traceyrollin
Aquarium Advice Activist
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Ok I've got this crazy idea for a friend's 30g freshwater tank... She lets me take care of it because she has a new baby in her life and she doesn't really have time for her fish anymore... So I help her with its maintenance because she loves all animals and creatures.
Anyway... my point here... She happens to have a chia pet thingy that someone gave her but she's never used it. I googled it and found that it is safe for aquariums... but, the chia plant is not an aquatic plant, so, my thinking is to get some aquatic plant seeds that would resemble chia, and put those seeds on it instead... But what kind of plant should I sow on this thing? All suggestions welcome. I do plan to use a hairnet to secure the seeds until they root... She has a well established and fully cycled tank, she's had this tank for 3 years that I know of.
She has 1 large ciclid and a few diamond tetras and a dwarf pleco of some sort I've never seen before. Other than that she has gravel substrate and just a few decorations that are kinda boring. So I asked her if I could do some plants and stuff in her tank and maybe change her light and topper and she said of course! Do whatever you Like! I was like... COOL! She made my year. It is a 30g tall tank. Takes my whole arm to just barely reach the bottom of it... so any ideas at all. I also like to do plants that maybe the ciclid might munch on, and stuff that could grow some algae that would also become food for some fish I might add to her tank for her. Basically everything in this tank must be useful or beneficial to to fish, so that maintenance will be minimal... I only get to visit the tank about once a week and she is good about feeding but not over feeding her fish. She drops one frozen algae cube twice a week and feeds pellets daily. So let's out our heads together and come up with some ideas for this terra cotta thing otherwise known as a chia pet. It's just not going to have chia on It!
Anyway... my point here... She happens to have a chia pet thingy that someone gave her but she's never used it. I googled it and found that it is safe for aquariums... but, the chia plant is not an aquatic plant, so, my thinking is to get some aquatic plant seeds that would resemble chia, and put those seeds on it instead... But what kind of plant should I sow on this thing? All suggestions welcome. I do plan to use a hairnet to secure the seeds until they root... She has a well established and fully cycled tank, she's had this tank for 3 years that I know of.
She has 1 large ciclid and a few diamond tetras and a dwarf pleco of some sort I've never seen before. Other than that she has gravel substrate and just a few decorations that are kinda boring. So I asked her if I could do some plants and stuff in her tank and maybe change her light and topper and she said of course! Do whatever you Like! I was like... COOL! She made my year. It is a 30g tall tank. Takes my whole arm to just barely reach the bottom of it... so any ideas at all. I also like to do plants that maybe the ciclid might munch on, and stuff that could grow some algae that would also become food for some fish I might add to her tank for her. Basically everything in this tank must be useful or beneficial to to fish, so that maintenance will be minimal... I only get to visit the tank about once a week and she is good about feeding but not over feeding her fish. She drops one frozen algae cube twice a week and feeds pellets daily. So let's out our heads together and come up with some ideas for this terra cotta thing otherwise known as a chia pet. It's just not going to have chia on It!
