Pond tank.

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aravind90chan
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Pond tank.

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I am planning to use a shallow frag tank to create a pond tank setup with emersed and submerged plants.
It will be low tech (no CO2, LED flood light 6500K) with ADA/Tropica soil.
Currently, am planning to have hornwort, pennywort, umbrella palm, buce, ludwigia.
Any suggestions on plants that will go well in this set up?
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Would you like a frog for it? :-P

Spiranthes odorata and "dwarf onion" plants, which I think are actually rain lilies.
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haha. It will not have a lid and so no on the frog :) .
Great. Are there good stores in the DC area for aquarium plants? I know congressional aquarium has a good collection.
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halak
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GWAPA is the best course of plants, but you may check out House of Tropicals.
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You could put Nymphoides sp Taiwan if...you want the mini lily pad look
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@Halak Gwapa sells plants? Can I know more details please?
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@Wet sleeves. Great idea. Will try to get it.
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halak
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We have a mostly plant auction every month at the meeting. But if you are looking for something specific, you can always post it. The members have a ton of different types of plants.
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Great. Where can I find information about the monthly meetings?
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