Feeding and Nutrition :: anarchis

[kmichael55]

I just bought some anarchis at petsmart, it's got a rubberband and something else wrapped around the bottom, should I take this off??

[missibsu]

I would take it off, my turts eat about anything and a rubberband isn't healthy!

[xsavingsaturdayx]

Is the other "thing" this metal looking coil that wraps around the roots of the plant?

[kmichael55]

Yes it is, I took them both off, i thought maybe I should keep it together to keep it looking pretty, but it's fine just floating... and OMG my turtles love it! I thought they would leave it alone since they've ignored green and red leaf lettuce but they attacked it immediately.

[Tenodera]

Maybe you could hide some lettuce among the floating anarchris!

You could trick them into eating their veggies!

[SpotsMama]

Actually, the anacharis IS a veggie!

[adam85491]

I've never offered any The local Petco has a large tank in the center of the fish section but it's like 4 inches tall just wide and theres always a lot of dead fish in it and has probably never been cleaned so when they rarely have it I'de pass on it. The Petsmart wanted 8 bucks..didn't have enough..oh well.

[caramelissa]

the anacharis I bought from petco just had a simple twisty tie around it, which i took off.

my turtle doesn't like anacharis. when i first dumped some in the tank, it would take a bite out, then spit it out. repeat this 15 times. i decided to just leave it there as some decoration, but the next morning found all the leaves ripped off and none of it eaten so I took it out cause it was causing such a mess.

[xsavingsaturdayx]

I've never offered any The local Petco has a large tank in the center of the fish section but it's like 4 inches tall just wide and theres always a lot of dead fish in it and has probably never been cleaned so when they rarely have it I'de pass on it. The Petsmart wanted 8 bucks..didn't have enough..oh well.

8$ is rather expensive for anacharis..I got mine for 2$ and 50 something cents..

[adam85491]

It was like $6 or $8-it was in the special tank as in they don't usually have it..whatever it was, it was more than I could afford at the time.

[scripta_elegans]

Try Ebay! I know it sounds funny, but the prices for Anacharis are way better than in pet stores. Here's one I deal with often. A single strand from this place is about 18 inches long, so it is about the same amount that you get at a pet store for a single bunch. And you get 30 for about 15.00, which means it's like paying 50 cents a bunch.
http://cgi.ebay.com/30-ANACHARIS-AQUARI ... dZViewItem

[kmichael55]

I've never offered any The local Petco has a large tank in the center of the fish section but it's like 4 inches tall just wide and theres always a lot of dead fish in it and has probably never been cleaned so when they rarely have it I'de pass on it. The Petsmart wanted 8 bucks..didn't have enough..oh well.

Ew that sounds gross, Petsmart has it in a separate tank with just plants...and it was $2.19

[RunninWideOpen]

Hey that sounds like a good deal scripta! Thanks!

My turts loved the anachris, but it was too expensive to buy very often. They ate the whole bundle in 20 minutes.

[steve]

Hey Scripta, have you tried keeping them alive indoors? I've been thinking about keeping some but I'd rather not have anything outside.

[WyredHardware]

Steve,
I keep some alive in a separate tank. I have a little 10 gal. I tossed a filter on it to get some air in the water and I make sure it gets some sun. So far it grows at about 1 inch a week.