Re: New Plants

[Raven_24]

Hi I just purchased my first two real plants yesterday - Java fern... only thing is because I've always used plastic as I was nervous about snails & bugs, I'm not entirely sure how to plant the ferns in the tank. I've had a look for articles on plants but although they tell me ALL about the plant I haven't found anything explaining how to put them in. I know it would seem like a fairly obvious process but I wanted to make sure I know what to do incase I kill the plants or stress out the fish.

I got the ferns yesterday from fintasia aquatics on ebay:

http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...DME:B:TB18:UK:5

they're in a bag and a little pot with what I think is wet cotton wool wrapped round it so what I think I'm meant to do is take it out of that rinse it in dechlorinated water and then put it under the gravel with some kind of weight? I don't really have anything to attatch it to rocks as I don't have many in my tank. Only a large lump of blue coloured glass, a long peice of slate & a sort of rocky bridge archway...

Can anyone give me some pointers here?

 

[Squid]

Normally people attach it to something.. Mines attached to some mopani (**spelling).. I used a bit of cotton to tie it to the wood until the roots attach themselves..

Squid

 

[iceband]

I just stuck mine inthe gravel. Seems to be growing ok