new plant stems what should i do

[red-devil0602]

just got a load of new plants and alot of them are stems, how do i weight these down and stop them floating away, my catfish are not helping

 

[Discomafia]

Use stones to weigh them down. Looks good as well, if use them and make an outline around the plants... Just 3 or 4 select pieces for each plant, and it should look good! Sort of like a zen garden or something!

 

[red-devil0602]

i was thinking of wrapping them but i don't know what to wrap them with

 

[Discomafia]

Tie them up in a bunch with fishing line, cotton thread, or even a ruber band. 5 or 6 to a bunch, depending on what plant you have I guess...After a few weeks when their root system is established, you can remove it or simply cut it off. That's what I did for my rotala indica, and it worked well...

HTH

 

[smithrc]

dont use anthing tight - it will restrict the plant circulation and kill it.

we use plant weights (strips of soft 'lead') and loosely wrap it around the base.

If the plant is a floater. loosly secure it with fishing line to a sucker on the side.