simon_the_plant_nerd
Member
My tank is coming up to its birthday in November and I have some annual leave to take. I’ve decided it’s time to do a full re-scape on the tank.
I have an Amazon sword plant which is far too big for the tank now. I plan to remove it and replant some of the babies it’s given me this year. I am going to replace the substrate with a dark sand and remove the Fluval stratum (I water column dose so it’s not necessary).
A couple of questions for the forum:
1. Has anyone successfully transferred a large Amazon sword to house plant status? I was thinking of putting it in a vase with soil. Flood the soil and run a small airstone to prevent stagnation.
2. Preparing for substrate change, should I try to seed it with bacteria from my existing tank? The wood will be staying in the tank, just being rearranged. The rocks will be removed for more plant space. The filtration, dosing etc all the same. I just intended to remove all substrate and replace. I have the possibility to just leave the new substrate in old water change water with an air pump for a few weeks before carrying out the change.
If anyone else has some suggestions to make this process smoother I’d really appreciate it.
I have an Amazon sword plant which is far too big for the tank now. I plan to remove it and replant some of the babies it’s given me this year. I am going to replace the substrate with a dark sand and remove the Fluval stratum (I water column dose so it’s not necessary).
A couple of questions for the forum:
1. Has anyone successfully transferred a large Amazon sword to house plant status? I was thinking of putting it in a vase with soil. Flood the soil and run a small airstone to prevent stagnation.
2. Preparing for substrate change, should I try to seed it with bacteria from my existing tank? The wood will be staying in the tank, just being rearranged. The rocks will be removed for more plant space. The filtration, dosing etc all the same. I just intended to remove all substrate and replace. I have the possibility to just leave the new substrate in old water change water with an air pump for a few weeks before carrying out the change.
If anyone else has some suggestions to make this process smoother I’d really appreciate it.