DudePT Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 hello there I don't use substrate. so I put the roots under the mounds of sand. Anyone have a better idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Some people put their aquatics plants into terra cotta pots. That way they can add a substrate to the pot for the plant without having to change their existing substrate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) Those are water column feeders, so substrate isn’t necessary as long as you’re using fertilizer. By the way, sand is substrate, just not a “planted tank” substrate. I have heavy clay dirt under sand in most of my tanks and most of my plants do quite well with Easy Green and root tabs. I also have a tank where I did that plus added large pebbles to the pots to prevent my big Jack Dempseys from uprooting everything. It only has “tough” plants in that tank, of course. Edited October 11, 2022 by Odd Duck Add more info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DudePT Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 i have afraid that will take loose, can i get some tiny dragon rock and attach its okay ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 10/11/2022 at 12:19 PM, DudePT said: i have afraid that will take loose, can i get some tiny dragon rock and attach its okay ? You could always put a small piece of plant weight at the bottom of the stems. I’ve also read somebody on here (I can’t remember who) was putting stems through a small glass bead to anchor the plants. I saved this link at the time since they looked similar to the beads that were shown when that thread was active. I can’t remember now if they were keeping the stems down with the beads or using them to create bunches only when they sold them to their local fish store. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3Q2Q3K/?coliid=IOOTMPDY3JVW3&colid=32BAOSWO66X2D&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I may have followed a link directly to them. @Hobbit posted a link to those glass beads when I do a search for glass beads on the forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) Also you might want to consider terracotta potts which you can fill with your choice of substrate giving you an easy deeper root bed in planted areas Edited October 11, 2022 by JoeQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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