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I've got a nice piece of driftwood in my 55 gallon tank, and i've currently got quite a few plants growing around it
but after seeing some of your amazing planted tanks i've noticed how good it looks when the plants grow right off of the log, so now i've actually pulled up one of the plants in my tank that seems to grow alot of roots downward from the stem and i've tied it up to the log with some thread, under the assumption that the roots will just continue to grow down until they reach the substrate. If that happens it will look very cool!
Am i wasting my time? Am I putting this plant in any danger of not getting enough nutrients because the roots are not in the gravel? (i just have regular bulk gravel in this tank with root tabs and dose with Flourish Comprehensive and Iron and Excel, so most of the nutrients should be in the water right?)
Also can anyone identify this plant? I bought it from island pets in Richmond i just don't remember what it was called.
As always, Thanks for the advice guys!

but after seeing some of your amazing planted tanks i've noticed how good it looks when the plants grow right off of the log, so now i've actually pulled up one of the plants in my tank that seems to grow alot of roots downward from the stem and i've tied it up to the log with some thread, under the assumption that the roots will just continue to grow down until they reach the substrate. If that happens it will look very cool!




Am i wasting my time? Am I putting this plant in any danger of not getting enough nutrients because the roots are not in the gravel? (i just have regular bulk gravel in this tank with root tabs and dose with Flourish Comprehensive and Iron and Excel, so most of the nutrients should be in the water right?)
Also can anyone identify this plant? I bought it from island pets in Richmond i just don't remember what it was called.
As always, Thanks for the advice guys!