Slick_Nick Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Hey everyone I just had a quick question about my 29g. I have a bunch of rotala in my background and recently in the mornings there are 1 or 2 bare stems floating on the water surface. This makes sense due to the lack of light able to reach all the stems especially to the bottom. I’d like to trim all the tops and remove the bottoms and replant the tops only to help thin things out again and make room for more growth my question is how should I go about this without throwing off the balance in my aquarium? I love the look of the wall of stems but it’ll grow back in no time! I’m at the point where I don’t really have anywhere left to replant the tops and I’d like to clear out some of the bare stems. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just pull the plant out, cut the top portion you want and simply replant it. I just toss the unwanted portions in the outside gardens. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Nice looking wall of plants. The contrasting colors look great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick_Nick Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 8:46 AM, Mmiller2001 said: Just pull the plant out, cut the top portion you want and simply replant it. I just toss the unwanted portions in the outside gardens. I’ve done that before but not on this large of a scale will it throw the balance off pulling that many stems trimming the tops and replanting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Beautiful! What type of fertilizer do you use?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick_Nick Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 9:48 AM, Taco Playz said: Beautiful! What type of fertilizer do you use?? Thank you! I use aquarium co op easy green! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 10:46 AM, Slick_Nick said: I’ve done that before but not on this large of a scale will it throw the balance off pulling that many stems trimming the tops and replanting? It will not. If you reduce plant load a bit, drop nutrients just a bit. I always water change after big plant cutting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick_Nick Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 12:59 PM, Mmiller2001 said: It will not. If you reduce plant load a bit, drop nutrients just a bit. I always water change after big plant cutting. Sweet sounds good I appreciate your help! Looks like I have some work to do this weekend! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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