How to plant and grow stem plants properly?

[diazman]

hi all, I'm having a hard time to grow stem plants.. have absolutely no idea why it cant grow in my tank.whats the steps to plant into the substrate properly? go on google but cant find those with pictures... what i need is a step by step guide with pictures.. hahahas.

thanks for the help guys!

[newtank]

maybe you couold start by listing down the specs of your tank, like substrate, lights, etc. What is the problem that you are facing, the plants wouldn't stay in the substrate?

[diazman]

lights are 55 pl watts
specification of tank is 45 by 30 by 30
subtrate is nisso custom soil
dosing flourish trace, wonder gro macro and micro +

the problem is that the plant would either melt OR die after some time..

[newtank]

You are not injecting CO2? this is a very important nutrients for the plants.

Anyway, between trace and Wondergro Micro, you need only one of them, no point in dosing both. Since you are using Wondergro macro and micro, I suggest you ditch the trace from Seachem.

[AquaZinYaw]

I heard macro and micro nutrient should dose in alternative days. Not at the same time.

See this website and it'll help you a lot i guess.

http://www.tropica.com/go.asp?article=883

[diazman]

yups im dosing the wondergro each on alternate days... with the flourish as backup. (just in case ) thanks for link AquaZinYaw.. will take a look at it when i reach home after school

newtank : yes im dosing co2 as well.. maybe i handle the stem plants wrongly, which cause them to die

[medicineman]

Not to forget your species of stem plant and the water hardness parameter.

Some certain difficult to grow stem plant just wont survive in measly condition.
They need enough lighting, softer water, ample CO2.
Most are easy though.

[newtank]

yups im dosing the wondergro each on alternate days... with the flourish as backup. (just in case ) thanks for link AquaZinYaw.. will take a look at it when i reach home after school

newtank : yes im dosing co2 as well.. maybe i handle the stem plants wrongly, which cause them to die

yeah, sometimes its difficult to find the cause, I use to have MM in my tank flourishing, but when I rescape and plant again, they all melted on me