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You could try putting a fine mesh in the tank to hold the plants down..
Step 1. Take a piece of porch screening (it's not made of metal and it is very soft/flexible), and cut it to the size of your tank floor.
Step 2. Punch holes in it where you want your plants to be. Make the holes very small. Just make the holes big enough to poke the roots of your plants through. Or half the size of the weighted base if you're using silk plants.
Step 3. Put a layer of substrate in the bottom of the tank. (if it's a planted tank...the substrate used for growing plants would work great here, since the screening will keep it from floating around)
Step 4. Poke your plants through the holes in the screening. Then use some fishing line to secure the plants to the screening...as the holes in it are big enough to feed the fishing line through.
Step 5. Put the plants and screening on top of the substrate.
Step 6. Put another layer of substrate on top of the screening...make it deeper around the edges, if possible. Gravel is going to work best here, since it is heavier.
That should keep your fish from digging up your plants. You might have to move the gravel back in place where they dig down to the screening, and they might still tear your plants up (dunno how rough they get with them) but I can almost guarantee they won't be able to dig them up, not without tearing them to pieces.
And if they are tearing them to pieces....well....I guess you better just get some of those plants that suction cup to the walls of the tank
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Step 1. Take a piece of porch screening (it's not made of metal and it is very soft/flexible), and cut it to the size of your tank floor.
Step 2. Punch holes in it where you want your plants to be. Make the holes very small. Just make the holes big enough to poke the roots of your plants through. Or half the size of the weighted base if you're using silk plants.
Step 3. Put a layer of substrate in the bottom of the tank. (if it's a planted tank...the substrate used for growing plants would work great here, since the screening will keep it from floating around)
Step 4. Poke your plants through the holes in the screening. Then use some fishing line to secure the plants to the screening...as the holes in it are big enough to feed the fishing line through.
Step 5. Put the plants and screening on top of the substrate.
Step 6. Put another layer of substrate on top of the screening...make it deeper around the edges, if possible. Gravel is going to work best here, since it is heavier.
That should keep your fish from digging up your plants. You might have to move the gravel back in place where they dig down to the screening, and they might still tear your plants up (dunno how rough they get with them) but I can almost guarantee they won't be able to dig them up, not without tearing them to pieces.
And if they are tearing them to pieces....well....I guess you better just get some of those plants that suction cup to the walls of the tank

