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Does anyone know, offhand, the brand name for these things? I am trying to id a plant I was given a while back. I susoect that it is not an aquatic plant, but plantgeek.net didn't have a picture of one. The "tube" I am asking about is clear and has "aquagel" at the bottom to keep the plant wet. The plant I am trying to id looks a bit like a pineapple plant, but is darker green with stripes of varying degrees. Thanks for reading! ~brandy
 
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I'm no expert, but i have been researching plants for about a month because I am setting up a planted tank next week. I went into Petco today, and they did not have 1 plant that I recognized. I don't think any of them were aquatic.
 
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Aqua Plants is the brand name, but beware. I purchased plants from petco on several occasions and twice returned plants because they turned out (after research) they were poisonous to fish. They were ment as terrarium plants only.
 
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I work at Petco, and the only aquatic plants I've seen in those tubes are Amazon and Brazilian swords. Almost all of the rest are terrarium, or semi-aquatic plants.
 
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Thanks for all the replies. I was guessing that the piq was not aquatic, but still can't find a decent pic of it. Anyway, I'll be going to the lfs tomorrow to find some plants that might actually thrive in my tank. I'll let you know what I end up with! :)
 
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Pagan said:
I work at Petco, and the only aquatic plants I've seen in those tubes are Amazon and Brazilian swords. Almost all of the rest are terrarium, or semi-aquatic plants.
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Thanks for the insight......... I just bought two from Petco this week. On the "Aqua Plants" label I saw printed "Live Aquarium Plant" in bright yellow on the side of the label so I assumed it was for the home aquarium. Will these create a problme in my freshwater tank? Should I remove them?
One is Kyoto (Ophiopogon japonica)
The other is Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis)..........

Thaks......
 
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"kyoto" is mondo grass and will die and pollute your tank if submerged indefinately. Wisteria is an aquatic plant.

To the OP, it sounds like you have a form of white ribbon or dracaena sanderia, which is a form of lucky bamboo. It will not last long submerged and will pollute your water.
 
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