Petco Plants?

[The Masked Shadow]

If you are that concerned about bringing in pests, have you also considered in-vitro plants ? Would have to be from somewhere online like ebay. But this way, definitely no parasites, but you will have to set up to grow them yourself!

Ok, thanks! I know how to plant them etc. I guess I’ll get some Anubis’s and swords there! I’ll keep it updated.

 

[Krismo962]

I dip any new plants in a bleach solution or boiling hot water (for a few seconds ofcourse).

 

[The Morning]

Petco generally has their plants in a separate tank from the fish. I have actually bought a decent amount of plants from them with good success. Some of the plants have melted which I have read generally means they were grown not fully immersed in water. That being said they have rebounded nicely once they started to grow again. I do inspect all my plants and dip them. I do not care about the occasional bladder snail as I welcome them in my tanks. I would buy plants from Petco without issue. I do no however like the plants they have in the plastic tubes. They have always died on me.

 

[Deadeye]

I’m not sure if I’ve seen the tube plants from petcos by me, but I’d personally go with those from petco. Based on their fish in the tanks and their saltwater/corals, I’d expect anything from those tanks to carry ich with them.