Need live plant help

[Clynnking]

I need help with what to do with some plants I ordered. I got Pellia fern and they look like they are between a plastic grid? Do I take it out of the plastic grid or is it intended to grow through it? I also got marimo balls. Do they just float? I am a gardener outdoors but new to aquatic plants. Please advise

 

[StuG]

Yeah the Marino balls just kinda sit where you put them. Some bigger fish will push them around he tank.
On the other one, is it like a little plastic slotted pot with rockwool inside it?

 

[tulip55555]

You let it grow through the grid. It will make a nice pad of moss

 

[Atxpunx]

I think they mean a plastic grid like the ones u get when u order from aquamagic. Com. When I got my order I took them out but I'm sure if u left it it would still grow out. Leaving the plants in the grid thing might even help by weighing the plant down and guarding it from being eating by inhabitants.

 

[Clynnking]

Thanks for the replies-I did get them from aquamagic.com. It is a flat plastic grid. Mine seem to be floating-I'll weight it down if you think it will grow through the grid. I wanted this fern as a place for my livebearer babies and small fish to hide. Of course no instructions came with the plants. I have been looking them up on line. I knew they were all low light plants which is why I ordered them.
So far the marimo balls are all floating-will they eventually sink?

 

[tulip55555]

If you want it to grow like this leave it in the grid....eBay - Flame Moss pad Live aquarium plants water low light kh, Similar items search

If it has some nice growth through the mesh I wouldn't take it out. It can take some time to accomplish that and IMO it would be a waste to take it out.
It's a pain to attach to objects any other way, and if you just put pieces on the gravel they will float away and likely end up in your filter.

 

[tulip55555]

Can you post a pic? I am curious to see what Aquatic Magic product is like.
Is the moss ball small??

 

[Clynnking]

Sorry I don't have a way to post. This grid would be like thick needlepoint mesh 4" X 2" then folded in half with plant in between. I just got it in the mail today and put it in the tank water-its still cycling. Total size is 2" X 2". The "grid" of the plastic that it would grow through (I guess) is a bit smaller than 1/4". From what I read on their site, this fern is jelly-like?

 

[Sallysblooms]

The moss balls will sink. When I rinse them I squeeze them under water and that makes them sink nicely. I have four now. Obsessed with them. So pretty.

 

[tulip55555]

It's pellia. They refer to it as jelly-like. I've never had it so I am not sure why.

 

[Clynnking]

Pellia is correct. The picture is cool but instructions about what to do with the grid. Guess I will try leaving it in there. It looks kind of brown so I am not even sure if its alive. I will leave it in the tank and see if it perks up.

 

[tulip55555]

I think that if any part of it is green it will grow from there.