Gluing Plants

[Blakeski33]

Is there any way to glue or adhere plants to driftwood, rock, ornaments, or even to the bottom of the fishtank to prevent fish from uprooting plants? Maybe someone has alternative methods for an uproot free aquarium? Thank you

 

[webcricket]

If we're talking plastic plants in an empty aquarium, you could certainly silicone (using aquarium safe silicone) them to the bottom of the tank or other decor. The silicone just needs 48 hours to cure outside the water to be safe.

For live plants it's a bit more tricky. I have heard of people stapling non-substrate plants like java fern, mosses, and anubias to driftwood to keep it in place. For stem and rooted plants I'm not sure what you could do.

 

[liv2padl]

tie them to a small rock with fishing line and bury the rock in the gravel.

 

[Blakeski33]

thanks

Those sound like great ideas.... would a small bead of silicone attached to the bottom of a rooted living plant be that detrimental to the plants health?

I do like the tying to a rock idea....I'll try it, thanks!

 

[Mgamer20o0]

i see no need for silicone on live plants. you can use fishline or cotton thread to tie the plants down to what ever you want them. silicone takes time to dry.

 

[aardvark1]

Purple String?

 

[doox00]

super glue works great under water also, dries instantly once you get it wet and is not toxic (people use it to glue coral frags to rocks and so on all the time). The gel form is the easiest to work with.

 

[WeeNe858]

but it works with coral cuz its on the skeleton.. live plants would grow (or really die) dead spots. thats wy you can only really tie them down. i recommend thread for things that anchor i.e anubias, java moss, java fern-reason it that the thread deteriorates after a while and its the planst that take hold.

and things that dont anchor its best to use fishing line.. but be carful cuz you might cut the plant