First time adding plants

JenniferLynn

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I got out of town today and ended up in a pet store…no idea how that happened:evil_lol: I resisted the urge to try to see if the 37 gal kit would really fit into the back seat of the car…Kit was great price but they’re killing people with the price of the stands.

But I was happy to find one of the things actually on my list of take home items. I found one of the plants I knew would do well with my goldfish - anubias nana. Next time I escape to a place where there are fish I must take a list of all the names as it was very confusing to try to make sure I wasn’t buying something not meant to go underwater as all the options are pet-store in a box type. It was one of the plants in a tube but with limited options I went for it as the plant looked right and best of all healthy. The tube claims that it is snail free but is there anything else I need to look for or watch out for before I drop this in the tank with my fish. It looks healthy and green with no rotten looking areas. For now I have it in a small container next to the tank that I filled when doing my cleaning my tank tonight and dropped an air stone in with it to keep the water moving a bit. This is my first plant and I finally got my tank doing good with the fish and don’t want to add anything to the tank that I’ll have a hard time getting rid of or hurt my fish.
 
It is a low light plant so does not need lots of light. Goldfish may still eat it. It does need some warmth, how cold is your tank??
 
I’ve dropped some lettuce in the tank before and my goldies don’t seem to thing of it as food…so I’m not too worried about them eating it yet. They’re still 3 to 4 inch little guys for now. My tank is usually around mid 60s to lower 70s and I just got a heater to that I don’t have to try to keep the room the right temp to keep the tank temp from bouncing around anymore. I'm going to try to keep the tank around 68 to 70 and see how things go from there now that I have a little more control.
 
Anubias Nana does not require much to live. Temp at about 70+ is best, but should be OK at 68-72 range.

Tie it to a rock or drift wood until roots attached by itself. I have lots and it grows fairly well in my high light tank.
 
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