fishboy87
Aquarium Advice Freak
Where can I buy live plants ?? And how do you guys clean them before putting them in your tank?? Do they come with snails?and is that a good thing???
Straight peroxide? and how long?You can buy from reputable sites like liveaquaria.com, aquarium coops website or from Dustin's fish tanks website. I've heard good things of all of them. You can also buy from people on this site. Check out the classifieds section of this site for sellers with a very large variety of stuff for sale. Its been hit or miss for me with sites like Amazon or eBay. Some came in great and others were complete trash.
Tip for buying plants would be don't buy them when its cold. When I buy plants I put them into a 30g grow tub I have after giving them a quick peroxide bath. I'll then see how they do and trim off portions to move to other tanks. If I'm setting up a completely new tank then I'll visually inspect them and then plant directly in the tank. Probably not the best method but its worked out so far.
Depending on who you buy from yes plants can come with snails. I keep snails because they are good cleaners and they are another natural part of the ecosystem. Some can't stand them as they can multiply quite rapidly( ramshorn snails that is) and are considered an eye sore.
Straight peroxide? and how long?
Thanks. I'll try that out.I do a 50\50 mix with water and I dip them for a minute or 2.