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Giveaway - spiral eelgrass stuff, North Canterbury


Hazara

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Pickup only, just hacked back my tank so have a large clump if anyone wants it.. Master plant purchased from a Rangiora LFS about a year ago - but I never cared to learn its proper name.

 

Pickup today/possibly tomorrow night from Amberley, North Canterbury.

 

[EDIT] forum didnt like my photo, will add another link..

 

http://imgur.com/a/AOvPh

 

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Kinda late to point this out, but this is Vallisneria spiralis (Twisted Eel Grass)

THIS IS A NATIONWIDE BANNED PEST PLANT. ITS ILLEGAL TO POSSES OR COLLECT IT.

https://aquariumworld.nz/plants/articles/banned-plants-r1/

I used to grow this stuff myself, and it's a wonderful aquarium plant, but that was in the USA, not in NZ.  In Auckland you can find it at the beach, because it does quite well in saltwater - apparently including the Hauraki Gulf  ;-)

 

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The plant in the picture is exactly what you can find wild in the US, and what also grows in the Hauraki Gulf.  No way that plant is permitted. It's a world wide problem, because it grows like wildfire, and blocks waterways.

This plant might be permitted, but it's not what I see in the picture above.

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LOL - I gotta post another photo before some keyboards get worn out...

Its a lot different in water, and the stuff at the back of the tank can even get blown straight by the water pumps :$

 

Excuse the crappy photos,  I really dont think it was worth time getting the actual camera out.

Ps theres heaps more again if anyone in nth canty wants any

 

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