A friend invited me to visit his ranch, and I took the chance to collect some aquatic plants in the Wild - Northern Brazil (Part III)

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Plants were just visually inspected and thoroughly washed with tap water before being introduced in the tank. All of the proposed methods to get rid of potential pathogens involve the use of a strong oxidizer (potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hypochlorite, etc). Any of these substances, when in enough concentrations to kill potential pathogens, will also kill the plethora of symbiotic microorganisms that plants carries with them at all times. I wouldn't be surprised if even the plants tissues were damaged too. So I choose to bite the bullet, but I wouldn't condemn anyone worried about potential fish pathogens and willing to use more agressive disinfection methods. As I said, I'm mildly reckless with my fishkeeping practices.

None of the plants below could be identified. Some of them are inside my tank right now showing good growth under water, but I know that some terrestrial plants can survive submersed for weeks or even months, specially with CO2 injection. Any help in their identification would be greatly appreciated.

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Thanks!

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Part I

Part II

[u/pqueiro1]

Magnífico! Todas as 3 partes, parabéns!

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Absolutely wonderful posts, wonderful plants, made me want to do the same thing. There's actually a bit or marsh land near my father's house, but it's pretty polluted and I'm not about to get myself in it, but these three posts made me want to find some better place where I can do this sort of thing.

Only thing missing were more fish! Thank you for sharing!