plants coming uprooted

[tarpon]

I bought an amazon sword and the roots were trimmed pretty short so now my plants keep coming uprooted out of my sand. Any suggestions on keeping them down?

 

[jetajockey]

plant weights, or put some rocks or something else on it to keep it down for a few weeks.

 

[tarpon]

I don't have any rocks but they sell plant weights at stores?

 

[Oscarr19]

Yea I've seen some at my LFS.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

They're basically lead bands, you could use a fishing weight and tie it to the plant too

 

[tarpon]

Oh good idea I have lots of those haha.

Do I have to worry about the lead and other metals leaching into my tank?

 

[jetajockey]

I believe they are zinc actually, but I've heard of people using fishing lead without any issues, not that I would try it myself.

 

[o.jonathan.o]

I bought an amazon sword and the roots were trimmed pretty short so now my plants keep coming uprooted out of my sand. Any suggestions on keeping them down?

What does your Amazon sword look like. I bought a plant and I think thats what it is but I'm not too sure. Can you reply with a pic. Thanks for any help

 

[Fishkeeper26]

I use Penn- Plax plant anchors and they're soft lead, so I guess it just depends on the brand

 

[tarpon]

Uhh this is the only pic I have.
The ones on the far left and front middle are amazons. Also to the left of the black filter.
You can google it too

 

[o.jonathan.o]

Thanks. You can Goto Walmart and pick up decent sized river rocks (about an inch and a half long) for the uprooting problem. They also look nice as well. And that's not what my plant looks like but thanks