Lake plants to Aquarium? 8/22/06
Hello! <Hi there> Is it safe to add Floating Myriophyllum sprigs
found in a lake to your aquarium to make a new plant? <Mmm, with
some prep., quarantine...> Is there a way of cleansing the sprigs
from unwanted lake bacteria before adding them to your tank? Or is this
just not advised all around? Thanks! R <"Outside" plants
can often be acclimated to indoor/aquarium use... given a
tolerance/range of conditions... I would at least isolate these in
their own tank... mixing more "domestic" water in with water
changes... for a month... checking on the presence of unwanted
hitchhikers (worms, insects, snails...), treating to rid the plants of
same if discovered. Bob Fenner>
Re: Lake plants to Aquarium? 8/22/06 Right
now the sprigs are sitting in a small fish bowl where I change the
water frequently and add little bits of aquarium salt <Not much of
this...> and stress coat (same as I would treat the water for all my
tanks). I'll think about adding them to the main tank in a month or
so after I see how it does. Thanks so much for you help! <Real good.
BobF>
