Habitat - Indoor :: growing your own plants?

[retard]

i have a spare tank and i was woundering if there were seeds or something i could buy to grow my own plants? thanks

[DanielRES1180]

I know that at my Wal-Mart they sell some seeds that grow into live aquarium plants. They look more like peanuts than anything else. You'll have to check your local Wal-Mart though.

[scripta_elegans]

I would recommend getting grown plants, and letting them get bigger. then you can grow clippings from them.

[retard]

I would recommend getting grown plants, and letting them get bigger. then you can grow clippings from them.

my turtles eat them in about a week

[scripta_elegans]

I meant growing them in the spare tank, and taking clippings as they grow to propagate them. Then you can feed one plant to the turtles, and keep another 3 growing.

[Muirner]

i cant keep anachris alive for the life of me... I dont knw what i'm doing wrong. So far i've only had to pinch about 3 leaves off my amazon sward.

[marisa]

For me anachris is the easiest plant to keep going. I was given some over a year ago, and I've still got some of it. But my water hyancinth are a different story...

[Muirner]

Do you use special lighting in any form marisa?

[marisa]

The strands I once had in a tank that had a regular lightbulb with a Reptisun 10.0 compact flourescent really thrived. I also kept some in a tank in front of a south window one window that did well. I've never tried a plant light or anything like that, though.

[Muirner]

what kinda substrate do you have them in??? Anything? do you use any type of food? I have been reading an aquarium plant site and they just seem way to intense into it, for something that my turtles will eat soon.

[marisa]

I just let them float. The ones that did well with the lightbulb and Reptisun 10.0 also had filtration and a little turtle in the tank, so they were getting some nitrate. I think I mentioned it before, but they're supposed to root more quickly if they're "planted" in something like pea gravel. If you're planning to let your turtles eat them at some point, I'm not sure I'd put a lot of work into growing them.

[Muirner]

That's my thought exactly. Right now i use the "weights" for them. You just tie it around a few... Some seem good, others not so much.. But the loose ones go into my guppy tank. Where i just have 2 incandecent bulbs.. and a water heater.