Safe paludarium plants???

[RyanLHawk]

I am curious if anyone has any knowledge on what is safe and what is not - I have a 40 gallon paludarium with plants like water lettuce, water sprite, water hyacinth, anarcharis, pennywort, various sword plants, bamboo, Java moss, wandering jew, and split-leaf philodendron.. the plant I have in question is a red maple. I have two saplings that are perfect size for the tank, and the roots would provide TONS of hiding places for the axolotls (this tank is for housing 3 axolotls). I just don't know if there are any substances in red maples that might be harmful to the axies... I know they have not been exposed to any chemicals such as pesticides/fertilizer/etc... I am not sure of natural occurring chemicals in the plant itself.. I know many plants are toxic, but I can't imagine a maple being so. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[RyanLHawk]

I suppose I am not really making an actual paludarium.. there is no land section - it's just a heavily planted aquarium like this. This is my 10 gallon aquarium that houses my leucistic axolotl. I want to create a similar look with my 40 gallon breeder tank. These are the plants I want to add that will protrude out of the water. Just wanting to know if the maple is safe for my lotl!!!

 

[Boomsloth]

I would just make sure that when the maples leaves fall in to remove them or they can build up. Other than that it's a really cool idea!


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