Tostada
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've got anacharis in a 30 gal. hex, and every week many of them just float up to the top. I don't think it's dead ones, but the ones that float up never have any roots on them. My fish rarely eat much of the plants. I don't really see anything picking at them, just some cories that play in the leaves.
I'm dosing just a little Flourish and Flourish Potassium in there. I was doing 3 mL Flourish and 22 mL Potassium, but the plants started turning brown, so I've started doing just 1 mL Flourish and 9 mL Potassium.
Substrate is Eco-Complete with some gravel on top.
When I have moved the plants around in the substrate, I notice very few of them have any significant roots, and I've had the plants in there for several months.
The way I was planting them was to take about 5 stems, wrap a twist-tie around it, then put one of those fake lead anchors around it and plant it in the substrate. I think maybe I was getting the twist-ties on too tight to try and keep them from floating away.
So about 2 weeks ago, I went and got rid of what was left of the anacharis, and I bought 5 new bunches and just planted them the way they were with just a small rubberband around the bottom. They seem to be rooting in better, but about 1/4 of all the plants have floated up to the top and don't have roots.
So, should I bunch together the ones that have floated up and replant them? Is there any chance of them growing roots and staying down?
I was thinking of just getting rid of all the plants that float to the top, then just buying a couple new bunches of anacharis. It's only about $2 per bunch, so the cost isn't a problem.
I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong, or if the anacharis will eventually have good roots anchoring all the plants, or if this will be a continuing problem.
I'm dosing just a little Flourish and Flourish Potassium in there. I was doing 3 mL Flourish and 22 mL Potassium, but the plants started turning brown, so I've started doing just 1 mL Flourish and 9 mL Potassium.
Substrate is Eco-Complete with some gravel on top.
When I have moved the plants around in the substrate, I notice very few of them have any significant roots, and I've had the plants in there for several months.
The way I was planting them was to take about 5 stems, wrap a twist-tie around it, then put one of those fake lead anchors around it and plant it in the substrate. I think maybe I was getting the twist-ties on too tight to try and keep them from floating away.
So about 2 weeks ago, I went and got rid of what was left of the anacharis, and I bought 5 new bunches and just planted them the way they were with just a small rubberband around the bottom. They seem to be rooting in better, but about 1/4 of all the plants have floated up to the top and don't have roots.
So, should I bunch together the ones that have floated up and replant them? Is there any chance of them growing roots and staying down?
I was thinking of just getting rid of all the plants that float to the top, then just buying a couple new bunches of anacharis. It's only about $2 per bunch, so the cost isn't a problem.
I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong, or if the anacharis will eventually have good roots anchoring all the plants, or if this will be a continuing problem.
