Planted vivarium help???

[froglover27]

Okay thank you so much!! And if I get the plants from Home Depot, how do I ensure that all of the fertilizer will be washed out?/:

[LilyPad]

I rinse the **** out of them, dip them in a 1:10 bleach solution (I do not dip moss or ferns) and then rinse them again. If they have an oily pesticide on them, I carefully wash the leaves with some dawn dish soap and rinse well.