How to properly propagate?

[blueishplains]

I’ve tried to look this up and I guess I’m not finding something that fits what I’m looking for, and I don’t want to mess it up.

I have an overgrowth of hornwort and frogbit, and I want to save some of the extra for a friend who will be setting up a tank soon, and longer term for more potential tanks.

But how? Do I need a set up like how I do for my fish? With a heater and filter? Or will it grow/hopefully thrive in just water with good light?

I have another old backup tank, so I have a heater, filter, and light already, but I thought I’d ask before I considered cleaning everything off. I’d be fine either way!

Thank anyone in advance!

 

[Aiken Drum]

The easy way to do this is when these other aquariums are set up just take a handful of the plants and transfer them from one tank to another.

If you are wanting to set some plants aside and have them grow out, you can remove them from your aquarium into a bucket or tote box. You don't want the plants getting too cold and they need some light, so that really comes down to your climate. If the weather is warmish just put the bucket/ tote outside and they will get natural daylight. If the temperature is likely to fall then keep them inside and try and get them some light. Keep them in a conservatory or by a window or use a desk light or something. They would survive with ambient room lighting but may not grow out to any degree. Really depends on how well lit your room is or how close to a window you put your bucket/ tote.

If you are keeping the plants in a bucket/ tote more than a week or 2, change the water as you would with an aquarium, I would still use a water conditioner to remove any chlorine/ chloramine. And these plants are nutrient hungry, tap water won't have these nutrients and they won't be coming in from fish waste either. So dose a good all in one plant fertiliser that contains a good amount of nitrogen and phosphate. Most aquarium fertilisers don't contain nitrogen or phosphate so something from the garden centre would work, but that's not something I can advise on. There are aquarium all in one aquarium fertilisers that contain nitrogen and phosphate though. TNC Complete here in the UK. NA Thrive in the US. Aquarium CoOp do one, I think called Easy Green. There are others, generally marketed as being for heavily planted aquariums. But aquarium products are expensive, you arent trying to protect fish in your circumstance, and a general plant fertiliser will do at least as good a job, and will be cheaper.