Plants: How to do before placing in aquarium

1. Don't let the plants dry aquarium when working on them.
2. Keep the plants upside down to avoid breaking the leaves.
3. Don't try to remove the plants from top or bottom if they are packed in a plastic bag. Remove the bag from top to bottom, and then remove the plant.
4. Clear away the broken leaves, stems, leaves or soft brown.
5. Some aquarium plants can deteriorate when subjected to adverse conditions. If the roots are white, the plant can regroup.
6 Many aquarium plants are grown or gathered. Most aquatic plants are grown emerged then submerged must change their leaf structure to survive underwater. This is a very interesting event. Some plants such as wisteria e Rotala do drastic changes of the leaves; others such as Sagittaria usually lost their leaves to help grow new ones.


Aquarium plants


Plants that are linked group are actually single stemmed plants or cut. It is tied together by a band (rubber or lead). The purpose of the band is to make it look much more attractive plant for the sale of a single stem.
Remove all the leaves from the bottom of the trunk that is in the substrate. Many experts do not worried to remove these leaves. Regardless, you should try to get different nodes to be inserted into the substrate to create new cuttings (The node is the little bump on the stem where the leaf is attached).
The Rotala Mayaca can be planted firmly as if the band was still there to keep the bunch together. The bigger the type of plant, and should be given more space to individual stems.

Plants should be pruned periodically. The pruning should not be performed until the plants have had at least a month to germinate the roots to the substrate. The cuts are the most vital part of the plant and are often used as such for the establishment of new seedlings. The remaining part has a tendency to branch and become thicker. Sometimes when a plant has been cut too often it becomes brittle and you should replace it with new cuttings.

Other plants such as Cryptocoryne are instead of lawn grass as consisting of many stems. How are they treated so.
1. Remove any leaf, old, dead, or severing the entire route to the base as close as possible to the substrate.
2. Only the roots should be planted in the substrate.



Bulbs - In most cases, the bulbs should be planted about 3 / 4 in the substrate like Crinium. Aponogeton, lilies.


Rhizomes -should never be completely buried, or they may rot, like Anubias, Cryptocoryne


Bracken fern - roots that there are not functional for the absorption by nutrients in the gravel. They are used primarily to hold onto objects such as wood or rocks Java Fern, Bolbitis the Borneo Fern.


Remove protection


In most cases, is not a good idea to leave the plant in a vase, as it is very small and limited growth. It is said that the wool is contain chemicals and growth hormones, as well as nitrate and phosphorus.

If the plant is not grown in the pot for too long time, it will be easy to separate, but if it is not, there will be a tangle of roots around the pot and wool. If not come out easily, just cut away the pot and cut the roots. You can divide the wool on one side and gently pull apart. A mass of thick roots can be easily cut, but if small amounts of wool remaining on the stem near the plant, it is nothing to worry about.


Disinfecting 


There are some ways to disinfect our plants from possible harmful pathogens, parasites and snails before they are introduced in the new aquarium.


Potassium permanganate: Ten minutes to let the plants soak. This is particularly effective against harmful bacteria.


Alum Rock: Available at the chemist. This kills snail eggs and microscopic bug. 10 teaspoons in a gallon of water. Soak the plants for up to three days.


Bleach: 1 part bleach and 19 parts of water. Effective against pathogens, algae and snails. It can also cause serious damage to plants, plant stem cells particularly sensitive so be careful. Do not let the roots, bulbs, rhizomes or come into contact with bleach. Soak for two minutes and rinse thoroughly with clean water and those without.