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Hi

Every time i put new plants in my tank the loaches dig em out

Thought about "growing" my own, get a good root system and then transpose them

If i were to put a small tank in my conservatory on the window sill - with some "aged" gravel and heater would they grow? Would there be enough light? Perhaps feeding them on "old" fish water?......

Thanks in advance

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Regards

Dave the rave

Hi dave

Short answer, yes, I believe they will grow. Given light and nutrients, plants will grow. In the situation you describe, with little water movement, limited light and nutrients, they will grow quite slowly.

Furthermore, I don't think that would solve your problem, because whatever roots are developed won't be rooted in the new gravel. They would still need time to take root and would not be much more firmly implanted in the substrate than a stem, for example, without roots.

I would suggest just pushing the stems down further than you have and propping substarte up around them. Push 2 inches or so of stem under the substrate and the plant will grow up from there, and that should give it enough to stay down in the substrate.

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