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Permalink Reply by Matt A. on December 1, 2011 at 3:14pm

I guess none of ya'll have tried it yet, I will shoot some pics soon and let ya'll know how it goes

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Permalink Reply by Halvy on December 2, 2011 at 5:53am

I've done that ones, and with that plant I got platworms and some sort of centipede in my tank. Didn't seem to harm the fish, but I would like to stay in control what's in the tank and what's not. 

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Permalink Reply by Matt A. on December 2, 2011 at 8:56am

I was worried about that too. I tried my best to inspect them very closely before planting them. I rubbed all the leaves and looked all down in the roots. I also run a uv sterilizer.
I'll get some pictures of them later today

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Permalink Reply by Matt A. on December 2, 2011 at 1:46pm

here is the little crypt looking plants, just the two in the center of the pic. sorry my camera sucks

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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on December 2, 2011 at 12:35pm

I thought about it because I have access to a pretty cool native plant.  But I want colorful tropical plants and the risk of infection is too great.  A UV is fine for bacteria or algae, but any kind of parasite would probably infect your tank before it was killed.

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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on December 2, 2011 at 1:30pm

No, but I'll grab some and check it in my book.  I thought it was duckweed because it has little buds on top and underneath the water it looks like ludwigia.

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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on December 3, 2011 at 9:47am

From above it it looks like duckweed but it is a stem plant with ludwigia type leaves. Toxic waste mutation?

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