Is there anything else than string?

[Star_Rider]

monofilament line(fishng Line) will errode in light..if you want a line that won't errode use flourocarbon line. a typical clinch knot will work to hold down your plants. you can buy line in leader spools.

btw, some monofilament line is treated to be seen in the water.flourocarbon is not as are lines that are brown or dark in color. some lines are flourescent( blue).

 

[icecubez189]

i used unwaxed and unminted floss. works great.

 

[lucky777ca]

Would straps work (like the plastic ones to tie all the cable together for the computer, for example)? Would you do the same thing for Anubias barteri (var. nana)? I just both a driftwood and the small sprouting Java Fern attached to a smooth slate of rock (I'll be keeping this sprout attached to the rock) while the mother plant are starting to attach to the gravel (I was thinking about removing the gravel that it has attached to and wrap it with straps in order for it attach to the driftwood. The Anubias has been floating around the tank.

 

[Ulan]

why take the fishing line out? it's inert and mostly invisible. I've never removed mine and nothing suffered.

I've heard stories of catfish getting stuck with their spines in those.

 

[only6foot6]

I have found that I can always locate a a little rift in the driftwood - some little jagged spot or what not where I can kind of shove the rhizome and have the fern stay anchored with nothing at all. The roots take over soon enough.

See if you can find a way to just kind of shove the java fern into place.

I agree with echoofformless. I just did this today in my tank. I took two little jave fern plants and was able to place them in the flaws of the driftwood.

When attaching Java Fern to lava rock I have used black sewing thread and then cut off.

The zip tie idea sounds pretty good though also.