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Re: Collecting native plants
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Collecting native plants
- From: Roger Miller <rgrmill at rt66_com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 05:50:06 -0700
- In-Reply-To: <200201280848.g0S8m5k22915 at actwin_com>
- References: <200201280848.g0S8m5k22915 at actwin_com>
On Monday 28 January 2002 Amanda wrote:
> I know there are a few of you who collect native plants for use in your
> aquariums. I ran across some interesting hairgrass-like plants in Eufala,
> Alabama today and couldn't resist picking up a handful. Is there anything
> I should do before adding this plant to my tank? I'm kinda worried about
> what might be living on it... what do you folks do to your collected
> plants?
I've never done more than rinse the soil off the roots. A lot of the
material I've collected I've just put directly into a tank without even
rinsing. Whatever little beasties there are riding along become fish food.
Others are more careful than I am.
Roger Miller