Iv got several sword plants that i took out of my 46 gallon bowfront so i could completely start over. They are in my 10 gallon breeder tanks right now. My problem is that the roots are so massive that im having problems getting them all planted. I was wondering if it would hurt the plants to trim back the roots a little bit?
trimming roots?
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I'm personally quite sacrificial with the plants in my tank... i'll literally only clip off the top part of the plant and replant it, then the bottom part (which is normally pretty much the whole plant), i quite literally throw out...
But if the height of the plant isn't a problem, i would say trimming the roots back and leaving around 2" - 3" should be fine, at least in my case thats always been true...
But if the height of the plant isn't a problem, i would say trimming the roots back and leaving around 2" - 3" should be fine, at least in my case thats always been true...
if you trim the roots its no problem just make sure you dont clip all of them, they will grow back
okay. i figured that would be the case but i wanted to make sure. I also have an issue with algae forming on the leaves. Im thinking it could be too much light. I have dwarf water lettuce on its way and iv taken one bulb out. Any other suggestions?
some is almost black color while some of it looks like, whats it called, hair algae? looks like a green moss.
There was a site that had descriptions of algae and how to deal with it, but alas, im not at home right now so cant go looking for it, but if you look here you should find it if you search for algae on mfk...
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Thank you. I will look into it. My step brother at school had the same issue and he fixed it by having his lights on for 4 hours and off for 1 then on for 4 off for 1 and so on until he went to bed. I think im going to get some shrimp for my tank as well so that should help. Any other suggestions besides that?
And his fish were probably beyond stressed. You want to create as natural a day cycle as possible. I'd leve lights on for 8 hours, no more than 12. With lights off for the rest. Turning lights on and off all day will only hurt both your stock and plants.