James_in_MN
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I've recently rescaped my tank with some new plants that I purchased at an event my aquarium club held. Two of the plants I added to my tank were bacopa australis and moneywort.
When I tried to add these two bunch plants to my tank, I relearned one of the things I hated about anacharis: getting the stems to remain planted for any period of time longer than 30 seconds. I'd add a few of them, then one would come out of the gravel and float back to the surface as I'm adding more, then others would follow. I about drove myself insane trying to get them to stay put.
What I ended up doing was breaking up the lead band that was originally wrapped around the bunches, wrapping a few of the plants with the smaller band, then planting that in the tank. The lead kept the plants (and my blood pressure) down.
Is there any other suggestions or ideas folks might have to keep bunch plants planted?
When I tried to add these two bunch plants to my tank, I relearned one of the things I hated about anacharis: getting the stems to remain planted for any period of time longer than 30 seconds. I'd add a few of them, then one would come out of the gravel and float back to the surface as I'm adding more, then others would follow. I about drove myself insane trying to get them to stay put.
What I ended up doing was breaking up the lead band that was originally wrapped around the bunches, wrapping a few of the plants with the smaller band, then planting that in the tank. The lead kept the plants (and my blood pressure) down.
Is there any other suggestions or ideas folks might have to keep bunch plants planted?