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I want to move live plants around in my aquarium.

Would I just have to be carful about their roots when if I pull them up?
 
not really, as long as you dont pull the whole root structure off,

when replanting, cut the roots back to a couple of cm so it make it easier to plant
 
I've often wondered about this too. Are there some species o.f plants that will get more disturbed by being uprooted and replanted than others? For instance, my amazon sword and my red wendtii clearly are plants for which the rooting is more important in some way (than, say, my anubia and java fern which are obviously different in nature) and it makes me nervous about disturbing or moving them. I'm left wondering whether I'm being too timid about them?

For example, when I first got the red wendtii it died back to just the roots and crown and took a long time to make a comeback. Eventually it did but I've never understood the cause of things like this.

~~waterdrop~~
 
For example, when I first got the red wendtii it died back to just the roots and crown and took a long time to make a comeback. Eventually it did but I've never understood the cause of things like this.

crypt melt??

i never hesitate to move any of my plants, except of ruining my 'scape lol.
 
You're right, it -was- an example of crypt melt. Don't know why I let that escape my mind..

Good, so there's no mysterious reaction a rooted plant might have to being uprooted from one spot in the aquarium and moved to a different spot just based on having its roots disturbed? (obviously, differences in light and circulation might have some effect but would be a different topic.)

I completely forget now whether my crypt melt happened after introduction of the plant to the aquarium or after starting use of Excel. I know that initial dosing with Excel, especially if heavy, could cause this but what about changing the environment of the plant, such as when its a new plant and is introduced to the aquarium?

~~waterdrop~~
 
Good, so there's no mysterious reaction a rooted plant might have to being uprooted from one spot in the aquarium and moved to a different spot just based on having its roots disturbed? (obviously, differences in light and circulation might have some effect but would be a different topic.)

no, you're overthinking things :p

I completely forget now whether my crypt melt happened after introduction of the plant to the aquarium or after starting use of Excel. I know that initial dosing with Excel, especially if heavy, could cause this but what about changing the environment of the plant, such as when its a new plant and is introduced to the aquarium?

'change' is bad for crypts, whether it be CO2 or nutrient concentrations. You cant match it when it is introduced to a new aquarium.
When moved around in the same aquarium, the nutrient concentration & CO2 will be different, because you cant have "perfection" in every spot of the tank.
Some people that run high CO2 (ie. 35ppm>) at the start dont experience crypt melt as much, or even at all. why i am not sure, but CO2 is incredibly imortant as you know.
 
Speaking of overthinking things, :lol: , I was just dreaming up another scenerio while walking around the other day: What if you started running pressurized in an existing low-light setup without raising the light level any, say, still running below 2 watts per gallon.

For some reason I can't seem to remember whether this would risk some other aspect not being in balance, or whether having an abundance of CO2 (running it at an appropriate rate of course) is just so good that it would just be a positive addition.

[as the beginning "thought student" (that you know I am) I would think the better growth encouraged by the increased CO2 environment would bring on a cooresponding demand for somewhat higher levels of other nutrients by the plants.. but is my thinking right there?]

WD
 
[as the beginning "thought student" (that you know I am) I would think the better growth encouraged by the increased CO2 environment would bring on a cooresponding demand for somewhat higher levels of other nutrients by the plants.. but is my thinking right there?]

WD

Spot on WD. Adding CO2 has been estimated at increasing growth rates by up to x 10. This will increase the demand for all other nutrients. There are not many planted tanks where added CO2 won`t increase growth.

To back up what Aaron has said, if you plant Crypts in to a tank with good CO2, as in they are not limited by it, then there should be no melting. I`ve never had one melt on me yet, nor when I move them around.

Dave.
 
Thanks Dave. You guys are going to get such a kick out of it if I ever get my own metal tank :lol: and dial open a little hiss...
 

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