Outdoors plants UNDERWATER?!??!?!

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I was just thinkin to myself if there was ANY plants that are made for gardens that someone could clean off all the dirt, and stock in a fish tank...


then i thought most would consume too much water, but there has to be SOME kind of plant that would work... not a big plant... just a SHORT...VERY SHORT... ground cover-er
 
Could you name some??? if possible?
 
Creeping jenny and cardinal plant come to mind. Mondo grass is a common garden ornamental that will live underwater- for a little while.

Are you just curious, or do you want to find plants to put in your tank? If the latter, I would strongly suggest getting some genuine aquatic plants instead of transplanting garden plants.
 
Be careful what you take from the outside environment and add to your tank. There's all kinds of bacteria and bugs that live in swamps that could adversely affect your fish! And when taking plants from gardens you could introduce pesticides and fertilizers into the tank also adversely affecting your fish. I tried creeping jenny last year, and it looked fine for a while, it can live along the perimeter of ponds, but after a while of being totally submerged, it started to die. So check that one off of the list.
 
was curious, cause they are cheaper, and bigger... and easy to place.
 
I'll be doing a trim within the next month of my willow leaf hygro and broad leaf hygro, they root within a week just by sticking the stems in the gravel. Not demanding and parasite free. If you'd like to have the cuttings, just let me know, I'll send them to you. But they are background plants. Every time you trim add the trimmings to the original grouping and they get thick and bushy in no time.
 
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