How many REAL aquarium plants do you have? (POLL)

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How many REAL (not fake) aquarium plants do you have?

Do you think that plants can help keep Diseases and Disasters away?
Why are plants benifitial to our aquariums?





Vote! Also, Tell us why you have that many and if you don't have any tell us why.

Lots of java, few pond plants of 2 species. Why I don't have alot of plants, tried it they were beautiful but having to buy more almost monthly because my cichlids who I love dearly DESTROY them got a lil' too spendy for me.

Have you tried amazon swords with them?

My Chocolates made salad out of them! For the most part have tried all low light to med light plants over the years with them ending up trashed, do have a tank that is not technically planted put the java grows wild in that the next time I pull some out I'm going to try some plants in since those residents pretty much leave stuff where I put it

Try feeding them more veggi matter in their food, it tends to help. If they are tearing up plants they are either not getting enough veggi or just plain bored......

They get a wide variety of foods think they do it just to screw with me!!

That very well could be!

i know the feeling my 6 inch pleco loves hort. eat it up but the plant growns so fast that it does not face it.

have u tried lettuce?

My 1 girl "Missus" will take the fake plants with heavy weights and put them at the front of the tank knowing it bothers me, I'll put them back where I had them, she'll wait until I sit down or get busy and she'll move them right back. So one day decided I'd see how many times she'd do this well low and behold dang near all day long!! That's why I say they screw with me!! LOL

Sounds like they need some toys, PVC couplings and little plastic beach shovels are what I use.

She's got PVC, wiil have to try the shovel, ping pong balls work when "she's" in the mood. With that when I was culling a couple small fish yesterday they had dove right down to hide in the assortment of PVC couplings in that tank, she was like a excavator throwing them around looking for them it was hilarious she's more wet dog than anything LOL

Ya the beach shovels float, my flowerhorn pushes it all over the tank and sticks the handle around the filter intake.

I dont know how many or what kind, I got a shipment from Jill...

JACK D wrote:

I dont know how many or what kind, I got a shipment from Jill...

Man you got lots and all kinds 3 kinds of ludwigia, crypt, amazon sword....... um anything that didn't have special needs got tossed in

i want one..lol

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Fern wrote:

JACK D wrote:

I dont know how many or what kind, I got a shipment from Jill...

Man you got lots and all kinds 3 kinds of ludwigia, crypt, amazon sword....... um anything that didn't have special needs got tossed in

Yes, yes I did ...I was planting all afternoon sunday... ...

I bet your fish like them though!

I bet I like em too...

You need to post a few pics.....

My new plants are a lil camera shy...

do eny of you guys have snail problems in your planted tanks?

Get some assasin snails, anotome helena, I think, if your snails are a problem... Mine keep the snails down...

Ya I have snails everywhere, I have watched mine crawl along the air lines into the next tank
If you cant find assassin snails let me know I can get the for a decent price. They do a decent job once they get settled in.

will they eat my apple snails?