Some Photos of my Main tank

[sleeptowin]

heres some photos of my large main tank

you can see some more here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sleeptowin/

[DarrylR]

Is that purple/green plant, purple waffle? It is not aquatic and will surely rot and cause problems. As well as that white/green plant.

Other than that, great looking tank.

[sleeptowin]

i dont know the names of the plants, they looked nice in the aquarium shop with the rest of the aquatic plants. so i guessed they must be ok in the tank.

ill keep an eye on them though and see if they stat rotting, dont want to mess the tank up

thanks for pointing that out to me. im kinda still learning about plants and stuff.

[DarrylR]

Here is a list of some plants:

http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_list.php?category=11

Usually some pet stores sell terrestrial plants that mean they have to be half in water and half out. Also some plants that should not be in the aquarium that are usually those potted in soil.

[sleeptowin]

well it seems it does cause a problem, got back last night and most of the leaves had fallen off and had gone all sloppy and were all over the place, so i scooped it out and chucked it in the bin, so i advise no one to buy it, though it does look nice. its only been in there 2 weeks

i did a little reaserch and bought some propper aquatic plants off ebay today, so hopefully they will be here soon and i can re plant it.

it does offer the question though why aquatic shops sell stuff that arnt meant to go in tanks, and why they just seem to sell you stuff without asking what tank you have, seems from now on im going to research before getting anything else.

[DarrylR]

http://www.aquabid.com has good plants also you can join fish forums that could sell cheaper as well and more variety.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/

My favorite fish forums.

[altaaffe]

An unfortunate thing that some shops like to chuck some plants into some water and call them aquatic to make some money.

I hope it didn’t cost you too much, some nice looking fish in there though.

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