How to Acclimate Aquarium Plants: Planting Plants in Your Tank

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damn that was a good analogy!

can i put plants that are in my back yard in my aquarium

Dustin is right about acclimation. It also helps if you have a timer and Co2 booster. My Amazon swords almost withered away when I first bought them. After setting up a timer and adding Co2 booster, there is a massive growth of leaves. It takes a lot of patience in these hobby, it's all about trial and error.

my sword plants did this when i first bought them and i thought i fucked up :) they lasted about a year then i changed from a planted angel fish tank to African cichlids.

it happened to my water wisteria real bad, i thought it was dead but I left it for awhile and it started to grow, I eventually trimmed some of the roots and it went ape shit im now taking handfulls of it and giving it to my lfs

do it happens to jungel val

lol that was a good analogy

@Dustinsfishtanks i went to several petshops to look for the plant you mentioned but most of them sell cabomba (what kind of shop is that?)...i found one that sell amazon sword but the salesperson said that i shouldn't buy it coz it's wilted.i told her it was just acclimating and it's fine.but she insisted that it's dead..i didn't argue anymore coz i don't wanna get into fight with her.so i just bout the cabomba instead.

@mariannetacliad I would get some easy plants, amazon swords, jungle val, dwarf sag ect... Nothing fancy. I sell aquarium plants with a number of EASY species to keep you motivated....you can check out video of what I have for sale at dustinsfishtanks com or just keep asking away!

i have a 20 gallon tank with plastic plants,zebra danios,wagtail,betta,black molly,red tail shark and corydora.i wanna switch to live aquatic plants but i was hesistant cos i'm sure if it's ok with the fishes in it.if it's ok, then what plant can i put? any help? thanks so much

@lavendersfields123 could be....they could be cooked too. but its worth the wait right? thanks man. I try...It does happen that they lose all of their leafs and come back....chill and see

@lillilmike nah, it could be a different strand. is it growing?

@lillilmike whats up man, what you wanna know?

My new Ludwigia looks like shit. Hope it gets better soon. I've noticed that my amazon swords, anacharis and jungle val seemed to be looking awesome but a bit droopy though.

@Dustinsfishtanks lol shut up, blame my angels they eat the damn shit as a snack lol. if i can get my narrow leaf ludwigia to grow like shit, then the star grass well do good

@TheAquariumKid its too bad your tank sucks then

to bad the star grass i got from u looks like shit and not growing:( theres new growth on it yes but it dont stay...