plant cljos

"lonerider" <lonerider.DeleteThis@110.net> wrote in message
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> What are plant clips ? I understand their function but can't find them
> anywhere to see what they look like. Is there a homemade substitute? I
have
> a java fern,water sprite and some hornwort. I love the way the roots
look on
> the water sprite i have floating and i don't want to bury them in the
gravel
> but it's getting big floating up top blocking out the light. My
hornwort is
> nice and healthy but has a strip of lead keeping it submerged which i
don't
> belive is healthy for the fish and i don't want to bury a rootless
plant. I
> know years ago when i had aquarium plants they all came with a strip of
lead
> to hold em down. The java fern i read shouldn't be buried too deep
either. I
> need to anchor my plants to the bottom with something that will hold
during
> turbulent water changes.
> Thanks,
> Larry

Plant clips are AFAIK for holding veggies in the water, to feed your
fish.

To hold plants down, there are a variety of methods, usually involving
nylon thread (permanent), cotton thread (for java ferns until their roots
take hold, usually to driftwood), lead strips (toxic if your pH bounces
around, or your water stays very acidic), nylon tie-wraps (more permanent
than the plants ;~), plastic discs (snap around base and held by some
substrate), and probably the most popular, a piece of stone. I regularly
re-secure a variety of floating plants by pinching an end (or middle) in
between a few stones, either on the substrate, or high up a rockpile.
You can also wind it around driftwood, but loaches and algae-eaters
always seem to dislodge it from there.

NetMax
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:14:51 -0500, "RedForeman ©®"
<not RemoveThis @thisaddress.com> wrote:

>they may be called plant plugs, rockwool, or styro, but aren't actually
>styro... Rockwool is a meshed wool like substance that you can stick rooted
>plants into when they don't have much of a root system... plugs are the same
>thing... And also, you may find plant weights, which are lead twisties that
>you gently bend around the stem of some plants to hold them down

I use the lead strips to sink live plants in my quarantine tank. I
don't have gravel in it. I can't say the results are the same as with
gravel, but the plants live on.

I understand lead is bad for humans and that fish accumulate lead, but
is the lead bad for the fish. I presume "lonerider" is not going to
sushi his own fish. :-)
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Thanks everybody, guess i'm just gonna put a rock or 2 on the roots or most
of them. I have some water sprite floating with some neat looking 6 inch
roots i'm will just leave alone though.
Larry
"NetMax" <computeralias.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "lonerider" <lonerider.DeleteThis@110.net> wrote in message
> news:102dnudohdoc395@corp.supernews.com...
> > What are plant clips ? I understand their function but can't find them
> > anywhere to see what they look like. Is there a homemade substitute? I
> have
> > a java fern,water sprite and some hornwort. I love the way the roots
> look on
> > the water sprite i have floating and i don't want to bury them in the
> gravel
> > but it's getting big floating up top blocking out the light. My
> hornwort is
> > nice and healthy but has a strip of lead keeping it submerged which i
> don't
> > belive is healthy for the fish and i don't want to bury a rootless
> plant. I
> > know years ago when i had aquarium plants they all came with a strip of
> lead
> > to hold em down. The java fern i read shouldn't be buried too deep
> either. I
> > need to anchor my plants to the bottom with something that will hold
> during
> > turbulent water changes.
> > Thanks,
> > Larry
>
> Plant clips are AFAIK for holding veggies in the water, to feed your
> fish.
>
> To hold plants down, there are a variety of methods, usually involving
> nylon thread (permanent), cotton thread (for java ferns until their roots
> take hold, usually to driftwood), lead strips (toxic if your pH bounces
> around, or your water stays very acidic), nylon tie-wraps (more permanent
> than the plants ;~), plastic discs (snap around base and held by some
> substrate), and probably the most popular, a piece of stone. I regularly
> re-secure a variety of floating plants by pinching an end (or middle) in
> between a few stones, either on the substrate, or high up a rockpile.
> You can also wind it around driftwood, but loaches and algae-eaters
> always seem to dislodge it from there.
>
> NetMax
>
>
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