Good site to buy plants

The LFS or petsmart/petco don't seem to have the plants I want or they don't look too great. Where could I buy plants that are decently priced and are shipped in good condition? Thanks!

 

I've bought the majority of my plants from:


He's also a fellow member and sponsor of this forum.

I've also bought several plants on Aquabid

 

I've bought a lot from these places.

 

Great! Thanks so much for the quick response!

 

You can also try Craigslist, there's always one or two guys trying to sell their trimmings for a good price. I got about 10 stems or so for $20 from one guy and about 30 for $30 from another guy. The plants are growing great using liquid ferts, just had to remove some hitchhiking snails...

 

I've purchased some decent plants from an ebay seller called . His prices are not anything special, but what I do like is that fact that I've never gotten any snails from his plants. Also he lives like 2 cities away so I always get my shipment super fast.

You might want to check ebay yourself and see if you can find a good seller with great feedback who lives fairly close to you.

 

All great resources! And so many to choose from! Will make shopping for plants just as much fun as shopping for fish!

 

Id also reccomend peabodysparadise

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Near Lancaster in PA is a store called That Fish Place. I don't know much about plants but they seem to have a large variety. They have a website if your too far away. Might be worth a try. It's about a hour drive for me but worth it.

The coral selection to give an idea of the size of this store.

 

The LFS or petsmart/petco don't seem to have the plants I want or they don't look too great. Where could I buy plants that are decently priced and are shipped in good condition? Thanks!

Along with Peabodys paradise being a great site, jetajockey is also a member here on fishlore and a forum sponsor. He is knowledgeable and has good stuff and good service.

Also, there are quite a few people here on the forums that sell plants such as myself. Check out my sales thread....

https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/aquarium-plants-for-sale.174403/

 

Near Lancaster in PA is a store called That Fish Place. I don't know much about plants but they seem to have a large variety. They have a website if your too far away. Might be worth a try. It's about a hour drive for me but worth it.

The coral selection to give an idea of the size of this store.
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Thank you. That's a bit far off from me but I'll check their site as well.

 

What's a fairly easy plant that's already about medium height that I can plant in the substrate? Something with broad leaves. I have a water wisteria and anubia frazelI that I just put in but they are small and slow-growing. Looking for something a little taller for some of my more shyer fish to hide in.

 

Amazon swords.

 

What's a fairly easy plant that's already about medium height that I can plant in the substrate? Something with broad leaves. I have a water wisteria and anubia frazelI that I just put in but they are small and slow-growing. Looking for something a little taller for some of my more shyer fish to hide in.

Ceratophyllum, commonly known as hornworts

 

I have bought some plants from liveaquaria as well as those pest free topfin plants from petsmart

 

Those top fin plants are expensive though! Almost costs as much as one fish per plant... which I find ridiculous, $6 for one water wisteria, thanks for the offer but I'll pass...

 

Usually it's not just one. Mine had 4 water wisteria that are now like 20 haha they grow like weeds

 

Haha, I think I remember seeing 2 water wisterias for $6 when I did buy them in the past... but I'd rather just buy them off Craigslist, 1 stem per dollar, and cleaning out the pest snails myself, saves money, especially when you got big tanks or multiple tanks.

 

But don't you also have to pay for shipping for most of these places?

 

But don't you also have to pay for shipping for most of these places?

Not for Craigslist sellers, you just pay gas money (bad joke haha).

 

Well when I bought that wisteria it went in a 5 gallon Betta tank so I didn't need much because I had some type of sword and those wisteria and that's it. Also it was the beginning of my planted tank/mts. so when I got my 40 I propagated some stems and now I have a whole corner of it in the 40

 

Yep, I'm planning to use some of the trimmings or propagated stems in my 75 gallon to plant in my 29g. I'm not even gonna bother planting in the 40 Breeder because the cichlids will just destroy the plants lol.

 

Well when I bought that wisteria it went in a 5 gallon Betta tank so I didn't need much because I had some type of sword and those wisteria and that's it. Also it was the beginning of my planted tank/mts. so when I got my 40 I propagated some stems and now I have a whole corner of it in the 40

How long did that take to grow between the 5 gal and the 40?

Also, I'm reading you don't need to add any ferts to wisteria and anubias but that it could benefit from them. I bought seachem flourish anyway. Will it grow any faster w it?

 

Yes it should, but the main thing is the LED, but I know you have the Finnex Planted Plus

 

With good light and dosing that seachem flourish I can actually see daily growth in my 40. With the weak light on that fluval spec v on my Betta tank it grows like a snail

 

How often do you dose Seachem Flourish? I was dosing twice a week and I think my algae got a little out of hand and I had to take it down a notch.

 

I've been dosing 3 a week but I've started getting hair algae so I am gonna cut it out completely for a couple weeks.

 

Hey guys, so my local fish stores don't have any Brazilian pennywort and I was looking for suggestions of a place that does well with plants online. Thanks!

 

My favorites are as listed:

• - Thanks to Discusluv!
• - I bought many plants from him with great great success!

I hopes this helps you!

 

Trinsfish

 

My favorites are as listed:

• - Thanks to Discusluv!
• - I bought many plants from him with great great success!

I hopes this helps you!

I used liquid creations. I just ordered 8 plants, with shipping, for less than I paid for 1 Amazon sword yesterday. Thanks so much!

 

My favorites are as listed:

• - Thanks to Discusluv!
• - I bought many plants from him with great great success!

I hopes this helps you!

I haven’t heard of Jacobs aquarium — I’ll check that out.

 

Han aquatics
Buceplant
<--- Haven't tried but they look amazing

 

I haven’t heard of Jacobs aquarium — I’ll check that out.

He has a lot of youtube plant vids.

 

Liquid Creations is really high compared to my local Petco. I buy 90% of my plants from my local Petco. LOVE them. They have a ton of variety and Ive never seen cheaper prices. I picked up some Hygrophila Corymbosa a couple weeks back. 2 bunches which consisted of 5 stems the size of a pencil in diameter, 20" long for $3.95 each. Ludwigia is the same price for a 6-8 stem bunch that's a foot tall. 6" Java Ferns with 15-20 leaves on them are usually $5.95. I recently picked up a LARGE trident java with about 20 leaves on it, 8-10 inches tall for $3.49. When I picked up the hygrophila they had a bunch of Brazilian Pennywort I'm kicking myself for not buying, 10-12 stems a foot tall for $3.95. Ask them to get it for you and they will.

 

Liquid Creations is really high compared to my local Petco. I buy 90% of my plants from my local Petco. LOVE them. They have a ton of variety and Ive never seen cheaper prices. I picked up some Hygrophila Corymbosa a couple weeks back. 2 bunches which consisted of 5 stems the size of a pencil in diameter, 20" long for $3.95 each. Ludwigia is the same price for a 6-8 stem bunch that's a foot tall. 6" Java Ferns with 15-20 leaves on them are usually $5.95. I recently picked up a LARGE trident java with about 20 leaves on it, 8-10 inches tall for $3.49. When I picked up the hygrophila they had a bunch of Brazilian Pennywort I'm kicking myself for not buying, 10-12 stems a foot tall for $3.95. Ask them to get it for you and they will.

My petco only sells a few canned tubes of plants

 

Weird. I'm in a small "city" (18,000 people) in Maine and in general our stores are all pretty lacking compared to other, larger, metropolitan areas. The Petco an hour south in a much bigger city (67,000) has 10 times more than ours.

 

Both our petco and petsmart carry the tubes and that's about it, sometimes the petco will have a few in tanks, but not many, I paid $13 a piece for 3 Amazon sword yesterday.

 

Weird. I'm in a small "city" (18,000 people) in Maine and in general our stores are all pretty lacking compared to other, larger, metropolitan areas. The Petco an hour south in a much bigger city (67,000) has 10 times more than ours.

I'm in suburbs...Perhaps I should try driving to the city

 

I've only placed one online order for plants but it was a big one, from plants.com. S repens, java fern, anubias, chain sword, vals, tiger lotus, wendtii, riccia, etc. They looked great, they were well-packed, and everything survived. I honestly didn't know anubias and java fern could look so good. I'd only seen crappy PetCo/Petsmart plants for sale.

 

Both our petco and petsmart carry the tubes and that's about it, sometimes the petco will have a few in tanks, but not many, I paid $13 a piece for 3 Amazon sword yesterday.

Yeah, that's insane. I buy Amazon Swords from Petco that are 1 big plant with 15-20 leaves, 10-12" tall with a few 8" runners that have 4-6 baby plants on it for $3.95. My local Petco is awesome. And if they don't have it they'll get it for me.

 

H20 Plants, BucePlants, Amazon

 

I got mine from trinsfish, and the plants I got were amazing. They were cheap, and they came in bunches of six stems and more. The height of the plants that I got were also extremely impressive, reaching to nearly the top of my 10 gallon. They always provide extras, and are very easy to communicate with.

 

Both our petco and petsmart carry the tubes and that's about it, sometimes the petco will have a few in tanks, but not many, I paid $13 a piece for 3 Amazon sword yesterday.

Same here. A few of the more common plants in the tanks, and the rest tubes. I purchased a couple tubes for the first time. I was skeptical but so far so good. I really kind of expected it to start melting back immediately.

 

What kind of shipping do the the online stores charge. If you buy multiple plants do they charge shipping for each one. Can you give me an idea what each you mentioned charge for shipping.

 

What kind of shipping do the the online stores charge. If you buy multiple plants do they charge shipping for each one. Can you give me an idea what each you mentioned charge for shipping.

My order from was $103 in products +$15.99 shipping. Generally, shipping costs vary based on volume but there are some flat-fee distributors.

The forum's buy/sell/trade section has a lot of good options with cheap shipping.

 

Liquid Creations was $8.50 for shipping. When they come in, I'll post pictures of how they look and unboxing

 

HI guys, since I am not currently able to go down to my local pet store to pick up some fresh plants for my tank, what are some good online sites that I can find them on?

 

HI guys, since I am not currently able to go down to my local pet store to pick up some fresh plants for my tank, what are some good online sites that I can find them on?

I have bought from aquarium co-op. Aquarium plants factory. buceplant.com and dustinsfishtanks and have been happy with all of them.

 

join the qld aquarium forum to get plants