What do I do when my plants keep floating to the top of the water?

Answer 1

I'll include part of the answer I gave Frasier on that question:

"Do you know if your plant is called Elodea, Anacharis, or Egeria (all names for the same thing, see photo: http://www.watergarden.org/s.nl/it.A/id.681/.f?sc=2&category=57&partner=seasonal
You may have a problem keping this one in place. Although it can produce roots, they aren't really used to anchor the plant or for nutrition - it gets what it needs through it's leaves. Any part of the plant you try any put below the gravel (or in one of the metal bands so they sink) will die and the plant floats again. The stem is weak, and even if you can get it to stay in the gravel, upper parts will break off and float. It also seems to be sensitive to some types of plant fertilizers, which cause them to break apart even more frequently."

Some plants like elodea are bought more commonly because of their price, even though they don't make a good "rooted" plant. Others, like water sprite have the same habit - all below ground parts will rot and the plants end up floating.

If you plant isn't one of these, it may take some time to get them to root. You can make a depression in the substrate for the plant and mound gravel around the base. You can also get some plants to root on driftwood by tieing them with cotton thread. Choose a color similar to the wet wood so it's not noticable and it will eventually rot away.

Answer 2

Listen to Copperhead on this one, you need to research up what type of plants you have. I have an assortment of each that float and others need to be rooted. What he said is true. There are species of plants that do not root, and others will root on thier own. The ones that will root on thier own, you could weight them down with the maleable weights but do NOT implant them in the gravel. The roots will root themselves in time. I've killed a couple of my plants because I didn't read up on that, and got some good advice from local plant nurseries.

Answer 3

What kind of plants are they? Plants like riccia can be held down by rocks. I even have good results using stainless steel mesh to keep them down on driftwood (especially when they make oxygen bubbles). For rooted type plants, maybe the roots are not going deep enough. If so, you should add more substrate or get a decent size rock and place it near the stem to hold it in place.

Answer 4

If they're plastic or silk, just mound some of the gravel on top of them or weight them.

If they're live, same thing. If they KEEP floating to the top, you can actually put them in a little pot (they have them at the fish store) and pull the roots through the hole at the bottom to anchor them a bit, or tie them with fishing line at the bottom and attach them to a larger piece of stone. One thing I'd check though...some fish like to "rearrange" their decor and as much as you try, you might not be able to keep live plants. These fish include goldfish, cichlids, leps, etc.

Answer 5

like stated above, anchors, which alot of times are already on some plants, I have heard people say use rubberbands, but not to tight to hold stem plants together and then bury. you could put the ends through a new , clean, clay pot and stick that in substrate

Answer 6

You can buy plant anchors to oweigh them down, or you can empty out some of the water and bury them down.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Okay, i recently asked this question so check out my history if none of these answers hep you out.

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What i done was simply tie an elastic band around the base of the plant to keep it all together. You should then bury it under plenty of gravel.
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Answer 9

You can get a plant fastner that makes the plant sink at the aquarium

Answer 10

Anchor them down with some rocks and stones