Keeping Plants Down.

[Piti]

Okay, some of my plants have a tendency get lose and end up either floating or in the filter. I am wondering what are some good ways of keeping the plants down. Like I've heard ways to keep them down, like weights, or fishing line but I haven’t been able to do this totally successfully. I am asking for suggestions on how and what to do to keep the plants down without damaging them.
Thanks

 

[mtv8dmarine]

Hello Piti and welcome to the forums!

Some have said not to use the lead strips although some of them are not completely lead but I assume it's due to reasons of lead leeching into to water and possibly harming the fish.

I choose to use black thread because it eventually rots away and by then the plant should have taken root. However, sometimes I can get it well and sometimes my tying seems to be suspect and the plants come loose on the rock. I suppose this is just a practice makes perfect thing.

I will try and cover the roots of rhizome plants that are tied to ricks just to add some extra weight to a part of the plant that can by buried.

 

[Piti]

Okay, strings, but can you be more specific if you dont mind. like do you tie aroung the plant a couple times and then tie it off to something on the tank?

 

[mtv8dmarine]

Yup pretty much. You don't want to tie very tight because you don't want the string cutting into the plant. Rhizome plants are the easiest because they already give you a base to wrap the thread around. Stem plants just take a little more work. I just give them 4 or 5 wraps around the plant base and rock/driftwood and tie the two ends off. It just takes a little bit of practice.