Pets At Home Plants

[nathan01]

i got a bogwood at christmas i have to say though it is in a bad state with brown leaves

 

[three-fingers]

It varies from shop to shop, some pets@home's sell quality tropica plants (the ones in the black pots). Trouble is when you buy them at pet@home you don't know the requirements of the plants so will probably buy something unsuitable.
Aqua essentials sell tropica plants, but with aqua essentials, you know exactly what you are buying and it's needs + the plants are better quality than pets@home.

I got the 3 for £5 at pets at home, a curly something or other lol. I like the way they are in little pots also, helps keep them at the bottom and looks neater. Not seen the planted bogwood though there, will look out next time.

If you bought the pets@home plants that come in the small terracotta like pots and the sponge, you will need to remove both the pots and the sponge or the plants will just slowly die... Plants should be planted in the substrate...
Describing the plants would be good too you know what type of plants you have and their needs, as I recall pets@home sell vallis in those pots, google it .
Vallis is an easy plant of you have hard water and an alkaline pH .

 

[AndreaC]

It varies from shop to shop, some pets@home's sell quality tropica plants (the ones in the black pots). Trouble is when you buy them at pet@home you don't know the requirements of the plants so will probably buy something unsuitable.
Aqua essentials sell tropica plants, but with aqua essentials, you know exactly what you are buying and it's needs + the plants are better quality than pets@home.

I got the 3 for £5 at pets at home, a curly something or other lol. I like the way they are in little pots also, helps keep them at the bottom and looks neater. Not seen the planted bogwood though there, will look out next time.

If you bought the pets@home plants that come in the small terracotta like pots and the sponge, you will need to remove both the pots and the sponge or the plants will just slowly die... Plants should be planted in the substrate...
Describing the plants would be good too you know what type of plants you have and their needs, as I recall pets@home sell vallis in those pots, google it .
Vallis is an easy plant of you have hard water and an alkaline pH .

Oh, I left them in the pots but pushed them right to bottom of tank and placed gravel around the pot. I cant seem to plant them and they stay there. I have a fern looking plant that wont stay planted, its just sat there above gravel, growing very well though.

So how do you plant them and get them to stay?

 

[BigIan]

generaly i trim the plant to a leaf node (the spot where leaves sprout from the stem this is also where a plant will put out roots) and drive this as deep into the substrate as possible..... once the plants have rooted they shouldn`t float

 

[nathan01]

I just move all the surrounding stone out the way ,then place the pot where i want it then put the stones back and they stay.
Heres a link to my tank although i will be changing it all around i a few day when i get my new filter lol.
Tank 2007

 

[three-fingers]

Very nice looking tank, but you are supposed to take the plants out of the pots .

 

[nathan01]

do u in the shop it shows them still in it lol.Maybe i will when i sort it all out on friday.Do u think i should a background on or not because water always falls behind the back n i can hardly see it anyway.Hopefully the tank will look bigger n nicer with the new filter and background.Can anyone suggets anymore improvments?

 

[lym]

Thanks for your help guys Going to go have a look tomorrow, if they're no good I'll buy online.

 

[three-fingers]

do u in the shop it shows them still in it lol.Maybe i will when i sort it all out on friday.Do u think i should a background on or not because water always falls behind the back n i can hardly see it anyway.Hopefully the tank will look bigger n nicer with the new filter and background.Can anyone suggets anymore improvments?

Yes lol, people in the shops rarely know anything about plants .
I personally prefer a plain black background, shows the colours of the fish and plants very well and doesn't look artificial because it's just plain black. A black bin bag works well for this purpose.
Other than more plants for the back (but make sure you know what type of plants you are getting and research them) and the background I think your tanks great. Some bogwood or indian almond leaves would loom nice and do very good for the fish, apart from the live bearers though...

 

[AndreaC]

I just move all the surrounding stone out the way ,then place the pot where i want it then put the stones back and they stay.
Heres a link to my tank although i will be changing it all around i a few day when i get my new filter lol.
Tank 2007

Lol exactly what I do also. Havent had any die though Thing is is getting your hands right down there to plant them firmly and mine still never stay in

 

[nathan01]

i know then they end up floating up again.I know that in pets at home they sell metal srtip things that are suppost to weigh the plant down

 

[lym]

I ended up getting some of the Tropica plants at 3 for £9. I got pictures of them here: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=182911

 

[AndreaC]

I ended up getting some of the Tropica plants at 3 for £9. I got pictures of them here: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=182911

There nice plants, were they from pets @ home?? You planted them well also, Did you find it easy planting them?? I had a go at planting today and found it hard lol.

i know then they end up floating up again.I know that in pets at home they sell metal srtip things that are suppost to weigh the plant down

Really Wonder how they work then. When I took my plant out the pot today in attempt to plant it all the strand leaves were singel, was a struggle to keep it bunched, hold it down and get a pile of gravel around it. So far its still there lol. I assumed the holes in the bottom of the pot were for the roots to grow though?

Infact if there not meant to be planted in the pots why do they sell them with them in them?

 

[lym]

I ended up getting some of the Tropica plants at 3 for £9. I got pictures of them here: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=182911

There nice plants, were they from pets @ home?? You planted them well also, Did you find it easy planting them?? I had a go at planting today and found it hard lol.

Yep they're from pets at home The other plants that were 3 for £5 weren't as nice so I went for these instead. I had no problems planting at all, just made sure they were in the sand well. This is my first time with real plants in a tank and I'm really pleased with them

 

[AndreaC]

I ended up getting some of the Tropica plants at 3 for £9. I got pictures of them here: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=182911

There nice plants, were they from pets @ home?? You planted them well also, Did you find it easy planting them?? I had a go at planting today and found it hard lol.

Yep they're from pets at home The other plants that were 3 for £5 weren't as nice so I went for these instead. I had no problems planting at all, just made sure they were in the sand well. This is my first time with real plants in a tank and I'm really pleased with them

Ohh how much was those ones then? May go back tomorrow and look as I want more. Is the plant on just one single stem? Sorry about all the questions lol, not used to live plants myself yet, always had had plastic apart from odd oxygon ones in goldie tank.