PETCO pink silk plant warning!

[Juditko]

The particular "silk" plant pictured:


RUSTED! because there are wires in the stems!

[Juditko]

Since it was my betta's favorite, I hacked it up, used some hotglue, and rebuilt it using plastic plant stems:


Just an FYI. I have other silk plants from Petco that do not seem to have the problem.

[finnfinnfriend]

Were the stems bendy? Like would they hold a shape if bent? I think that's a good way to tell if there's metal in them.

[madmonahan]

I have that plant, I haven't had any problems with rusting, but I will have to check it.

[Mal72]

Ugh, Petsmart's "Topfin" silk plants were reported to have the same problem. I just reused the leaves. I mean, I only had them in seven fish tanks. Lolol. Honestly, who puts metal in an aquarium decoration? They have pliable plastic....We are running out of affordable options here...

[eemmais]

Noo!! My betta loves that! He loves hiding in between the stems! I guess I'll just do the same thing you did, rebuild it ;(

[majesticstorm]

Thanks for telling us! I was actually planning on buying that for my boy, but ended up getting those large background plants, hahaha. Lucky me. I wanted to get that during my next "Petco run", but I guess not...

[Juditko]

I've learned so much here that I'm happy to share. I had actually purchased one of the top fin plants and then saw it mentioned here so I took it back. Yes, the stems were bendy...not much help to those of us who order online and don't get to investigate in person.

I just got some taller "naturals" silk plants. I think it is Hagen marina brand. Beautiful and I think all fine...passed the "bendy" test.

Yeah, really. Who puts metal in an aquarium plant?!

[Vizja13]

WHo puts metal in an aquarium plant? People who only care about making money, not the health of your fish

Judiko, the betta in your tag is stunning

[Juditko]

Vizja, thanks! That's the second compliment he's received in two days... We are a Walmart story...that is a success story so far only because of bettafish.com...saw him and fell in love with the fish first--wrong! Bought a one gallon tank--wrong! Bought a 2.5 gallon--better, but for our lifestyle, still wrong! Now transitioning to a fully set up ten gallon with lots of amenities I read about here...I'm so thankful for this site!