Hello all!
I just bought a brand new tank and added what the store clerk called an onion plant. The purpose of this plant was not only to look good, but be a slight hiding spot for my betta, and act as a substrate for algae to grow for my otto.
The plant came in a little plastic cup with some sort of spongy "dirt." Some of the layers of the onion bulb were incomplete and they seem like they have been rotting. There was also quite a bit of debris including some stringy looking stuff. At first I thought it was a hairy type algae but it's not green so I'm not so sure.
First of all, can anyone verify that this plant will be safe for my betta, otto and african dwarf frog? The clerk said it would be safe, but that store has steered me wrong before.
Second, I took the plant out of the tank to try to clean up any rotting material. In the process, I moved the bulb and noticed that there wasn't really any roots. There is something that looks like dead segmented worms that may be rotting roots or possibly some seaweedy stuff??
I noticed that within an hour after putting it in with my betta, he started looking anxious like it was messing with the water chemistry. Is this possible, and is there anything I can do to fix it? also, my otto won't touch it, which makes me wonder.
This is my first time dealing with live aquarium plants complete with roots and such. I've only ever had floating elodea before.
Thanks so much!
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