I am about to set my 75 back up with plant substrate today. I am thinking that it will be easier to place the plants while the tank is dry and then fill it. My take an hour or so. Can I do this without any negative effects on the plants?
How long will aquatic plants be ok out of water?
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When I rescape, which seems to be often, my plants are out of the tank for sometimes 2+ hours and I've never had a problem. I either mist them or place them in bowls of water, which while it is a pain seems to work well. Good luck!
I would not plant w/o water in the tank. Instead use the following method. Fill the tank about 1/3 and plant the foreground, raise the level to fill the tank 50-60% and do the midground and then raise the water to be 80% or so and plant the tall rear plants.
You will save yourself a lot of headaches
You will save yourself a lot of headaches
stem plants i would plant once the tank is already filled. But if you are talking about swords/foreground plants then yes its easier when tank is empty. Keep a spray bottle at hand and spray the plants a few times every 10-20min. Worked for me
Well, I started on it right after jpappy's post so I missed the others. I did it empty, but not dry. i wet the soil first. I only had a handful of plants anyway, so it didn't take that long. Tank is full now. seems to worked ok.