real plants in turtle tank?

[Vicious_Fish]

i wish i added a few times 10 plants and didnt last a day the only thing i can keep so far bamboo, add sords when triming or starting to overgrow other tanks what about water lettice has anyone tried i will try next time i see it at LFS

My friend has water lettuce in his RES tank. His turtles ate all of it.

 

[PoofaceQ]

It's cheap too, just throw it in your turtle tank. Make sure it has access to light and it will grow like crazy. Just thin it out when it gets out of hand or if it starts to get pretty nasty looking, go buy some more! Most pet stores and garden centers that sell pond supplies carry it.

substrate for that? just gravel or do they need something more? i saw someone using dirt covered by sand covered by gravel. if its really like that i wont bother.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

substrate for that? just gravel or do they need something more? i saw someone using dirt covered by sand covered by gravel. if its really like that i wont bother.

Mine just floats in the tank. I don't have substrate in my musk turtle's tank. All Anacharis really needs to grow is light and water!

 

[TheOneThatGotAway]

The only things I've seen that they wont eat or dig up is bamboo, and even then there's no guaruntee. Lucky bamboo that's planted a good few inches under the substrate should be goo, unless its a digger like a softshell or a mud turtle.

Also depends on the size and species. My 2 inch long EPT rips up fake plants in the gravel and sleeps in the hanging suction plant. So who knows.

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

Lucky bamboo is not really a bamboo... though and it shouldn't be an aquatic einvorment anyway.

 

[TheOneThatGotAway]

Really? Well, I have some lucky bamboo growing in a small pot and it thrives in 2 - 4 inches of water with no substrate.

 

[reptileguy2727]

Lucky bamboo is very hardy and even completely submerged shows no signs of stress for at least a couple months (in my experience). However, since this is only tolrable, not ideal, the lucky bamboo will not do very well long term.

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

Really? Well, I have some lucky bamboo growing in a small pot and it thrives in 2 - 4 inches of water with no substrate.

Is it completely submerged in water?

 

[reptileguy2727]

I had some lucky bamboo completely submerged for a few months. It had no ill effects. I only removed it because I re-did the tank. The differences are things like growth rate, possible long term consequences, and other characteristics of thrivability.

 

[TheOneThatGotAway]

My bamboo is not completely supmerged, as it is about 18 in tall. It is also in a pot, not an aquarium. I didn't mean to completely submerge it in the tank when I recommended it. This plant has lasted about two years in these contitions and does wonderfully.