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Posted by Mister Gardener on April 14, 2006, 9:58 am
Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:29:33 -0400, "Nikki"
>I cant for the life of me right now remember the name of the plants I have
>in my female betta tank, if I get time ill take a pic, but is there
>something I can do to help the plants not die, they don't look great, I am
>not going to be home a lot of the next couple days my brother killed him
>self on Wednesday, he was my middle son's godfather so I been busy trying to
>keep the kids occupied.
>pieces of the plants are coming off and I don't want to come home and find
>all my fish gone because my filter got clogged from plant leaves, PS... I
>did not do nothing to kill these plants, they said they grow easy just plant
>them in the tank under gravel ...and I did that. should I be adding
>something to the water, and if you need to know what kind of plants I mean I
>will try to figure it out later and post it. they were nothing big just 1.99
>plants for my bettas to hide in, which i think they may be eating, maybe
>that is the problem
>nik
>PS...If i dont get the chance in the next couple days... i wanted to tell
>everyone I hope they have a nice holiday
>
If you are not certain of what your plants need, and you are concerned
that they may fall apart so much as to clog your filter, and they only
cost a few dollars, I think you should remove them completely. This
will take at least one worry off your mind, and it sounds like you
will have much more important things on your mind in the next few
days. Take care of your family and my God/dess be with you.
-- Mister Gardener
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Posted by Nikki on April 14, 2006, 10:25 am
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> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:29:33 -0400, "Nikki"
>
>>I cant for the life of me right now remember the name of the plants I have
>>in my female betta tank, if I get time ill take a pic, but is there
>>something I can do to help the plants not die, they don't look great, I am
>>not going to be home a lot of the next couple days my brother killed him
>>self on Wednesday, he was my middle son's godfather so I been busy trying
>>to
>>keep the kids occupied.
>>pieces of the plants are coming off and I don't want to come home and find
>>all my fish gone because my filter got clogged from plant leaves, PS... I
>>did not do nothing to kill these plants, they said they grow easy just
>>plant
>>them in the tank under gravel ...and I did that. should I be adding
>>something to the water, and if you need to know what kind of plants I mean
>>I
>>will try to figure it out later and post it. they were nothing big just
>>1.99
>>plants for my bettas to hide in, which i think they may be eating, maybe
>>that is the problem
>>nik
>>PS...If i dont get the chance in the next couple days... i wanted to tell
>>everyone I hope they have a nice holiday
>>
> If you are not certain of what your plants need, and you are concerned
> that they may fall apart so much as to clog your filter, and they only
> cost a few dollars, I think you should remove them completely. This
> will take at least one worry off your mind, and it sounds like you
> will have much more important things on your mind in the next few
> days. Take care of your family and my God/dess be with you.
>
> -- Mister Gardener
I guess I could just put fake plants in for the next few days I have some
laying around, I just did not want to end up with a tank full of dead fish,
either from the filter being clogged, or because I took their hiding places.
Just to much work at the moment
I'm trying to take a mental brake right now, been up all night and kind of
need to be distracted for a little while, other wise it just gets to be to
much to handle.
nik
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Posted by netDenizen on April 14, 2006, 11:09 am
Please log in for more thread options Nikki wrote:
>>
>>If you are not certain of what your plants need, and you are concerned
>>that they may fall apart so much as to clog your filter, and they only
>>cost a few dollars, I think you should remove them completely. This
>>will take at least one worry off your mind, and it sounds like you
>>will have much more important things on your mind in the next few
>>days. Take care of your family and my God/dess be with you.
>>
>>-- Mister Gardener
>
>
> I guess I could just put fake plants in for the next few days I have some
> laying around, I just did not want to end up with a tank full of dead fish,
> either from the filter being clogged, or because I took their hiding places.
> Just to much work at the moment
> I'm trying to take a mental brake right now, been up all night and kind of
> need to be distracted for a little while, other wise it just gets to be to
> much to handle.
> nik
>
>
>
Yes, please try to relax and take care of your family.
The fake plants you already have sound like a good solution to keep your
fish feeling comfortable, if you remove the "poorly" live plants. Also,
the aquarium would probably be fine for some days or a week if left as
it is.
For future reference, plants have some basic requirements such as enough
light and nutrients. Planted aquariums are a fascinating branch of the
hobby. There's a rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants group, information on web
sites like the Krib, and good books.
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Posted by Altum on April 14, 2006, 2:54 pm
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Nikki wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:29:33 -0400, "Nikki"
>>
>>> I cant for the life of me right now remember the name of the plants I have
>>> in my female betta tank, if I get time ill take a pic, but is there
>>> something I can do to help the plants not die, they don't look great, I am
>>> not going to be home a lot of the next couple days my brother killed him
>>> self on Wednesday, he was my middle son's godfather so I been busy trying
>>> to
>>> keep the kids occupied.
>>> pieces of the plants are coming off and I don't want to come home and find
>>> all my fish gone because my filter got clogged from plant leaves, PS... I
>>> did not do nothing to kill these plants, they said they grow easy just
>>> plant
>>> them in the tank under gravel ...and I did that. should I be adding
>>> something to the water, and if you need to know what kind of plants I mean
>>> I
>>> will try to figure it out later and post it. they were nothing big just
>>> 1.99
>>> plants for my bettas to hide in, which i think they may be eating, maybe
>>> that is the problem
>>> nik
>>> PS...If i dont get the chance in the next couple days... i wanted to tell
>>> everyone I hope they have a nice holiday
>>>
>> If you are not certain of what your plants need, and you are concerned
>> that they may fall apart so much as to clog your filter, and they only
>> cost a few dollars, I think you should remove them completely. This
>> will take at least one worry off your mind, and it sounds like you
>> will have much more important things on your mind in the next few
>> days. Take care of your family and my God/dess be with you.
>>
>> -- Mister Gardener
>
> I guess I could just put fake plants in for the next few days I have some
> laying around, I just did not want to end up with a tank full of dead fish,
> either from the filter being clogged, or because I took their hiding places.
> Just to much work at the moment
> I'm trying to take a mental brake right now, been up all night and kind of
> need to be distracted for a little while, other wise it just gets to be to
> much to handle.
> nik
Whenever I've put stiff plastic plants in with bettas, they've damaged
their fins on them. The ones with silk leaves work better. Since
you've got so much going on, just remove the dying plants and leave
things alone. Your bettas will be fine - lack of hiding places does not
kill solo fish. FWIW, I grow java fern and anubias in my unlit betta tanks.
I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. That must be hard.
--
Put the word aquaria in the subject to reply.
Did you read the FAQ? http://faq.thekrib.com
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>in my female betta tank, if I get time ill take a pic, but is there
>something I can do to help the plants not die, they don't look great, I am
>not going to be home a lot of the next couple days my brother killed him
>self on Wednesday, he was my middle son's godfather so I been busy trying to
>keep the kids occupied.
>pieces of the plants are coming off and I don't want to come home and find
>all my fish gone because my filter got clogged from plant leaves, PS... I
>did not do nothing to kill these plants, they said they grow easy just plant
>them in the tank under gravel ...and I did that. should I be adding
>something to the water, and if you need to know what kind of plants I mean I
>will try to figure it out later and post it. they were nothing big just 1.99
>plants for my bettas to hide in, which i think they may be eating, maybe
>that is the problem
>nik
>PS...If i dont get the chance in the next couple days... i wanted to tell
>everyone I hope they have a nice holiday
>