Tentacle Monster Plant

Go get a spool of green or brown or grey thread. You can wrap the thread around rocks or wood and a plant better than elastic bands!!! It works wonders! ;)
 
The added benefit of potting though is they get actual soil and they're not attached to what they're next to.
 
I am not sure what really causes this, but it happens to all stem plants once in a while---some more often then others.

When I get them I just pull the plant out, cut off as low as I can then replant the top and chuck the bottom.
 
. . . I can't be sure of what it is. The plants at the pet store I go to are classified as: Java moss, java fern, and neither of the above. . .

My lfs labels them as :"Moss", "little plants", and "Large plants".

My last conversation about the plants:
Q - "What type of moss is it?"
A - "Just regular moss"

Q - "What are those small plants?"
A - "Which ones?" (There is only 1 tank with plants in it)
Q - (pointing to them) "those and do you know if they are low light plants."
A - "Oh those, I don't know"
Q - "Do you know what the larger plants are?"
A - "No, but you can have them for $5.00 ea"

I don't buy plants from them needless to say and they are the only local ones that carry any plants at all. So I am forced to buy plants I have no idea about from people on this forum. At least I know what I'm getting from them.

Sorry for the hijack.......back on topic:

My sunset hygro does the same thing and I cut them back periodically. Trimming them doesn't seem to harm them.
 
With the plants that I have had that will grow aerial roots in my high light tank, I moved them to my low low do nothing tank and they will not send out aerial roots at all.
 
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