Potted plants... Do you remove the plants from the foam in the pot?

[fballguy]

Or do you just take the plant with foam out of the pot and plant it with the foam?

 

[Dangerdoll]

I remove the foam carefully, doing my best to break as little of the roots as possible.

 

[J double R]

definitely. if you leave foam on there, it startes breaking down after being in the tank for a long time, and then if you go to uproot the plants, or disturb the gravel nearby, it makes a HUGE mess. it is definitely worth the time to sit and remove as much of it as possible.

 

[Aries]

Another reason to remove the foam is to prevent abnormal levels of nutirents from getting into your closed system - could throw things way off and get algae.

As Dangerdoll said, be carefull, sometimes if they plant has been potted for some time, it can be tricky to remove the foam with out breaking the roots.

Aries

 

[Mgamer20o0]

its a pain but it must be done.

 

[mellowvision]

is there anywhere that sells plants without the glass? I'd love to buy glosso with open roots, or rooted to mesh or something more useful.

 

[gregm]

are we talking about the brown stuff around the roots?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

all of it. anything that isnt part of the plant should be removed. yes the brown stuff.

 

[gregm]

thanks. i just removed the stuff from my micro sword plants and put the bottoms in the gravel.