Feeding and Nutrition :: Feeding Anacharis from separate planted tank?

[tbirdie]

Hi folks.

I'm new here, been getting a lot of great info off of your site. I recently came into possession of a female Red Eared Slider (atleast 6 years old) named Scooter. She was my mom's pet, and my mom passed away last month. I am building her a new cage and researching everything I can about Scooter... hoping to do a good job and this is giving me something to focus my energy on that is more positive than completely crashing.

Anyways, I have a planted tank at home that I have anacharis in and that stuff grows like crazy! I'm having to trim it and just throw it away... so I was thrilled to hear that Scooter might eat it. I don't know if it would last in her new tank, but I'm wondering if I can just take the trimmings out of my other tank, rinse them, and feed them to Scooter? Is there anything I need to be concerned about in terms of taking plants from one fish tank and feeding them to Scooter?

I threw so much away 2 months ago... sigh... hope there is still enough left in my tank to grow a nice new big supply if you think it's okay to feed.

Thanks,

Tania

[steve]

As long as no chemicals or fertilizers are used in that other tank, it should be fine. You can also give some away or sell it, there is a market for it

[sflemin2]

haha thats so funny..I just suggested in another thread that you should start a planted tank! A lot of people use a separate tank to grow food for the turtles because the turtles dont leave plants alone long enough to let them grow. And I agree with steve! A lot of local pet stores (not petsmart of course..but small businesses) will buy plants like that off of you and resale them. My pet stores are always out of anarcharis!

[tbirdie]

Who knew! I don't know of a lot of small pet shops in my area... but maybe there are some who could use it. Let's hope I haven't chopped all of it away by now haha.

The only thing I use in the tank is Seachem Flourish... would that be considered a fertilizer?

[steve]

I'm not sure... it does seem to have mostly natural elements. If it's safe for fish, it'll have a good chance of being safe with RES. I'd try some without it or maybe give it a through rinse before using.

[tbirdie]

Hmm, yeah i put it in my tank like once a week or once every couple of weeks just to give the plants a boost. I've had really good results with it... no downsides so far. don't want to make Scooter sick.