planting?

[allaboutfish]

i bought a melon sword or ruby melon sword or something and wanna know how to plants it. i took it out of the little pot and put it in the substrate but it's sticking out alot. how can i fix this? what did i do wrong?

 

[fort384]

Moved to FW Planted Tanks Forum.

Sounds like you need more substrate. Did you remove the rock wool that was surrounding the roots?

 

[allaboutfish]

rock wool?

 

[fort384]

Is there fiber glass insulation looking stuff around the roots (it is usually yellow)?

 

[allaboutfish]

o dont think so theres a bunch f dirt looking stuff around it

 

[fort384]

ok... thats fine. It sounds like your substrate may not be deep enough then.

 

[allaboutfish]

darn it's sand so i cant really dump more in. i might could mix some blue gravel in or river rocks. i have a 29 gallon ill be setting up in a week that will have ALOT of substrate that i plan on moving it over to, but it only has 24 watts of light.

 

[allaboutfish]

does 20 watts in a 10 gallon make me high light or moderate

 

[fort384]

What kind of light?

 

[allaboutfish]

flourescent

 

[fort384]

Medium light

 

[allaboutfish]

k thnks

 

[Faile]

Actually the "WPG Rule" doesn't actually work very well on small aquariums like a 10 gallon. You're probably only looking at medium low light at best.

 

[Aspencer]

Actually the "WPG Rule" doesn't actually work very well on small aquariums like a 10 gallon. You're probably only looking at medium low light at best.

Then what do you think about 2 18w T5ho bulbs over a 10g...need co2? one bulb 6700 and the other is a rosate pink.

 

[carey]

Not to go too far off topic, where did you find a dual t5 fixture for a 10g tank? I've been looking lol

 

[Aspencer]

Not to go too far off topic, where did you find a dual t5 fixture for a 10g tank? I've been looking lol

Big Als Online, Jonathan gave me the link...it is an Aquatic Life.

 

[jimenezlee]

You can also try a little pot to put the plant in and then put that in the tank. A buddy of mine has his plants like that and they do very well. Something that is just like a small glass or terracotta pot will work very well, or even make a mound of that sand. You don't have to put substrate on your entire tank bottom, just give the plant enough.

 

[allaboutfish]

im gonna buy some pool filter sand bc i need some for my 29 gallon also, but how can i put this in the 10 gallon? should i take the fish out? should i drop the water ling to 25%?

 

[jimenezlee]

I would probably take my fish out into a bucket temporarily so I can setup the tank properly and let it settle before putting them back in.

 

[allaboutfish]

ok