Ideas On Planting

[rdstars]

I am having ideas floating around in my head for my tank. I want to go planted and already have had success with Anubis.


Here is the plan:

3 / 4 slates, use soil on top of the slate quite thin, plant the plants in the thin soil and cover with fish net to hold it all together. I could then just place the slate where I want it and even remove if I want.

If that sounds like a plan then I would use again Anubis in the center, some kind of fern/sword around the Anubis, grass type plant covering the rest like a carpet.

 

[rdstars]

Anyone got advice for me with planting please.

 

[ian]

not to sound rude, but i'm unsure what you're asking?

 

[rdstars]

That's ok, I'm not the best at writing down what I mean.


My idea was use a flat piece of slate, lay some soil on top of the slate and plant in the soil. To hold it all together use some fish net.

 

[ian]

why would you need to plant into soil?

Take for example, if you were to use riccia on a slate, you'd just place the riccia on the slate, and then rap with fishing line or a hairnet.

 

[rdstars]

Thanks for that, I am not sure what I am doing with plants so I could do with all the advice avalible. So I dont need any Substrate at all and use the slate to attach the plants?

To lay on my existing tank floor I think a couple of flat pieces of slate would be an easy option.

What I wand is a large Centre Piece plant, also want grass type floor, maybe a two other plants in the front.

Can someone help with advice on this please, hopefully something I can get at my LFS.

Thanks

 

[fishy16]

Thanks for that, I am not sure what I am doing with plants so I could do with all the advice avalible. So I dont need any Substrate at all and use the slate to attach the plants?

To lay on my existing tank floor I think a couple of flat pieces of slate would be an easy option.

What I wand is a large Centre Piece plant, also want grass type floor, maybe a two other plants in the front.

Can someone help with advice on this please, hopefully something I can get at my LFS.

Thanks

If your wanting to plant a grass type floor surley your going to need some sort of substrate?