Non-Aquatic Plants in the Aquarium

[Melody]

I think this is a pet peeve for us all, or those of us who have experienced it anyway. You buy a plant for your aquarium and then find out its not really an aquatic plant. It dies, you get frustrated.

Here is your chance to have a very public say in the matter. Practical Fishkeeping (http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/blog.php?blogid=85) mag's plant guru is asking what your experiences are with these plants, and what you would like to have done about it. Now I'm asking you too ;) .

I think they should be labelled as such in stores.:yes: Otherwise it is nothing short of false advertising. Garden centers wouldn't last long doing the opposite after all. If nothing else, its bad business - unhappy, frustrated customers are always bad business.:POed:

[Soggybottom]

I'll have to get on this in a few weeks to be sure I got gypped. I bought some plants in the lower mainland that were unlike any I'd seen before. So far they have built a nice layer of GSA and not much else.

If it is variegated, colourful and/or has thick waxy leaves then it's likely non-aquatic too.
That pretty much describes the plants I'm talking about...

[Melody]

Gotta Pic?

[Soggybottom]

No...I'll have to try and remember to grab a few this weekend. Tank is not in my house...

On the plus side I am intentionally building a collection of marginals so not a total loss :)

[Soggybottom]

I forgot that the dang parents took their cameras on holiday, so this will have to remain an imaginary exercise for another couple of weeks. By then it will have been more than two months since I bought them, so we'll be able to judge and condemn them with certainty...