Tips and tricks for handling plants in the aquarium, Tropica Aquarium Plants
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How to handle the plants when planting them into the tank. Produced by Tropica Aquarium Plants in collaboration with aquadesigner Oliver Knott. More about getting the right start with your tank: http://tropica.com/en/guide/get-the-right-start/
Take a look at these plant videos to see how we do. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGvT7pWQs-inmVTxJ9846S5vy43PAQdfB
Basically, we just cover the roots. As roots are often cut off to about an inch/couple of cms to ease the planting, the answer would be an inch or so.
But a layer of Tropica substrate was spread on the bottom before adding the sand/gravel layer.
Thank you again!
Hopefully from now on your aquarium hobby will be less frustrating, more fun - and your kids will learn only nice words ;-)!
We cultivate them on tables (emerse) and the emerse leaves will often melt away and new, underwater leaves grow after a while.
10. comment for Tips and tricks for handling plants in the aquarium, Tropica Aquarium Plants
Wherever I find them they don't look good, they are discoloured or holes starting etc.
What online dealers can you recommend?
I know a couple of good shops in the UK, but there are certainly more:
Aquaessentials, https://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/
and The Green Machine http://www.thegreenmachineonline.com/shop/category/aquatics/plants/?products-per-page=all.
Both of them get fresh plants every week from Tropica :) Good luck with your purchase!
Please check out my latest video from N.O.AH. (Northern Ontario Aquarium Hobby) discussing the most important question in the planted tank hobby.
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The pots contain stone wool medium to ensure good root development and humidity during transportation to the dealer stores.
Once you plant the plants in the final aquarium, we recommend the use of either a good substrate (such as http://tropica.com/en/plant-care/substrate/) covered with a good layer of neutral gravel or a Aquarium Soil product as sole bottom layer (such as http://tropica.com/en/plant-care/aquarium-soil/aquarium-soil/).
If you meant how long they can stay fresh whilst you're preparing the tank, you can have them for several hours as long as you spray water on them to keep them moist all the time.
20. comment for Tips and tricks for handling plants in the aquarium, Tropica Aquarium Plants
Thank you
There is another Youtube video on our channel about how to make water changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlrGj6NH1kk
and some explanations here http://tropica.com/en/guide/make-your-aquarium-a-success/water-circulation/.
Good luck with your tank proejct :)!
Tropica videos are a time-consuming process, limiting the numbers and subjects of the videos, unfortunately. Tying Rotala to wood is not currently in process, sorry.
Many stem-plants can grow perfectly without connection to soil/substrate. These can therefore be attached to other surfaces - ex. wood, to make the impression of a (bonzai) tree. Coloured plants can furthermore be used to create an autumn look. For aesthetic reasons, plants with very small leaves are preferred.
Like true Bonzai, continuous and meticulous trimming must be carried out and a steady supply of all fertilisers (in water-column) must be present to ensure good results.
We wish you all the luck with your project - it´s a fun process :)
We actually do have a few dealers in the states now. Please check our dealer section to find them http://tropica.com/en/find-dealers/. Good luck :-)
I am sorry if you felt they got all tared apart, but I think it is possible to plant them nevertheless and they may not look great until they establish in the tank, but they should recover after a while. Good luck with your planted tank!
30. comment for Tips and tricks for handling plants in the aquarium, Tropica Aquarium Plants
In this 'Tips and tricks...' video, we used potted plants since 1-2-Grow plants were not yet sold. It is okay to cut down, but also to wait and cut down after a few weeks in the tank.
Also, plants sold in bundles (ceramic rings containing stems with no roots) are planted directly in the soil and after a while, they have developed new roots and can continue/start growing again.
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