How to plant vallisneria

[Daniel castillo]

New to the aquarium plants and I’m gonna place an order here. I want some vallisneria how do I plant it. Can I just submerge in sand. Can I leave it in the bulbs that aquarium co op send them. Thanks for your feedback. I will be using sand as substrate 

[lefty o]

you can go either way. they can be left in the little pots they ship in, or you can take them out and stick them in the substrate.

[Daniel castillo]

Thanks 

[anodyne99]

My first try at vallisneria failed and I learned the hard way that it's really important not to bury the bulb, only the roots. "But my new plant has no roots attached, what do I do?!" you may ask. In that case, let it float in your aquarium for a few weeks until roots appear. Once you have those, you can bury them in the substrate with the bulb on top. 

* also, in my experience, vallisneria will do best with nutrients through its roots as well as in the water column, so get some tabs to add. 

Edited May 24 by anodyne99