Can someone help me with plant choices?

[Brookey25]

Hey guys,

I've finally bought my fantail a really great home - AquaOne 510 75 litres.

I want to get some plantlife established.

The local pet store here has a crappy collection to choose from. Yet, a friend of mine, who has a 10+ year old comet who lives on his own, has some plant I think she got from the river near where she lives.

The tank her comet is in has NO lighting.. and the fish only has gravel, some rocks and that same plant all over his tank - it looks really great! He's an ex pond fish, whereas my fish I rescued from bad water conditions, so he will need a bit extra TLC than the average fish.

I'm just worried that if I put a plant like that into my tank, it might make him sick if there's something on it.. on the other hand.. when it's only been exposed to one fish and there are no snails in the tank.. maybe it's a better option than buying something from the pet store where you don't know where that's really been!

My friend's tank has these little worms that look like little bits of plant root.. but they're actually alive and squirm around amongst the gravel. Do you guys have any idea what these are? She assumes they're Tubifex worms that have come alive after being dried.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

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Yet, a friend of mine, who has a 10+ year old comet who lives on his own, has some plant I think she got from the river near where she lives.

Why dont you get some fresh stuff from thew river and clean it well?

My friend's tank has these little worms that look like little bits of plant root.. but they're actually alive and squirm around amongst the gravel. Do you guys have any idea what these are? She assumes they're Tubifex worms that have come alive after being dried.

Thay wont be tubifex worms, possibly from overfeeding? They should get syphoned up with a clean i would expect, as you didnt say there was a filter.

Anyway, TM has some real great deals on there, starter packages etc.