67 Chevelle plant is a spiderplant and has no business being planted under water. What are these keepers thinking.
stupid petco plants
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it's a type of dracaena or ribbon plant. They sell them at petsmart also. They do well in bogs but not fully submersed. Same family as lucky bamboo.
yeah, that plant does not survive long underwater. I have gotten some very nice anubis and java ferns from our local petco, so you can find good plants there.
LOL when does LOGIC come into play....You buy a plant IN a tube that doesnt have any water in it, and you expect it to grow UNDER water, lol.
btw everytime I see a customer walking about with one of those tubes in their basket, I whisper to them "That plants going to DIE"
btw everytime I see a customer walking about with one of those tubes in their basket, I whisper to them "That plants going to DIE"
petco/petsmart do sell some fully aquatic plants you just have to know what you're looking for(ive seen many species of anubias in tubes). Box stores aren't the only ones that has plants for sale that are not fully aquatic but are submerged in water, mom and pop pet stores around me do it too.
Everybody makes mistakes and we all come here to learn so try and not be so harsh please.
I bought a plant once from a mom and pop LFS, this is how that went:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236500
Pulled it up and tossed it... was only 3.99 so I wasn't like crying, but I am not going to buy from that store again either...
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236500
Pulled it up and tossed it... was only 3.99 so I wasn't like crying, but I am not going to buy from that store again either...
The 5 box stores I have around me (3 petco / 2 petsmart) all sell these tubes an NONE of the ones they sell are aquatic. Never have seen Anubias in tubes, how exactly would that work? The Rhimozode (sp) has to be submerged. Yeap everyone makes mistakes, but there are some things that are just common sense, right? If it isn't submerged it isnt aquatic. RULE of thumb (in most cases) if it isnt in a tank for sell, I wouldnt touch it, unless it was one of them bulb packages. 20% of the plants that are in the tanks are ALSO not aquatic.
Mom and Pops (the ones around me) only sell the basic plants. Swords, java, and Vals.
THIS IS why it is very important to research plants (just like fish) before you purchase.
jasonG75 said:
You do realize that many, if not most aquatic plant species can and do grow emersed, right?
That's not a very good rule of thumb.
There are some aquatic plants in the tubes at one of my local petsmart stores, but most are not.
Emersed YES, you do realize that mean the ROOT has to be SUBMERGED and the stems and leaves are EMERSED. Anubias is one, Cardinal plant is another one, the lilly plant is emersed. Emersed and Total LACK of water are 2 different things.
