I have tried many native plants over here and you are on the right track
trying some of the bog plants. Try the ones that like a bit of shade, keep
some of their original substrate still attached to the roots, transport
them with mud attached in those little plastic boxes that take-aways come
in, in a styrofoam box just like fish and give them lots of light ( e.g. 4
tubes over 18" of water) on a timer for 12 hours a day. Since many
swamp/bog plants are used to CO2 from the swamp decomposition they often
need it. It is easy to supply with a simple yeast generator fed into a
small powerhead operated sponge filter's venturi nozzle. Later on you can
feed the plants with clay balls into the substrate.
It's amazing how dofferent the submerse foliage can be on some plants ( if
they survive that is).
Bruce
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA
Check out our web site a http://www.angfa.org
Remember, "When in doubt, leave it out!"
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> Subject: Re: [RML] Non-filtered tanks-Rainbows and fry