I bought a bunch of hornwort and I had it tucked behind the heater but one of the fish knocked it out. So I decided to try and pin it under a piece of driftwood. It looks like a bush. Is it ok to be like this, or will floating be better? I also worry that my cichlids might destroy it. What do you think?
There's no point planting the hornworts to the ground. The bottom part will just rot and it breaks free. They don't grow roots so they are IMO best kept floating.
There's no point planting the hornworts to the ground. The bottom part will just rot and it breaks free. They don't grow roots so they are IMO best kept floating.
I dont have it planted in the substrate. I jsut have it pinned under the wood to hold it. Do you happen to know if flow from the filter will irritate the plant?
When I threw some in my mother-in-law's tank, I just wrapped it around some drift wood and it stayed down. It's been about three months. Now it seems like all she has is hornwort.
I usually just push the plant weight far enough into the gravel to keep the plant from moving. IMO it works just fine but I'll let you judge. The center section of the tank is hornwort. I bought 1 bunch (maybe 4 strands) from petsmart about 5 weeks and this is what it looks like now. Tho with my setup I get 3" groth a day on most of my plants.lol
its a floating plant so if you plant it whatever is under the gravel/sand will die and rot..
wrapping it around driftwood works pretty good.. whatever is in contact with the wood will die at somepoint but it takes a while... same goes for string/zipties/fishing line..
as for water movement harming it... it wont unless you have some sort of waterjet blasting at it.. as it gets use to your water/lights some of the 'needles' will fall off but this plant is pretty much indestructible.. the only way ive ever manages to kill it is by drying it out.. with good storng lights it will be very thick, deep green and may even get red on the ends.. with crappy lights it will be pretty thin and light green but it will still grow like a champ..
ive had it grow well over a foot a week with full sunlight in the pond.. even in my 25tall shrimp tank witch has a single 60w bulb for light i would still have to cut it back every other month or so..
