Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] How to weight plants down?

Given the challenge why not try using egg crate?
You can use small garbage bag ties or small zip
ties to attach/inter weave the roots in & out of
the modules of the egg crate. This should provide
a more stable base for anchoring in your
situation. If you give it a go - please report back
thanks
Aquaticz

At 08:05 AM 9/28/2010, you wrote:
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>Hi--
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>We have several African cichlid tanks that for substrate have ColorQuartz in
>them which is slightly bigger than grains of sand. As with most cichlids,
>ours are professionals at rearranging their substrate to suit their needs
>and build new caves and hiding spots. I enjoy watching what they can do
>(other than when all the sand gets moved to the front of the tank)... But,
>what is making me crazy is the swirl of plants that I end up with floating
>nearly daily. Because our bigger tanks are 125 gallons, it means that I
>have to climb up on a step stool and do everything but get in to swim to
>reposition their plants again.
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>I was wondering what I could do to weight the plants down? I know it won't
>be possible to keep them in place, but, I think if I can find something to
>keep them at least with their base at the bottom it would save me a lot of
>time with the work I do on the tanks... One thought I had was using
>aquarium safe silicone and placing them onto small 2 x 2 ceramic tiles in
>color that would match the substrate, would there be any issues with this?
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>Any ideas would be appreciated!
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>Thanks!!!!
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>-Brandi
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