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fishmonster   Big Fish Oh My Heck! Posts: 329 Kudos: 88 Votes: 73 Registered: 11-Apr-2007   | So i have a a baby val at the end of a shoot and I was wondering, do i cut it off or break it off or how do i separate it from the main plant or do i wait a while or do i put it into the substrate? Thanks for your input as always, Shane http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ] http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html |
 Posted 09-Jul-2007 03:57 |     |
longhairedgit    Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005  | vals have a nasty habit of dying if you segregate them too soon, let it grow up a bit. |
| Posted 09-Jul-2007 04:44 |   |
kegman75 Small Fry Posts: 14 Kudos: 11 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Feb-2006  | I would probally just cut the shoot from the main palnt and leave the baby until it is well established and got some decent root. I bought some real short scraggly letovers val at my LFS for a buck just to clean the rest from his tank when i replaced my pleco. They have now grown into four original plants and about 20-30 off shoots so if they are happy they will grown very fast and you will have many little ones to practice trimming with. Also if you leave the shoot you will countinue to get more all along the shoot as it grows out further |
| Posted 15-Jul-2007 21:58 | |
keithgh     *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003   | Being a Val I would just leave it alone this is what happens in nature and it will start to establish its self. This is how many plants spread the runner is broken off and it drifts along and finally settles down and then it re establishes its self. Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith  Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT?  VOTE NOW VOTE NOW |
| Posted 16-Jul-2007 06:03 | |
| fishmonster Big Fish Oh My Heck! Posts: 329 Kudos: 88 Votes: 73 Registered: 11-Apr-2007 | Ok thanks for the advice guys. Im gonna leave it alone for now. Thanks for your input as always, Shane http://thetanklog.blogspot.com/ - [ Thanks to ScottF ] http://www.natureaquariumclubofutah.com/main.html |
| Posted 16-Jul-2007 18:34 | |
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