Vallisneria Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Well I just thought I'd share about my trip to Aqua Giant today. Man do they have a ton of plants :shock: One whole wall of tanks is packed full and most of the floor tanks have plants for sale as well. Plus you can't beat those prices(0.99$-2.99$ for most). I picked up 6 bunches of vals, 4 water lettuce, 2 swords, 2 elodea bunches, and 5 mystery plants. All this plus fish came to 39$! I remeber Garhan saying that the plants were very nice and that you needed to go and see them. I'm just sorry it took so long to get down there. I had to restrain myself from buying more :P So now for my question. I bought these 5 plants. I wanted something for the foreground and these guys were small. I asked the guy and he said they would only get about 4-5". They kind of have the look for vals(1cm wide leaves, about 3" long) and their leaves form a rosette. I'll take a picture of them later but i'd thought i'd ask. I"ll check on tropica to see if i can match them up. So i suggest everyone go check out aquagiant if you havent' already and next time i'll listen better and go right away :P My only complain is they didn't have the species of plant labeled and not all the plants had a price on the tank.. That would make it easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Sounds like a type of Echinodorus - or sword. There is an 'E. tennelus' (micro chain sword) that isn't the true tennelus, and grows a bit bigger. If you use lots of light, it still tends to stall short; however, if your 2 wpg or lower, it will get 4"+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Thanks, I was either thinking Echinodorus tenellus or some kind of sagittaria maybe. The leaves are the same width all the way from the base to the tip, like a val would be. I'll take a pic tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Aqua Giant today.... 2 elodea bunches Hmmm...I thought I saw Elodea there....thats a dangerous import. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Dangerous how? To the fish? Or dangerous becuase if can get into the water ways and be a weed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Ok, took a couple quick pics of the mystery plant Those are 2 different plants but they are the same species(alteast i bought them as the same and in person they look it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Dangerous how? To the fish? Or dangerous becuase if can get into the water ways and be a weed? Because it is very highly illegal to transport into Canada.....really ugly fines if you get caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Because it is very highly illegal to transport into Canada.....really ugly fines if you get caught. Ah, I guess thats why i never saw it in a store before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Val, your mistery plant is probably a small sword like I described earlier. It looks like E. tennelus. If it is the pygmy chain sword, keep it in a bright spot, and it'll soon spread and make a nice low carpet. If it is what is refered to as "false tennelus" then it'll spread, too, but will be a bit taller - better for more of a midground placement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Thanks, guess i just have to wait and see how it grows. What I want is a nice grass effect in front of my driftwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntaquatica Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I believe the mystery plant is called Sagitaria Platyphylla or Giant Sag http://www.tropica.com/productcard_1.asp?id=081 http://membres.lycos.fr/aqua5/plante_fiche...platyphylla.php? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukep77 Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Where is Aqua Giant? is it in edmonton? or Calgary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicide Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 It's in Edmonton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Where is Aqua Giant? is it in edmonton? On 170 st at 117 ave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I believe the mystery plant is called Sagitaria Platyphylla or Giant Sag That's right, it could be a Sagitaria sp. I used to have a tank that was taken over by Dwarf Sag. It grows much like Chain Sword, but the leaves are more errect - Chain Sword leaves tend to curl down a bit. Giant Sag. looks like a stiffer, greener Valinseria sp. It'll reach to the top of your tank. If you're looking for something to carpet your tank in the future (that is if this plant starts to get too big), let me know, I'll have more Chain Sword than I know what to do with... just threw out about 10 plants last night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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