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Hey!
OK...Now iam getting frustrated...i find everyday some of my Green Cabomba plants floating.Iam taking them and putt them deep in the substrate again,but next day they are floating again...
Are these plants difficult to stay in the substrate?
How long time do the plants(Green Cabomba) need to grow some roots to stay down?
Because my other plants are doing well.

Robby

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

well...no..actually when they take hold of the substrate..they basically stay there...if u just purchased it...the best thing to do is...leave it with its lead weight till it grows roots...then thats the time to plant them..thats how i did it..and got no problem. gud luck

The lead weight will not do anything to water quality?

Robby

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

Robby,

I planted them differently as I don’t like weights in my tank.

First I remove the lower leaves but let tiny parts of their branches on the main stems (as anchors, so to speak) so maybe the bottom 3 inches are blank.

Then I push this part into the gravel, not straight down, but in an angle of at least 45 degrees (go get the protractor ). This way, the gravel pushes onto the stem and keeps it down.

This could be applied to almost all stem plants.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

Thanks LITTLE_FISH
I will try that method,because i don't like to have leads in my tank for a long time.

Robby

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

Robby,

I heard that these days the “leads” are actually not containing lead anymore, but don’t ask me what they contain instead .

Hope it works out,

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

And just since you were wondering, the "lead" weights are perfectly fine to have in your tank. I use them to keep down my bunch plants.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Hi,
You don't say much about your tank other than other plants
are growing well. Generally, when you snip off the tops
of any stem plant, you plant the tops in groups of three
to create a "bush" of them. Plant by pushing the stems into
the gravel with a finger ahead of the stems creating a
groove in the gravel. The sides of the groove fall into
the the gap left by your finger, and you then smooth out
the pile around the new plants. IF you have too much
circulating currents, or large rambunctious fish, or
digging fish, they may be disturbing the new plants before
the roots grow and anchor the stems.

In my tank, I trimmed my cabomba the sunday before last.
I planted mine individually because of the "look" I wanted.
On average, the individual tops were about an inch and
a half tall, as of yesterday, 7 days later, they were about
7 inches tall (again!). They grow about an inch a day.

I have 100% flourite substrate.
2 - 6700K, 65 watt, DAYLIGHT, compact flourscent
lights (one on for 10 hours and the other on for 4 hours).
I run CO2 at 2bps.

Frank


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