[s]grass[/s] ground cover :)

[migsly]

i pulled up some grass wild ground cover from my yard and put it in my new tank. it looks so pretty. the fish seem to love it and eat and hide in it. i'll replace the grass ground cover when it shows signs of rotting. does anybody else do this? i'm so glad i don't have to buy any plants. lol

 

[Magnum Man]

just be careful of yard chemicals, like weed killers, fertilizers, and bug killers

 

[MaloK]

First time I hear that one...

I think that it's counter productive, instead of removing dissolved compounds and byproducts like live plants would do...

It's kind of adding more dissolved organic matter in the water. The fish might like it, but I'm not positive about what it could do to water quality.

If you do big water changes etc... It might be OK. But I wouldn't risk it.

I was also going to mention chemicals, but Magnum got that right.

 

[Innesfan]

I suspect the OP is joking.

 

[GaryE]

@migsly is this your first post in 19 years?

 

[gwand]

He has risen!

 

[migsly]

@migsly is this your first post in 19 years?

yes. and now i remember why i left.

 

[Back in the fold]

Never heard of this before . Hornwort is easy to grow . I would stick to true aquatic plants and not goof around with dead grass . Too much could go wrong with water chemistry .

 

[Innesfan]

Never heard of this before .

For a very good reason.

 

[MaloK]

Well... Grass will never develop an aquatic form for sure.

There's many terrestrial mosses that are found on rocks in wet environment that can be converted to completely aquatic.

Most of the time it's better doing the initial acclimation in a separate container until they change their growth form, some end up dead, others with very unique aesthetics and you can also find some very cool gems that way.

 

[migsly]

i think some of you did not read exactly what i said.

Never heard of this before . Hornwort is easy to grow . I would stick to true aquatic plants and not goof around with dead grass . Too much could go wrong with water chemistry .

the grass is not dead when i put it in. it springs to greater life when it's in the water. if you read my post i said i'd replace it when it shows signs of rotting. i plan to change it every week anyway.

 

[migsly]

Well... Grass will never develop an aquatic form for sure.

There's many terrestrial mosses that are found on rocks in wet environment that can be converted to completely aquatic.

Most of the time it's better doing the initial acclimation in a separate container until they change their growth form, some end up dead, others with very unique aesthetics and you can also find some very cool gems that way.

 

[migsly]

Well... Grass will never develop an aquatic form for sure.

 

[migsly]

in my post i said i'd replace it frequently.

 

[migsly]

First time I hear that one...

I think that it's counter productive, instead of removing dissolved compounds and byproducts like live plants would do...

It's kind of adding more dissolved organic matter in the water. The fish might like it, but I'm not positive about what it could do to water quality.

If you do big water changes etc... It might be OK. But I wouldn't risk it.

I was also going to mention chemicals, but Magnum got that right.

i don't use chemicals on my grass.