In this weeks PRO TIP I’ve been scaping the “Cuba Tank” for Tropica’s Interzoo 2020 booth and while planting Proserpinaca palustris ‘Cuba’ I applied this …
I like to cut mines about a inch or one and half inches long and plant heavily with those little guys, can be cut multiple times depending on the length of them.
Yes,,, WHY WE HAVEN'T THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE🤣
It seems counter-intuitive to cut a new plant; however, you make a reasoned case.
As a novice, bigger seems better. However, the goal of a bushy plant versus a thin tall plant is understandable. The benefit stem cuttings for more starter plants is economical.
Thanks for the education. You are getting this novice past the short sighted desire to just place the new plant in the aquarium.
Funny, the simple things you just don't think of, till somebody else points it out. Like this tip a lot . Have you considered doing a 'Plant Profile' series? Lots of them for fish, but not so much for plants. Should give you years of content too. In fact you could also do a 'Hardscape Profile' series too.
Hello Jurijs, congrats for all of your videos! I would like to know what kind of fish it's that on the 2:28 at this video. Thx and keep your videos uploaded!
Love the tank size.. Let me know the dimensions. Thank you
What is the type of stone used in the tank?
Круто! Спасибо!
Wow! I am just about to restart my old tank, and this tip came just in time. Thank you so much!
Hey Juris, you can have 3 ou 4 times more carpeting plant area, in a pot too. if you cut 1, 1.5 cm in each shoot and plant it. If the conditions are right (1w per liter and high carbon dioxide plus nutrients) the carpet will close like the standard method. Send you pictures of mine in the DM later. Ps: Nice video!!
Great tip Jurijs! Will definitely use it! Thank you!
Hi Juri, really good tip today, very useful for lots of people. 👌
anybody else went "omg why haven't i thought of that?!" no? only me? lol
I took star grass..Heteranthera zosterifolia that came about 4" in 10 cuttings and cut them into 30 or more pieces…shoved them down into the substrate and voila! they all took and are making a carpet 2" tall and tight… every other week pinching back keeps it low.
Wonderful!
Thanks for the tips. What is your preparation for the tank, if you going for long holiday…
Love these pro tips! Keep them coming
amazing
I will be using this technique when I do a rescape of a tank. I wished I had used this on my s repens when I planted them in my 30 gallon, they would be growing a lot more dense by now.
my hygrophila siamensis 53B keeps melting away and rotting in my fluval flex and I have no idea why. I've tried everything from fertilizing, changing lights, etc…
As it turns out, P. palustris has a long day leaf shape which is the characteristic saw-like shape with a thick middle section and a more myriophyllum like short day leaf shape. In most cases the ambient light forces long day leaves, but occasionally you see some short day ones in tanks that get little ambient light and have a short photoperiod.
Also, did you know P. palustris is very temperature sensitive? Reason 'Cuba' is more popular in the hobby is because it is not as temperature sensitive.
Excellent pro tip! You will laugh at me. One time a long time ago, I did this and because the plant leaves were growing in a strange way I couldn't tell which direction to plant the cuttings. I planted half of them in the substrate upside down. It was funny! I felt very silly.
Hey jurijs u know some shops that sell uns aquariums in europe?
Awesome info and great topic
Nice tip again. Your pro tips are great.
Jeez Jurijs, why are you always chopping up your new plants?!? Haha smart ideas though
HEY THERE JURIJS, Great video my friend. Thanks for the ProTip Monday/Tuesday This is a Great tip that I'm surely going to use. Thank you again and cant wait for the ADA vid. 👍🏼
I like to cut mines about a inch or one and half inches long and plant heavily with those little guys, can be cut multiple times depending on the length of them.
Yes,,, WHY WE HAVEN'T THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE🤣
It seems counter-intuitive to cut a new plant; however, you make a reasoned case.
As a novice, bigger seems better. However, the goal of a bushy plant versus a thin tall plant is understandable. The benefit stem cuttings for more starter plants is economical.
Thanks for the education. You are getting this novice past the short sighted desire to just place the new plant in the aquarium.
Funny, the simple things you just don't think of, till somebody else points it out. Like this tip a lot .
Have you considered doing a 'Plant Profile' series? Lots of them for fish, but not so much for plants. Should give you years of content too. In fact you could also do a 'Hardscape Profile' series too.
Hello Jurijs, congrats for all of your videos! I would like to know what kind of fish it's that on the 2:28 at this video. Thx and keep your videos uploaded!
Love the tank size.. Let me know the dimensions. Thank you
What is the type of stone used in the tank?
Круто! Спасибо!
Wow! I am just about to restart my old tank, and this tip came just in time. Thank you so much!
Hey Juris, you can have 3 ou 4 times more carpeting plant area, in a pot too. if you cut 1, 1.5 cm in each shoot and plant it. If the conditions are right (1w per liter and high carbon dioxide plus nutrients) the carpet will close like the standard method. Send you pictures of mine in the DM later. Ps: Nice video!!
Great tip Jurijs! Will definitely use it! Thank you!
Hi Juri, really good tip today, very useful for lots of people. 👌
anybody else went "omg why haven't i thought of that?!" no? only me? lol
I took star grass..Heteranthera zosterifolia that came about 4" in 10 cuttings and cut them into 30 or more pieces…shoved them down into the substrate and voila! they all took and are making a carpet 2" tall and tight… every other week pinching back keeps it low.
Wonderful!
Thanks for the tips. What is your preparation for the tank, if you going for long holiday…
Love these pro tips! Keep them coming
amazing
I will be using this technique when I do a rescape of a tank. I wished I had used this on my s repens when I planted them in my 30 gallon, they would be growing a lot more dense by now.
my hygrophila siamensis 53B keeps melting away and rotting in my fluval flex and I have no idea why. I've tried everything from fertilizing, changing lights, etc…
congrats with the 40k subscribers!
This is a good opportunity to share a cool paper:
Regulation of Leaf Shape in Proserpicana palustris by B. Schmidt et al.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2483674?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
As it turns out, P. palustris has a long day leaf shape which is the characteristic saw-like shape with a thick middle section and a more myriophyllum like short day leaf shape. In most cases the ambient light forces long day leaves, but occasionally you see some short day ones in tanks that get little ambient light and have a short photoperiod.
Also, did you know P. palustris is very temperature sensitive? Reason 'Cuba' is more popular in the hobby is because it is not as temperature sensitive.
Excellent pro tip! You will laugh at me. One time a long time ago, I did this and because the plant leaves were growing in a strange way I couldn't tell which direction to plant the cuttings. I planted half of them in the substrate upside down. It was funny! I felt very silly.
Hey jurijs u know some shops that sell uns aquariums in europe?
Awesome info and great topic
Nice tip again. Your pro tips are great.
Jeez Jurijs, why are you always chopping up your new plants?!? Haha smart ideas though
HEY THERE JURIJS, Great video my friend. Thanks for the ProTip Monday/Tuesday
This is a Great tip that I'm surely going to use. Thank you again and cant wait for the ADA vid. 👍🏼