I’ll let you in on a little secret. August is the end of the gardening season; nurseries are wrapping up and liquidated their stock for sale. Now is the perfect time to get cheap water plants!
Going to my local nursery, I scored water lettuce for $3.99, and a bundle of oxygenators for $2.99. I did want some floating frogbite but my local location didn’t have any in stock. Purchasing from a nursery was so much cheaper than getting water plants at a petstore {$9.99 for a moss ball or a tank plant, ouch!} I did find some inexpensive water plants on Etsy, just in case anyone dosen’t have a local water garden center. I caved and ordered some frogbite… too cute to not have.
If you’re adding fish, make sure you let the fish acclimate to the water temperature before adding them into the new environment. Do this by floating the bag on the top of the container. You want the water temperatures to equalize.