nmonks
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I thought I'd share a couple of experiences.
Last year I put my Corydoras paleatus in my plastic garden pond. To help give them some cover, I put in some excess plants from my aquaria. The fish came in during the autumn, but I left the plants out as food for the snails and shrimps in the pond. Anyway, pond freezes over as you'd imagine. The Acorus, Ceratophyllum, and Eleocharis were fine in the pond, as you'd suppose being coldwater plants, but a real surprise was finding vigourously growing Rotala when the weather warmed up. I was really surprised by this because this species had done rubbish in my aquaria!
A month or so back I went off to a leaving party someplace I used to work. Languishing in a dim corner of the room was an old fish tank I'd set up back in the day. No fish were left, no lights and no filter either. It was basically abandoned except that someone topped it up with water every once in a while, assuming there *must* be something in there. Anyway, the only life form in there (apart from bacteria) was an Anubias. Still alive. Here's the thing... it had basically been living in almost complete shade for at least two years according to the people there. I've brought it home and it's settled into a proper aquarium and it seems very happy.
Some plants are, I guess, real survivors.
Cheers, Neale
Last year I put my Corydoras paleatus in my plastic garden pond. To help give them some cover, I put in some excess plants from my aquaria. The fish came in during the autumn, but I left the plants out as food for the snails and shrimps in the pond. Anyway, pond freezes over as you'd imagine. The Acorus, Ceratophyllum, and Eleocharis were fine in the pond, as you'd suppose being coldwater plants, but a real surprise was finding vigourously growing Rotala when the weather warmed up. I was really surprised by this because this species had done rubbish in my aquaria!
A month or so back I went off to a leaving party someplace I used to work. Languishing in a dim corner of the room was an old fish tank I'd set up back in the day. No fish were left, no lights and no filter either. It was basically abandoned except that someone topped it up with water every once in a while, assuming there *must* be something in there. Anyway, the only life form in there (apart from bacteria) was an Anubias. Still alive. Here's the thing... it had basically been living in almost complete shade for at least two years according to the people there. I've brought it home and it's settled into a proper aquarium and it seems very happy.
Some plants are, I guess, real survivors.
Cheers, Neale
