PetCo "Aqua Plants"

As I beleive someone else above stated, I usually use:
http://www.aquariumplants.com/
This is often the defacto standard for US buyers as they are convenient and offer very good customer support, therefore, why bother getting all elitist about it.
 
SftWrmRain said:
Actually, the very same label is used for all. I bought a wistera this evening, along with the others. It's label is exactly as the others, and DOES mention a terrarium as a place it can be used.
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Okay, then they changed that. When I bought them about a month ago, that wasn't the case, and the labels were, although almost the same, different in this point. The non-aquatic plants had instructions on how to use them in terrariums (which is without removing the gel), and this part was missing on the aquatic ones I bought *shrug*.

Anyway, I based my decision on whether I knew the plants or not. And I already had a Dracaena on my windowsill ;).
 
Well I guess I am going to be the pain here, but as in everything the responsibility for buying what you need ultimately lies with you. I have bought wisteria and it has done well. You just have to research what you are buying before you buy it.

They are called aqua plants, not aquarium plants. I haven't bought any in a while so I really haven't a clue what the bottle says, but if you figure out what you want before you go out and buy, this becomes a lot less of an issue. And if they don't have what you want, don't just buy something else because you want something.
 
I have used these plants before with good luck. However I rotated them out of the tank every week. They live for a while in the tank then you need to change them out. You can get more veriety this way. I would not like to see them stop selling they just need to relable them. The petco that I have gone to up the road (50miles) they will tell you the plants are not true aquatic. It is the cleanest petco I have ever seen and the manager seems to make sure his employee's are somewhat educated. He has even put up markers on some of the misleading lables that say (This fish may be good in the recomended tank size but will soon out grow this tank. Manager recomended tank ??Gal). I don't think this manager will last doing this but I will support this shop as long as he is the manager. Now if they would start getting the stuff that I need on their shelves we would be doing good.
 
skiboarder72 said:
Like Pete I bought some wisteria from these tubes, and a java fern and they are growing great, the wisteria is literally growing out of the tank after a month
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Yoemen said:
Well I guess I am going to be the pain here, but as in everything the responsibility for buying what you need ultimately lies with you. I have bought wisteria and it has done well. You just have to research what you are buying before you buy it.

They are called aqua plants, not aquarium plants. I haven't bought any in a while so I really haven't a clue what the bottle says, but if you figure out what you want before you go out and buy, this becomes a lot less of an issue. And if they don't have what you want, don't just buy something else because you want something.
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One of the plants I purchased was wisteria, and I fully expect it to grow abundantly in my tank. I don't have any issue with the plants they sell that are appropriate for an aquarium. In fact, they are very nice looking plants, at least at my store.

Of course I take responsibility for purchasing the wrong product, but I find it highly irritating that the label misleads people. "Aqua" plants certainly would lead an average consumer to believe they were suitable for an aquarium, ESPECIALLY when it outright says so on the label.

It's unfortunate that you can't trust this (and many others, I'm sure) company to provide the consumer with what they claim to be providing. I don't know why it would be so hard to just produce and sell appropriate plants for what they're intended for, but that's just me. :huh:
 
All the plants I have came from a PetCo. Never noticed those. I always buy just the plants I am sure are supposed to go in a aquarium. Shame on the company for misleading like that. Whatever happened to truth in advertiseing?
 
With all the misleading information, and not having a list of plant names handy, it's no wonder people are confused out there. You either have to be a genius in the field of aquatic plants, or you have to carry a book of scientific and common names of plants with you, and everything about said plants to ensure you're buying the right ones for your particular tank.
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You do not have to be a genius, just do a little research. Online dealers of aquatic plants like me usually only sell true aquatic plants, or identify them correctly. Local independent stores, (not chains) sometimes know the difference between aquarium and terrarium plants.
 
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