Vivienne
Fish Fanatic
After my disastrous first attempt with plants recently, I had intended to wait until fishless cycling had finished before trying again. However, the family have given me some fishy stuff (including new plants) for my birthday. Many of the plants have high light requirements, so I'm gonna go to the lfs to get stuff to upgrade the standard Juwel tube that's on the tank today. (Present to myself!)
When I put plants in last time I took them out of their pots and removed every bit of the fibrous growing media around the roots. I also cut off any roots that looked like they were rotting. Was this the right thing to do ? Or should I just take them out of the pots and plant them (fibrous media and all) straight in the gravel ? Bare rooted, it was hard to get them to stay in the gravel.
Also, how do I stop the ones that have come as bundles of cuttings from floating straight up out of the gravel ? Substrate is a mix of laterite and fine gravel. No CO2 injection. Hoping that won't be necessary since the tank won't be that heavily planted and I'd like to get to grips with upgrading the light first.
Help would be really appreciated because I don't want to kill a second batch of plants as fast as the last lot.
When I put plants in last time I took them out of their pots and removed every bit of the fibrous growing media around the roots. I also cut off any roots that looked like they were rotting. Was this the right thing to do ? Or should I just take them out of the pots and plant them (fibrous media and all) straight in the gravel ? Bare rooted, it was hard to get them to stay in the gravel.
Also, how do I stop the ones that have come as bundles of cuttings from floating straight up out of the gravel ? Substrate is a mix of laterite and fine gravel. No CO2 injection. Hoping that won't be necessary since the tank won't be that heavily planted and I'd like to get to grips with upgrading the light first.
Help would be really appreciated because I don't want to kill a second batch of plants as fast as the last lot.
