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UK site for buying 'plant packs'?

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Hello!

I'm having a go at doing a 25L planted tank. My memory tells me there used to be a few good sites in the UK that offered 'packs' of plants, depending on aquarium size, type (foreground, background etc.) and 'difficulty'...... but I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for, probably because I last looked ~10yrs ago.

Can anyone suggest some sites that offers plant packs like this?

cheers!
 
A retired moderator... Thanks for your service! :)

As for plant packs, in the us, you can buy something like that on etsy. Not sure if there's something like that in the UK.
 
Something like this perhaps?
 
Something like this perhaps?
that's the sort of thing! Although, if I purchased that one, I'd have no room left for any fish ;)
 
Pro-shrimp are fantastic, I've used them several times for plants, and they're great. They sometimes have plant packs, but they're often sold out quickly. I'd recommend going to their clearance and potted plant sections (cheapr, and you get larger plants, in pots!) and looking through, and seeing what appeal to you for the look you want. Clicking on the plant wil give you more info about whether the plant is easy, medium, or hard to care for - stick to easy plants if you're new to planted tanks, the hard ones need things like fertilisers, CO2 and expensive lighting - but the majority of the plants they stock are easy-medium difficulty. :)

I'd really recommend doing that, over buying a pack, especially with a small tank, since you'd probably wind up with a huge Amazon Sword plant in a mixed, unknown plant package, or just a few wilted stems from each plant. Some of the plant bundles on Amazon are cheap, but not good plants. I'd avoid.

To learn more about a specific plant, search for it on the Tropica website. They're one of (possibly the) biggest aquarium plant suppliers in Europe, and you can find more info about the plants needs, how to plant it, how large they get and whether they're best planted in the foreground/middle/back, how difficult they are to keep (or not), and you can also see aquascapes that incude that plant, which can be really helpful and inspiring! Their 'inspiration' section where you can see different scapes is really nice. Tropica also sometimes has videos on youtube about certain plants, where you can see how to plant them, and time lapse footage of them growing over the months, like this one:

 
A different plant I have and recommend for a small tank, it's gorgeous as a mid-foreground plant, and very easy to manage and shape how you want since you just push it into the substrate where you want it. This video made me buy some, no regrets!

 
Horizon Aquatics is another good site for plants. (It's a pity you are in Surrey as they also have a wonderful shop but it's in County Durham).
 

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