Planting tips?

What I do is judt drop them into a tank and see how I like it.
ThenI may move them around a bit. Igenerally don't und plants
from the "lead" (it's not lead) weights as the tissue damage
sets them back a bit, but when they grow to the waters surface
and thena bit more, I trim them 1/3 from the top then plant them
were I've finally decided I want them.

I think ammano does a frigging CAD drawing acurate to 1mm of where
he plants each stem, but, well, ya know, we don't hang much.

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Richard Sexton wrote:
I think ammano does a frigging CAD drawing acurate to 1mm of where
he plants each stem, but, well, ya know, we don't hang much.

Dangit, warn me to put my coffee down before you do that! I love the
Amano "I planted 75 single stems of Rotala behind this rock." Did he
count???

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On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:15:23 GMT, Altum wrote:

Richard Sexton wrote:
I think ammano does a frigging CAD drawing acurate to 1mm of where
he plants each stem, but, well, ya know, we don't hang much.

Dangit, warn me to put my coffee down before you do that! I love the
Amano "I planted 75 single stems of Rotala behind this rock." Did he
count???

The guy misses nothing. I about blew my coffee when I recently saw a
photo of one of his tanks with a few fish swimming by and the caption
read "Choreographed by Amano."

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"FishNoob" wrote in message
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Whee, so my plants have arrived. Now what do I do? LOL

They're all labelled with what they are and whether they're
foreground etc. Do I just take each bunch apart and shove the roots
under the gravel? Do I need to use weights (some lead weights came
with the plants)? Any other tips?
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I remove the weights and spread the bundles apart. I plant no more than 3
stems in each group as some plants branch nicely once rooted in. I got 4
nice clumps from one pot of giant hairgrass. Also, you want the bottoms to
get as much light as possible. I use small rocks and pebbles over the
gravel to help hold them down until rooted. I try to get those needing more
light under the center of the tubes and those needling less more towards the
ends.

Someone recommended Flourish Excel and I've been using it about a week now
along with *more* Flourish Plant Supplement and Flourish Iron Supplement.
The plants have turned a nice dark green. I'm hoping they outpace the black
algae badly infesting a 55 and a 10g tank.
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