Willl plants survive in a unfiltered tank?

[ChrisH]

Hi Guys! Just a quick question.. I am ordering a filter heaters etc, for my new tank as well as plants from on the internet. The plants are likely to arrive a good week before the filter and heaters. Will the plants survive being put in the tank of water for a week?

The plants are just the basic kind of selection pack!

Many Thanks!

 

[Wyld-Fyre]

A week shouldn't affect most plants. As long as there exists some light, water, nitrates, and CO2 I'll risk it and say they should be alright.

 

[endparenthesis]

Just think about how they'll be shipped... any tank will be quite welcome to them.

 

[Bangin]

One week won't hurt 'em.

Plants actually act as a filter except create a current. Without adequate water circulation some forms of algae will have a field day. I believe it's blue green algae (cyanobacteria) that takes over in 'stagnant'/still water.

You shouldn't have to worry about that in just a week's time.

 

[Bol]

They should be fine, but as bangin mentioned, if you have an air stone/pump, you might want to have that running. If not, I wouldn't worry about it.