Scarlet Temple

[msherrill25]

Is Alternanthera reineckii var 'Roseafolia' a good plant to put in the Easy Planters from Aquarium Coop?

[Ninjoma]

I think stem plants like Scarlet temple are fine to put in easy planters. You can let them grow a nice tall stem out of the planter and when they get too tall you can trim them and replant the trimmings.

I want to say rhizome plants like anubias and javafern are probably the best plants to put into the planters though, because you generally want to attach them to a decoration rather than plant them anyways and putting them into a planter saves you the trouble.

[msherrill25]

I am having difficulty in one tank with several of the plants due to fish dislodging them.  It is a sixty gallon loaded with adult through baby albino bristlenose, 2-3+inch clown loaches, a couple clown pleco (I think L103) and a half dozen gold lazer corydoras.  I am not sure who is dislodging the plants, but I have tried thread and they work them loose.  The tank has a great deal of driftwood and a couple small breeder caves along with a large castle like ornament I have left in because the most dominant male pleco seems to always prefer that for breeding.  I even have some realistic fake plants for more cover and Pothos roots hanging down in from the back, but I had to actually pull out and try to rehab a couple anubias petite.  They were ripped up a bit, not that they were eating the leaves but separated.  One should be okay, not sure about the other.  The Java Ferns keep getting worked loose too. The fish have plenty of food.  I feed zucchini (1/2 to 1 full each week) along with pellet food/flakes for the corys and the loaches.   I have had to put a rock directly on the micro sword rhizomes to keep them down.  My wife likes the red plants and wants me to add some, but I was uncertain how to keep them in place.   If I try this plant, should I leave it in the basket with the rock wool then as the instructions call for on the planter description?  I have root tabs already I could put in there.  

[Ninjoma]

On 3/16/2023 at 6:59 PM, msherrill25 said:

If I try this plant, should I leave it in the basket with the rock wool then as the instructions call for on the planter description?

If you want to try the planter, yes that's what I would do. For your scenario I would bury the entire pot in the substrate and then put rocks on top of the substrate around the stems.

[msherrill25]

thank you