Where do you get your plants?

[octanejunkie]

LFS?
Online retailer/Eprey?
Forum classifieds?
Local friend/grower?

 

[Zimmanski]

I get my plants from the LFS because they have a great selection, or I go through Peabodysparadise. I also have some bag/tube plants from petco and petsmart that have done really well

 

[eAts]

I have had great experiences with buying from the forums. Especially if you can get a large package. I also buy the cluttered tissue packs from petsmart, and have had good plants from aquabid. My lfs do not carry a good selection of plants though.

 

[Rivercats]

I get mine from the Planted Tank Forum, AquariumPlants.com and ExtraPlants.com

 

[MMantelli]

I get mine from peabodysparadise.com, the planted tank forum and Tue classifieds on here.

 

[Coryluv]

I got mine at aquariumplants.com. This is my tank just short of 3 months after planting.

 

[Rokuzachi]

My local selection isn't that great, so I use AquariumPlants.com. Did a big order a while back and everything that came through was beautiful and healthy.

 

[Fresh2o]

AquariumPlants.com (and ferts too)
Peabody's Paradise
Petsmart (tube plants)
LFS (moss, common stem plants)

 

[Rodeo one]

Really nice tank Coryluv! Not sure you need to add, looks perfect really.

 

[Coursair]

I buy from hobbyists on The Planted Tank and Im a member of an awesome club
The San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant Society ( largest and oldest in the USA I think ?)

We just had a meet at a member's home. I came home with a big bag of free plants, just like every meet. We do plant swaps at meets, a lot of freebies and deep discounts if we do sell to club members.

I haven't paid for a plant in quite awhile.

 

[Coryluv]

Really nice tank Coryluv! Not sure you need to add, looks perfect really.

Thanks for your kind words. Must be beginners luck.

 

[octanejunkie]

I got mine at aquariumplants.com. This is my tank just short of 3 months after planting.

That's a really nice looking tank... whats in it for livestock? (sorry for not researching, I'm on me mobile)

 

[Coryluv]

That's a really nice looking tank... whats in it for livestock? (sorry for not researching, I'm on me mobile)

At the risk of going off topic I'll start with the plants I got at aquariumplants.com. They are ludwigia repens, echinodorus martii, bacopa australis, and saggitaria sublata.

As to fish, I have 7 pristella maxillarus, and 3 otocinclus (vittatus I think). I have 6 young corydoras paleatus in my QT that will go in the tank that is pictured in a few weeks. The tank was aquascaped with the corys in mind.

Ty for the kind words about my tank.

 

[octanejunkie]

Grear replies so far, thanks!

I am conducting firsthand recon of the retail options in my area, as there are many.

What criteria should I be looking for other than healthy looking plants?

Do water conditions matter alots or do plants tend to adapt in time?

 

[Jev12]

I got my first ever plant from petco in one of those little tube plants an little java fern lace plant....then the rest I got from my lfs

 

[Aquamandan]

peabodysparadise and Petco (if the price is right).

 

[smithpants94]

Try out Aquaticjungles.com!

It's a small group of guys trying to get people loving plants. I'd check out the packages.

 

[Rivercats]

Grear replies so far, thanks!

I am conducting firsthand recon of the retail options in my area, as there are many.

What criteria should I be looking for other than healthy looking plants?

Do water conditions matter alots or do plants tend to adapt in time?

Look for nice green plants without holes or brown area's on the leaves, without yellow leaves or leaves with pale tissue but dark veins. Don't worry about water, plants acclimate to their water just as fish do.