By uproot I mean knock down or move around while burrowing in the sand. If they will, I'll have to get the plants siliconed to the aquarium before I get the weather loaches. so I'm looking for some advice in advance.
Thanks!
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Will weather loaches uproot fake plants?
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Weather loaches are pretty rambunctious at times, and once they are full grown at 9 or 10 inches they can easily uproot even live plants, which are usually a lot more firmly rooted than plastic ones. 
Get a few small ceramic floor tiles and silicone the plants to those. For very small plants you could even cut the tiles into quarters. It will hold the plants in place, but will allow you to move them when/if desired. If you glue the plants right to the tank, you will eventually regret it. Small pieces of slate would work well also.
Get a few small ceramic floor tiles and silicone the plants to those. For very small plants you could even cut the tiles into quarters. It will hold the plants in place, but will allow you to move them when/if desired. If you glue the plants right to the tank, you will eventually regret it. Small pieces of slate would work well also.
Good tip on the ceramic floor tiles or slate, thanks. That is definitely going to allow for moving the plants if/when needed.
"diggers destroy" seems the general rule. Eels, loaches, gobies will undermine, uproot, relocate, move, remove or bury.
I like the tile idea. I was thinking about filling the little basin at the base of the fake plant with cement then seal it with epoxy, but the tile sounds much easier. Silicone sticks to plastic?
I like the tile idea. I was thinking about filling the little basin at the base of the fake plant with cement then seal it with epoxy, but the tile sounds much easier. Silicone sticks to plastic?
Should stick but even if it doesn’t different methods can be used depending on the base shape of the artificial plants such as tie wraps or twine. Not as per men any or good but doable.
I don't know about plastic; I use actual ceramic tiles because they are heavier and weigh the object down better.
You could fill the base with ball bearings or fishing sinkers or somesuch and then seal with silicone, but that will still be easier for a fish to shove around than a big square tile.
You could fill the base with ball bearings or fishing sinkers or somesuch and then seal with silicone, but that will still be easier for a fish to shove around than a big square tile.
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