent tube that was supposed to be a good for plants, but he
can't remember the wattage. He added liquid fertiliser as per the
instructions, but after a couple of days the plants started to slowly
rot and after about a week the water was getting bad. There were no
fish in the tank.
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Keep in mind that many shops are selling HOUSEPLANTS as aquarium plants.
It's a dishonest thing to do as these plants are doomed to die, rot and foul
the water. You must make sure they're aquarium plants, not house plants.
The clerks wont tell you, and probably don't know themselves.

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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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