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Newts and aquarium plants: my little gardeners

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s1ren

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Sigh. My pleurodeles really love to uproot the plants in thier tank. They're only planted in the gravel at the bottom of the tank. Is there a way to keep them down, without using those bendable metal weights? I worry about putting bare metal in my aquarium - I'd rather not. The only thing I've found that keeps the plants down is to plant them in coarser gravel in the little plastic baskets that they come in - but those are ugly. :p
 
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s1ren

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As in, sticking the bottoms of the plants under larger rocks to hold them down? I tried that - the plants keep dying when I do that. :/

Now one of them has taken to pulling one of the plastic plants up, too! (it's suction-cupped to the bottom of the tank). They're so cute. Hee!
 
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coen

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no, place the roots of the plants in the gravel and then place the rock on top of it, works for me
 
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s1ren

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That sounds like a great idea - I hadn't thought of that. I'll try it
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