"Tropical Haven" wrote in message
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I would like to try growing plants while I had been exclusively a fish
aquarist. I life in Central Florida, and I was wondering what might some
of the risks be of trying some of the native "water weeds".

I live in Central fl too, and some of the local plants that are readily
found
are sagittaria, cabomba,hornwort, bacopa, ludwigia, salvinia, duck weed and
a few others.
Also readily found are the invasives: Hygrophilla and
water sprite (c thalicteroides),water luttuce, water hyancith and others.
There are definitely others, invasives and natives, that are here but either
I
cant remember them or they are harder to find (riccia, milfoil, stargrass
etc)

these would all do great in your "Porch tank"

Doug