Hi
Having recently changed to cat litter as a substrate (which is very light) I was having a few issues anchoring individual stem plants. I looked around to see what was available and in the US I found some plant anchors which are flexible plastic discs with a hole in them to put the stem.
I had a look around at what I had and found some left over CO2 tubing. I was thinking that if you cut the tubing in half so that you have 2 semi circles you could then cut slits in the tubing to push the stems through. The tubing is soft enough not to crush the stems and should not degrade in the water. You could create individual stem anchors or indeed use a longer length with several stems in to create a stem plant wall.
Any thoughts - potential problems with this?
Edit: For larger plants that need anchoring, I have some spare suction cups. With these, i took off the bit that holds the airline and cut a cross in the centre of the disc.
Having recently changed to cat litter as a substrate (which is very light) I was having a few issues anchoring individual stem plants. I looked around to see what was available and in the US I found some plant anchors which are flexible plastic discs with a hole in them to put the stem.
I had a look around at what I had and found some left over CO2 tubing. I was thinking that if you cut the tubing in half so that you have 2 semi circles you could then cut slits in the tubing to push the stems through. The tubing is soft enough not to crush the stems and should not degrade in the water. You could create individual stem anchors or indeed use a longer length with several stems in to create a stem plant wall.
Any thoughts - potential problems with this?
Edit: For larger plants that need anchoring, I have some spare suction cups. With these, i took off the bit that holds the airline and cut a cross in the centre of the disc.
