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	Vals, when they get way to long, how do you prune them?
Characidae Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Feb-2005	I have in my 75 gallon aquarium very big Vals. They have grown excessively to alomst 3 ft. How do I prune these giants?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Check your Lemon Tet thread. I put my answer there before discovering you'd posted here as well. Guess I can't fkip through the forums as fast as I once could now I'm growing old Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, In case others reading don't know where the "Lemon tetra" thread is (I don't) and also want to know, the plant grows from the center. Thus the outside leaves are the longest and are the ones to be trimed. Simply snip off the outer leaves from the base of the plant taking care to leave the crown of the plant unscared. New, replacement leaves grow from the center, and progress towards the outside as more new leaves sprout. -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
robbanp Big Fish Posts: 367 Kudos: 808 Votes: 205 Registered: 08-Sep-2003	Or, if your vals work like all other vals and send out numerous runners, you can just keep removing the older, larger ones and let the younger grow on and keep repeating this over and over again... So here I am once more...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
curvicep Fingerling Posts: 46 Kudos: 43 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Feb-2005	You can just trim the long leaves shorter like trimming hair, the leaves grow from the base. No harm to the plant really, they'll continue to grow new leaves.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Characidae Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Feb-2005	I have decided just to move them to another tank. I dont like the idea of it running other sprouts cause after awhile it will take over and be a pain to remove later, which wll be soon cause I have CO2 and Compact Fluorescent. Thanks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43


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