How much money...
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i have lost or killed off too many to count. my problem is larger plant that shades the smaller one and i dont catch it in time.
This is a great topic, made me think about what I've done and the plants I've lost as they've become learning tools, hehe.
I think in a decade of playing with aquariums, I could easily say I've lost maybe $100-200, but that figure is only really that high, because before I knew better. I was buying plants, that were not appropriate from sources that should not have been selling them in the first place. Buying from fellow hobbyists and being lucky enough to find local sources to collect from has really saved me money. And with a little bit of time, I've been able to propagate most plants, so a few sprigs go a long way too.
I think in a decade of playing with aquariums, I could easily say I've lost maybe $100-200, but that figure is only really that high, because before I knew better. I was buying plants, that were not appropriate from sources that should not have been selling them in the first place. Buying from fellow hobbyists and being lucky enough to find local sources to collect from has really saved me money. And with a little bit of time, I've been able to propagate most plants, so a few sprigs go a long way too.
I probably lost 100-200 dollars in plants just from cyanobacteria outbreaks because I did not understand the importance of nitrates for plants in new tanks.
Then I lost maybe 50 dollars in plants because I didn't have enough light.
Then I lost maybe 50 dollars in plants because I didn't have enough light.
I jumped into live plants before I was ready. Lost almost all of them. I was also buying from ebay sellers that I didn't know. My mistake! Now I buy from people I trust and I do my research and I haven't had any losses.
Maybe $25? This was since my Bolivian Rams started uprooting and eating plants. Grr. I can see at least two species that they leave alone but it is a learning process with my troublesome, yet beautiful fish. I have never seen this breed of fish do this to plants but apparently, mine think they are herbavoires.
