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May 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| can i mail plants?
can i mail plants? if so, how. | 
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May 23rd, 2009
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| Yes, plants are easy.
JUst take them out the aquarium and place into a bag, the water on the plants will be enough for them to survive in for several days. I usually wrap the bags of plants in some newspaper to help insulate and protect them, place in box and ship away.
Most plants do fine with USPS priority mail although if you want to spend the extra money for express thats fine.
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May 23rd, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Annadvn  Yes, plants are easy.
JUst take them out the aquarium and place into a bag, the water on the plants will be enough for them to survive in for several days. I usually wrap the bags of plants in some newspaper to help insulate and protect them, place in box and ship away.
Most plants do fine with USPS priority mail although if you want to spend the extra money for express thats fine.
Anna | Step two: mail them to me,
Beth | |
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May 23rd, 2009
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| lol.
well i have a ton of trimmings, and no one locally seems to want them. i am in canada though so if anyone wants them within canada, they are free for shipping | |
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May 24th, 2009
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| would you be willing to ship to the states? - I may be interested but depends on what sort of trimmings you have  | |
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May 24th, 2009
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| you could post what trimmings you have in the Buy, Sell, Trade forum then if somebody wants something they could contact you
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May 24th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by penance would you be willing to ship to the states? - I may be interested but depends on what sort of trimmings you have | i dont think that is legal. is it? | |
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May 24th, 2009
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| It's illegal if the plant isn't allowed in California (where I am) | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| ack! howcome I didn't see this thread before I bought some plants?!! I'm interested! what sort of plants do you have? | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| i always have cuttings f ludwigia. also pennywort at times. i can mail you some next time i cut back, probably in a week. i will PM you when im ready to trim | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by coffeebean i always have cuttings f ludwigia. also pennywort at times. i can mail you some next time i cut back, probably in a week. i will PM you when im ready to trim |  I don't have enough light for ludwigia...I just officially killed some 'medium' light plants, and I just looked up ludwigia - medium-high light...
do you have anubias, java fern, anacharis, water sprite, or wisteria?
...or crypts? 
Last edited by prairielilly; May 26th, 2009 at 10:57 PM.
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May 26th, 2009
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| You don't have enough light for ludwigia, but you could keep pennywort as a floating plant in your 10 gallon if you want. I keep it floating in my 8 gallon low light tank (11W PC) and it's doing great, and it looks really cool. | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by harpua2002 You don't have enough light for ludwigia, but you could keep pennywort as a floating plant in your 10 gallon if you want. I keep it floating in my 8 gallon low light tank (11W PC) and it's doing great, and it looks really cool. | I thought of that when I looked it up, but any floating plant will diminish the amount of light getting into the tank, which is little enough already... | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| With the anubias, crypts, and java fern it would be totally fine. | |
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May 27th, 2009
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| i only have 1.2 watts per gallon in the 55gallon tank. how much light do you have in the tank you are planting? my java fern has babies all over it. i can send you some of those for sure | |
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May 27th, 2009
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| If you ship live creatures (I think this includes plants, but I'm not positive) across the country's border, you need a special permit. This way, they can be a bit more sure you're not shipping invasive species or otherwise illegal things. | |
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May 27th, 2009
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| very true SDS and im not sure if plants are considered in there? maybe call your postal service ? I know TSS is and you need a permit to ship it to canada ....I tried sending some to red and it was a no go  | |
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May 27th, 2009
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| Thanks Shawnie, I didn't know that.
If bacteria is considered a living creature for this purpose, plants almost certainly are. | |
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May 27th, 2009
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| Pretty sure live stuff over the border does have issues...coffeebean and I are both in Canada though
I had a good look at my java fern this morning - it has babies all over it too. Hmmm. | |
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