New planted 180g questions

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Cliff.W.

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hello! So this is my 180g tank and i just planted in some Baby tears, Taiwan Moss and Anubis plant onto some drift wood tonight.

This is a picture taken with night light on. As you can see I secured all the moss and anubis plant onto the surface of the driftwood.

I would just like to know....

- How long would it take to have the moss and anubisplant secure themselves onto the drift wood?

- With the Anubis plant i used some of the cotton material that came with the anubis plant so i can secure/protect the plants roots from the sharp edges of the drift wood. Is it ok to leave it like that with the roots wrapped inside the cotton material? or should I expose the roots so that they will grow and secure itself onto the piece of driftwood??

Any other suggestions would help thank you! =)

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the growth rate of the plants will depend on how much light you have and how many nutrients the plants have available to them. in a typical lowlight tank the growth rate will be pretty slow.

you can leave it the way it is, the roots will spread out on their own. i usually use brown or green sewing thread so i can leave it there and not worry about having to remove it.
 
jcardona1;4411408; said:
the growth rate of the plants will depend on how much light you have and how many nutrients the plants have available to them. in a typical lowlight tank the growth rate will be pretty slow.

you can leave it the way it is, the roots will spread out on their own. i usually use brown or green sewing thread so i can leave it there and not worry about having to remove it.
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Oh thats right! Brown or green thread. Good call I might just do that. I bougth some plastic rubber see through band today so it wouldn't be soo noticable.

Right now I have 2 30watt flourescent tubes and 1 marineland 3ft LED light. providing probably 40w?? 1 watt per LED I think.


Thanks for your reply. I'll probably just replace the white thread with plastic or brown thread like you suggested so i can jsut leave it and enjoy the green colors =)

Thanks.

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If you are in a hurry to get the anubias attached I really love using gel superglue on anubias and driftwood. I would not use it for the moss as it is not aesthetically pleasing if you can see the glue on the wood. (the moss will eventually grow over and it will look ok but at first it looks bad) But with the anubias a little drop of glue under the root structure will completely adhere the plant to the wood almost immediately. Make sure you use gel though as liquid does not work as well. The nice thing is it is totally safe you dont have to mess with thread and it cures really fast. With the moss thread is probably your best option. Also dont use too much glue or you will see the glue around the adhesion point and it wont look great until the plant covers it. A little dab will do ya. I use super glue occaisionally with Java fern as well.
 
reefers use superglue and have been for years with supersensitive expensive corals. No on the fish deaths I use it in all my tanks.
 
While Wikipedia is definitely not the ultimate end all be all of knowledge here is a snippet to support my claim

"Cyanoacrylate glue's ability to resist water has made it popular with marine aquarium hobbyists for fragging corals. The cut branches of hard corals such as Acropora can be glued to a piece of live rock (harvested reef coral) or Milliput (epoxy putty) to allow the new frag to grow out.[citation needed] In fact, it is actually safe to use directly in the tank, unlike silicone, which must be cured to be safe.[citation needed]"
 
Kaliedoscope;4431847;4431847 said:
you use glue in aquariums? had any fish/plants die yet? or is there a nontoxic kind?

(i thought most of them were made from petrochemicals)
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Super glue is safe to use, and is non-toxic.
 
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