Planting crypts, floaters with a HOB.

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red_wall

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**** NOT crypts, I meant java ferns... I don't know why I got the two mixed up!



Stupidly, I ordered some plants that would arrive while I was away from home.

I arrived home to my java fern, dwarf sag, and floaters floating at the top of the tank. I removed the java fern and dwarf sag from the floaters and found that the java ferns were the only thing holding the floaters at the top of the tank. My filter proceeded to bring everything down to the bottom of the tank.

I've since shut of my filter and started planting the ferns.

I was wondering, how would you suggest I plant the ferns
The person I ordered them from said that they don't like to be buried in the gravel, they like to be tied to driftwood. Is that my only option, or can they be put in the gravel?

Will my floaters (red root, duckweed, and frogbit) be doomed with my HOB?
I think I'll go and get one of those feeder rings and set them in the rings so they don't get blown around everywhere.

Thanks for the help.
 
Crypts tied to driftwood? I have heard that about anubias, java ferns and bolbitus, and other plants that have a rhizome, but I have always planted my crypts, keeping the crown just about the substrate.

Instead of a feeder ring, try this - get some small suction cups and a piece of airline tubing. Slide the tubing over the nubs on the back of the suction cups, and place the cups on the tank wall in a way that lets the tubing float just at the surface. Put the floaters in this little "corral" and ta da! No more battering by the HOB.

Kristina
 
You can put the roots of the java fern in the substrate. Just keep the rhizome above the substrate.

IDK about the floaters.
 
1) the fern can be semi-planted (I have some that are), or attached to a rock or wood. Just the stringy roots only.

2) Some people put a floating ring around the filter outlet to keep floaters away.
 
kyryah said:
Crypts tied to driftwood? I have heard that about anubias, java ferns and bolbitus, and other plants that have a rhizome, but I have always planted my crypts, keeping the crown just about the substrate.

Instead of a feeder ring, try this - get some small suction cups and a piece of airline tubing. Slide the tubing over the nubs on the back of the suction cups, and place the cups on the tank wall in a way that lets the tubing float just at the surface. Put the floaters in this little "corral" and ta da! No more battering by the HOB.

Kristina
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Agh, I think you might've read a little too early haha, I meant java ferns.

I tried just having the airline tubing and that KIND OF worked, there's a little slit that's below the water that allows them to get out.


tanker said:
1) the fern can be semi-planted (I have some that are), or attached to a rock or wood. Just the stringy roots only.

2) Some people put a floating ring around the filter outlet to keep floaters away.
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I'll attach them to the wood probably

And the ring around the outlet sounds like an ingenious idea!
I think I'll try that out.
 
Black zip-ties are probably the easiest way to attach Java Fern to driftwood until they attach themselves.
 
my floaters tend to go all crazy when i first change the water or disturb the tank and then they tend to settle and stay put. not so much the duckweed though, but i like that it gets stuck to the filter intake cause then i can get rid of some of it.
 
for attaching the java ferns to wood, you can use thread (will eventually decay), fishing line (cheap for a great amount, will never decay on its own), I've heard of some people stapling their ferns down too

For floaters, I second the idea to make a tubing corral around the output :)
 
Eh, I honestly think I'll just get rid of the floaters, or put them in a tub outside so they can grow.

They make my tank VERY messy when I move stuff around, and I like to dig in my tank a lot.

To me, they really don't add that much to the tank, of course, I've just gotten them... I'll figure out what I want to do.

I tried the airline tubing around the filter output and there's parts of the tube that are still sticking below the waterline, so anything can get in there.


Idk.

As for the ferns, I think I'll use string...
Is there any string that I need to avoid, will any kill my fish?
 
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