Hello guys, I have 2 hygrophila corymbosa in the back of my 120l tank that are now 18 months old and been trimmed back quite a lot to the point they are now thin at the bottom but nice and thick at the upper half. Now I think I need to take the plants out and plant some of the best tops (which there's plenty of).
Using tropica aquasoil capped off with a nice bit of sand. I have Cory's and cardinal tetras so went with sand. 2 x cryptocoryne crispatula plants at the back. And 2 other cryptocoryne plants I forgot the names of, but they are shorter and more closer to the front of the tank.
My question is am I OK to just cut the 2 plants at the base that I want to start again with, and plant some nice tops in place? If so how do I go about the old roots? Could I just leave them in or should I try to take out as much of them as possible? According to tropica I can just leave the roots in and they become food for the future plants. I'm still not sure though. I don't want anything rotting and leaching ammonia.
Any help much appreciated
Using tropica aquasoil capped off with a nice bit of sand. I have Cory's and cardinal tetras so went with sand. 2 x cryptocoryne crispatula plants at the back. And 2 other cryptocoryne plants I forgot the names of, but they are shorter and more closer to the front of the tank.
My question is am I OK to just cut the 2 plants at the base that I want to start again with, and plant some nice tops in place? If so how do I go about the old roots? Could I just leave them in or should I try to take out as much of them as possible? According to tropica I can just leave the roots in and they become food for the future plants. I'm still not sure though. I don't want anything rotting and leaching ammonia.
Any help much appreciated