Up Rooted

[Gourami123]

hi why do all my plants keep on becomeing uprooted, every day after school there are a few floating on the surface

any way to stop this

plants include
bacopa
cabomba
lace fern
vallisneria
hygrophilia

have no species that dig them up or uproote or eat plants

 

[ridewake210]

What is your substrate?

 

[Gourami123]

4mm gravel

 

[Teephphah]

I don't have any species that dig up or eat plants either, but I have problems with them becoming uprooted as well. I can't speak to your situation, but I can tell you that in my case, it's the result of an all-but-blind, foot-long dragon gobi who prefers to just bulldoze his way through plants rather than swim around them. When he hits something with a minimal root system, well . . . off it floats.

You may not have any diggers or vegitarians, but to you have anyone large and clumsy?

 

[Gourami123]

angelfish

 

[Bebobb]

Angelfish might be the corperates... Or maybe it is the water flow in your tank?

 

[Gourami123]

na flow is weak angelfish sleep unco just floating around but not in the day and its usually happening in the day

 

[Dubby]

How deep is the substrate and have your plants developed roots? I suspect that they are not being planted deep enough. The smaller leaved plants could have been uprooted by the angels but Vallis is definitely not one that floats so easily.