how to plant micro sword?

[CHINABOY1021]

i just bought a "patch" of micro swords. but it is planted onto those green things you scrub dishes with. kinda like a spong but only harder and more dense. anyways, it's giong to be impossible to remove the patch from it because it will definitly tear all the roots. how exactly should i do this? can i just put in my aquarium and put some gravel over the pad? thanks

[TKOS]

Maybe use a super sharp utility knife to cut off as much as possible then not worry about the rest?

[Starry]

I wouldn't keep the clump together - more likely to rot, not get enough light in the middle, or stifle each other. As someone else said, cut off as much as you can with sharp scissors/ knife, then chop up what you have left into smaller sections. Don't worry about cutting a few roots. In fact, cutting the tips of the roots will encourage new growth. Don't cut too much though, just the very tips, to be on the safe side.

[CHINABOY1021]

thanks for the tips. i seperated the stuff. took off all the dish scrubing pad.

some of the runners i cut off runners and the end tips are streaming now. there's some dead hair algae on the sworsd but im sure when i add some fish, they'll pick em off.

[superjohnny]

I believe that stuff is wool. Wool is the only natural material that will, when wet, hold in heat. It's very coarse and a real pain to deal with. I found that if I get a bucket of water and swish it around vigorously in that it comes loose after a while.