Hi folks.
Whenever I buy freshwater plants from the fish store, they're weighted
down with some sort of a soft, heavy, and corrosion-resistant metal band
wrapped around the base of their stems, which I think may be lead. I
kind of worry about using these in my fish tank so I've always removed
them, but that makes them a bit of a pain to keep down in the gravel.
Are these weights safe for fish, or does lead leech out of them and
possibly become toxic for them?

- Logic316


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