Clipping plants?

dothedew · Oct 16, 2004

I would like to clip this plant (I'm not sure of the name, sorry) that's growing like crazy. Is there a way I can clip a piece and plant it somewhere else in the tank?

I enclosed pictures of it taking over my 10 gal, please ignore the gravel color ;-). I did not pick it out.

dothedew · Oct 16, 2004

One pic is with flash... one isn't... I'm not sure which one now.

So can someone show me where and how to clip it? Or do I just pull a stem?

barbus · Oct 16, 2004

Looks like a rotala genus. You can clip half length of it and plant the cliping and you'll double it :lol:

konrad05 · Oct 16, 2004

looks like pond weed :nod:

You can cut it anywhere and it will keep growing. THat plant also uses ammonia directly from the water and food.

Lateral Line · Oct 16, 2004

Yup, no worries, just clip the stem where you want. Trim the cut top to remove any badly crushed or damaged stem. Generally I float a clipping for a few days to allow a crust to form on the cut end, it tends to prevent the cut end rotting when planted.

Discomafia · Oct 16, 2004

OK found out the name. Looks just like mine.

Rotala rotundifolia. barbus was correct.

http

/www.kingvinnie.com/aquaria/plantdat...sp?plant=Rotala

Discomafia · Oct 16, 2004

edit - Rotala rotundifolia

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