NOOB question

[Michael101]

Hi guys

I've never really had real plants in any of my aquariums having worried about the whole CO2 story and never having fish that would go in a planted tank well haha. Iv'e recently set up a snakehead tank and i've started to collect quite a few live plants (low spec easily maintained ones, atleast that's what the lfs said).

My question seems a little stupid to me but here goes:

I've noticed all your planted tanks have really thin substrate levels, the plants i have bought have come in a small plastic holder and foam, do I keep the plant in that state and simply try bury it (like i have and subsequently have a really thick layer of substrate), or do i remove the plants to expose the roots and actually plant it??

Sorry if its a dumb question haha

Thanks

 

[Chub_by]

You take the foam away and bury/plant them.

 

[letstalkfish]

Make sure to get it all off of there after your start removing it too lol, that stuff is NASTY

 

[Michael101]

Sweet thanks guys for the quick replies, thought i was doing something wrong haha!

 

[Michael101]

Heres a quick picture, currently have a mixture of fake and real plants

 

[kissofcrimson]

Beautiful tank and yes your doing it right. If in doubt, question it lol have any fish in there yet or aquascaping first?


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[Michael101]

@kissofcrimson Thanks! I currently have 2x dwarf snakeheads in the tank but they are rather shy still!

 

[Libpete]

You can also separate and spread the plant out a little when you take off the foam etc, you dont have to plant them in the bunches they come in.

Your fake plants mix in pretty well in that picture!