Cultivating Wild Aquatic Plants?

[Born4spd]

I live in louisiana and we have a fishing camp off of a river thats in a pretty swampy area.

Do you think i would be able to find low light aquatic plants in the swamp that would be tank worthy?

(i realize the risk of bringing in parasites and other potential problems that exist in nature)

My little brother talks of leg sized anachris stalks in the estuaries...(drooling)


Here are some pictures a friend took from a local river, if anyone can identify any of these plants it would be great.. :

 

[Fordtrannyman]

In short, Yes you can have local bio in your tank.
Just be willing to accept the risks and know preventive measures.

 

[petluvr]

WOW that is the clearest river i have ever seen

 

[247Plants]

Without better pics Im gonna say some kind of sag or val.

 

[jpappy789]

You could do it so long as whatever goes in the tank stays in the tank.

 

[Que]

I can only tell you my own experiences which are varied. You will likely find vals, cabomba and pond weeds. Look for plants in the shadiest of areas unless you have a high output light over your tank then plants from the more open areas might grow. Decontaminate as best you can. Understand that some critters are VERY hardy and will make it through some types of decontamination. I would decontaminate and QT those babies for a good couple of weeks at least. I have introduced critters and algaes not to mention bladderwort to my tanks because of wild plants. I used the 1:19 chlorine to water mix and many plants melted and critters survived.

You can get some interesting plants to grow from the wild. I got my cabomba that way.

Q

 

[Eupterus]

I'm planning to collect wild plants as well here in VT. Mostly because I have a plant that is doing well with me in a tank and I have found that the same plant is possibly growing wild as a pest. They want it removed and I want some..Win win situation.

I plan to simply keep a plant only tank where the wild plants are isolated for a while and hopefully any parasites will die off without hosts. Might treat them with hydrogen peroxide too. And bladderwort is not so bad unless you have tiny fry.