camtang Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 If I plant some plants in a pot, and put the pot under the substrate, will the plant send out runners like normal and spread through the substrate like it normaly would or will it be confined into the pot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 it will be fine. plants are clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Mint I hoped that would be the case. I am planning on planting a African tank so I wanted to give them the bast chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 To give it the best chance remove the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Evan with the Africans tendancy to uproot, sand substrate, low lighting, no c02 or ferts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Get rid of the pot and the Africans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I can't get rid of the African's or that will defet the purpose of having an African tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Get rid of the pot and the Africans? Blasphemy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Ime up rooting is the least of your problem, they destroy the leaves and stems before they dig them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 That was my expereince up until recently. I have had Java fern in my mixed tank with mainly Mbuna but I have not found any broken off since around the second month. I put a crypt in the tang tank and after the 2nd day it hasnt been touched, it was hardly touched in that time either. I do understand that all of a sudden one fish may decide it does not like green in its tank and all hell will break loose. But so far so good so I am planning on planting a bit heavier afterthe rescape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I used those weights to hold down the plants so it didn't matter if they removed the substrate, the plants just stayed on the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 you could use small hydroponic pots. The the roots and I assume the runners can grow through the holes in the pots into the substrate. I have done this with my tiger lotus and it works well. The odd time I've had to move the plants I just pulled the pot out and trim the roots outside it and replanted them. It works fine but the pots may be higher than your substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Those were the pot's that I was talking about, sorry should of mentioned that. The plats are going to be background plants behind the scape so going over the scape may not matter to much. I have a few weights so I will try them as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 If I plant some plants in a pot, and put the pot under the substrate, will the plant send out runners like normal and spread through the substrate like it normaly would or will it be confined into the pot? The pots I've used, just regular plastic ones with only a few little holes in the bottom they don't seem to. But I find they at least stay put, and this way I've been able to put some good soil under them without tearing apart the whole tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 When planting a plant in a pot, what ferts, soil, substrate do people use? Is there a tryed and tested method? How do you keep the soil in the pot at the initial submerging point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr A Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 When planting a plant in a pot, what ferts, soil, substrate do people use? Is there a tryed and tested method? How do you keep the soil in the pot at the initial submerging point? I planted a water lilly this summer by drilling a bunch (lots) of holes into a plastic pot, filling it with Dalton's aquatic mix and capping it off with a bit of gravel. Bit of dirt floated off when I submerged it but on the whole worked pretty well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I planted a water lilly this summer by drilling a bunch (lots) of holes into a plastic pot, filling it with Dalton's aquatic mix and capping it off with a bit of gravel. Bit of dirt floated off when I submerged it but on the whole worked pretty well... Yup, pretty much what I've done, minus the drilling holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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