digging up an amazon sword kleinebar

[paulsouthuk]

Hi All I need to move the position of my amazon sword kleinebar. Do I need to do anything special any techniques I need to follow. It's been in the mid ground for two years now and is taking up nearly half of my tank. Do I prune the roots if so how much do I trim off? Any help advise prior to the attempt is more than welcome.

 

[Alastair]

That's going to have some roots on it if its two years old. Just pull it up very slowly and leave about 3 inches of roots on it when you replant. That's usually what I do.


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[Arana]

i have a crypt thats over 5 years old i want to move but i think i'm going to need a JCB, you made need to do a water change afterwards if you end up disturbing a large amount of substrate and you may find you have to dig up a few other plants as well to get it out

 

[paulsouthuk]

Oh Well I intend to do it next weekend to coincide with a 50% water change. I think i will be disturbing my bog wood hard scaping which may be an issue. Good luck with your crypt.

 

[paulsouthuk]

Thanks for the reply alastair I'll try and do it as slowly as I can lol.

 

[Matt Warner]

Wow! That sword will take some pulling out. I thought my saggitaria and vallis were rooted really well as I can't pull those out very easily. I think you may need a rope attached to a car to pull that sword out

 

[paulsouthuk]

oh well i'll get a 4x4. It has to be moved as its blocking the foreground and shading alot of the tank.

 

[Alastair]

What I've done in the past is when I've pulled up swords with massive roots, is rather than take the whole root part out, I've pulled it up so I can see the amount of root I want left on it then just cut it there and left the old root part under the substrate. Never did any harm


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