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Guppy Plants and Low Light Plants | 15 comments (15 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Question (5.00 / 1) (#12)
by fishfan19 on Sun Sep 07, 2003 at 08:05:13 PM PST

Um this may sound stupid but I know nothing about live plants and was wondering how you clean a tank with live plants without killing them? I'm kind of curious

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Carefully. (none / 0) (#14)
by Scott Lockwood on Sun Sep 07, 2003 at 11:37:16 PM PST

This is a good question - with live rooted plants, it becomes even more important to watch how much you feed so that you don't have to, say, sever roots when vacuuming out the solid wastes. This is one of the reasons I don't use this type of plant in my tanks. :-)

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Cleaning with live plants. (5.00 / 1) (#13)
by guppygirl on Sun Sep 07, 2003 at 08:42:58 PM PST

I just kind of vacuum carefully around them.

Sometimes plants need to be taken out to be trimmed, or to remove dead leaves etc., so I do that, vacuum, and replace.

If something is fragile you might pot it, see unclescott's suggestion.

This makes it easier too.

Hope this helps, and by the way, the only truly stupid question, is the one that doesn't get asked.

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Guppy Plants and Low Light Plants | 15 comments (15 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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