331. How to trim your plants in your planted tank. What to look for on your plants

[0rgazmatron]

hey dustin are u interested in selling your appongeton madagascan?

i would love to put it in my 70 gall display tank check it out

[glennfabian]

cool dude.. thank you

[Thehumancat1]

What do you suggest about fern plants?

[Dustinsfishtanks]

@Thehumancat1 I cut my ferns way back....this is per Amano at the aga in 2008

[Thehumancat1]

@Dustinsfishtanks what does the last part mean?

[Dustinsfishtanks]

@Thehumancat1 a great planted tank keeper I met at a conference told me to cut the plants way back....

[flowrusha]

i love your rainbows! cant wait till my bosemani grows up =3

[leephysics]

In my experience plants with dying or withering leaves recover faster when left alone. As long as the leaf is green and attached it's sending energy to itself. I have many sword leaves that are half decomposed but still green from when the plant was first adjusting to my water. Also I've had experience trimming the dead leaves away only to have the plant die completely because it could not make enough energy to recover with the few remaining leaves.

[Dustinsfishtanks]

@leephysics I will say that i hardly ever trim my big swords in my 125. I think it would grow better if i got the uglier ones outta there. how big of a plant was the one that you killed? I will agree on smaller plants that you might wanna leave some so so leafs on while readjusting....thanks for watching and commenting

[leephysics]

@Dustinsfishtanks they were medium to small with just a few leaves.

[newyorksteelo]

You should eventually put up your own local fish store. They say good things come out of people who work with what they are passionate about. Keep up the good work.

[Dustinsfishtanks]

@newyorksteelo the reef master speaks....I'm having enough fun on aquascape.ning.com to last me a while. You gotta hop on there and drop knowledge on your reef in the live chat

[schtals]

/watch?v=kxNdns5UtqY

4:12 - You.

[Smegger]

Great vids man keep up the good work , im learning alot from you .

[JouninSpriggan]

SUPER INFORMATIVE. I've been constantly wondering about this and this clears up the issue completely.

If the leaf is already melting, isnt it the same to just watch and let it melt?

[DrDollarGeneral]

@JouninSpriggan The sooner you cut the leaf, the sooner it can start growing another one in it's place. It also doesn't waste nutrients on it while it's melting.