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On 11/28/2002 1:07:18 PM
Hi,
I've recently buy some small crawling plant (dunno its name) for the foreground of my tank but have been facing difficulty to stick them into the gravel so that it is lying down with root into the gravel. May I seek some experts' advice here of how to plant these type of plants (eg. glosso)?
Thanks.
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This one I have seen done by the expert himself ( on tape ! ).
Layout all the plants on a tray with say all the root ends pointing towards you in small bunches or individually - depending on the plant. E.Tellenus will be single plants, Lileopsis will be small bunch of about 10 plants ( leaves?). Glossostigma will be individual plants etc.,
Now you need a pair of tweezers. Pick up the plant with the tweezer and push into the substrate. For best results there should not be any water in the aquarium while you are planting. Amano Plants in a dry substrate while often wetting the plants with a hand held sprayer. In case you have water in the aquarium however less the planting becomes very difficult.
Do not add water until all your planting is complete.
Madan Subramanian
Bangalore, India.
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