Rock Clinging Plants?

[FindingBlemo]

Are there any plants that can kinda spruce up these rocks so it doesn't look like a bomb went off on a construction site? :1zhelp:

I've done some research, but I always get side-tracked and start watching YouTube videos of 3ft Arowanas eating little ducklings. ;)

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[Slappy*McFish]

Personally, I'd remove 3/4 of the rocks. Sometimes less is more.

[GEV83]

Anubias tend to attach themselve to anything they can get there roots on. Like my rocks terra cotta pots and eachother lol.

[stratusfearrr]

windelov fern attaches to most anything.

[bettalover]

i like that look, very simple and nice.


as far as plants... you can try moss or anubias, it'll take awhile for them to cling since the slates look pretty smooth but theyll eventually do it.

[FindingBlemo]

Like this?

[jpappy789]

I think that looks better.

Mosses, anubias, and java ferns all attach readily to hardscape.

[FindingBlemo]

Thank you so much! I'll look into Anubias and mosses!
I already have a big Java Fern, but I don't like it very much, idk why, it's just not my plant.

Any other suggestions??

[onebyone]

Anubias tend to attach themselve to anything they can get there roots on. Like my rocks terra cotta pots and eachother lol.

I just added some anubias to driftwood and I was wondering if it will grow on any part of the wood. I'm not worried about the ones I stuck in cracks or grooves, but there were some that I had to tie down with twine to keep them on the wood. Will those take root eventually?

[FindingBlemo]

I just added some anubias to driftwood and I was wondering if it will grow on any part of the wood. I'm not worried about the ones I stuck in cracks or grooves, but there were some that I had to tie down with twine to keep them on the wood. Will those take root eventually?


From my research, they most likely will.

[jpappy789]

I literally shoved the rhizome (rather carelessly though) into a groove in my driftwood. Its pretty much rooted in there now.

[FindingBlemo]

I'm looking into Pellia right now. I'd attach it to the rocks in kind of a wave form coming from the back, leading down into a carpet of Dwarf Baby Tears.

[Star_Rider]

I would suggest adding driftwood. angels like vertical structure..plants and root tangles come to mind.

[tanker]

Why do you have slate in you tank?? You like the looks??

[jpappy789]

Pellia should work well, but what's your lighting like?

Which species do you mean by "dwarf baby tears"?

Hemianthus callitrichoides needs much more than just stock lighting to carpet from what I have heard. I have never attempted it.

I've tried Hemianthus micranthemoides under 2 wpg but it did not want to stay down. It kept growing up towards the light.

[FindingBlemo]

Why do you have slate in you tank?? You like the looks??

Yeah.... Does it look bad??


I already figured out I don't have enough lighting for Dwarf Baby Tears, I just had a little aquarium fantasy in that last post :)

I would LOVE to add driftwood, but idk if it would look weird with the slate and I always have the hardest time with my indecisiveness to get the right piece. Any suggestions?

[FindingBlemo]

I really like Flame Moss (Taxiphyllum Sp.)

[tanker]

IMO--Dump the slate and get some drift wood. It would look more natural with angels.

The slate is better with African Cichilds.

[Death Pony]

You could try Bolbitis. Its roots attach very slowly to rocks and aren't very strong, but it's a very attractive plant.

[FindingBlemo]

Thanks so much! Could I tie the rhizomes down with cotton sewing thread until the roots take hold? I really like Bolbitis heudelotii.

[Blown 346]

I also like the idea of puting slate from the back to the front of the tank sloping downward.

[FindingBlemo]

What my idea is making a broken dam. I'll have corys chasing each other over it and have a school of some kind of fish swimming in and around it and then having a pair of angelfish as my focal point.