Do I need speciic substrate

[ThomasG07]

So I bought one of those cheap top fin plants that comes in a plastic tube at petsmart and I was wondering if I stick it in regular aquarium gravel if they will grow and do I remove it during water changes?

 

[Super_Blueberry]

Regular gravel should be fine, though you might want to add a root tab to help it out. Once planted its best not to move it.

 

[shellieca]

So I bought one of those cheap top fin plants that comes in a plastic tube at petsmart and I was wondering if I stick it in regular aquarium gravel if they will grow and do I remove it during water changes?

I have lots of those plants. I just stick them in my gravel or coming out of deco. I vacuum around them when doing water changes, they only get moved if I decide to re-arrange the tank. Do you know what type of plant? How big is your aquarium? I'm finding the swords, annubias & java fern are growing the easiest & best. Is it the only plant you have? You may also want to get some fertilizer like API Leaf Zone, mine seemed to do even better when I added that.

 

[manbeast]

also you may want to do a little research on the plant alot of those plants I'm the tubes are not fully aquatic plants some are meant for terrariums best to check google just to make sure

 

[ThomasG07]

I have lots of those plants. I just stick them in my gravel or coming out of deco. I vacuum around them when doing water changes, they only get moved if I decide to re-arrange the tank. Do you know what type of plant? How big is your aquarium? I'm finding the swords, annubias & java fern are growing the easiest & best. Is it the only plant you have? You may also want to get some fertilizer like API Leaf Zone, mine seemed to do even better when I added that.

Yes this is my first and only plant I have in my ten gallon and it's an Anubias congenis

 

[M1k3y_gumi]

If its an anubia you want to make sure the rhizome isn't burried. I would suggest tying it to rocks or drift wood as one of the few ways to go wrong with anubia is to bury the rhizome

 

[ThomasG07]

If its an anubia you want to make sure the rhizome isn't burried. I would suggest tying it to rocks or drift wood as one of the few ways to go wrong with anubia is to bury the rhizome

Do I need any root tabs with Anubias since its wont be in the gravel?

 

[ThomasG07]

I just put the Anubias down in the hole of my drift wood so hopefully this will be sufficient enough

 

[manbeast]

that's the way you do it, slow growers but the roots should attach soon enough