Latest Angel Tank Pictures & Plant question

[jbicb3]

Here are some pictures of my 55 gal tank.

http://users2.ev1.net/~jbicb3/photography/09-28-06/09-28-06.html

I have a question about the "babies" growing on the stalk coming out of the large plant on the far left side of the tank. Basicly the 4th & 5th pictures. One of the babies looks like it's developing roots, the closest one to the mother plant. Do I just cut the stalk below that baby and stick it down into the substrate? I had growth like this before, but never saw any roots develop, and all the babies died off.

Thanks,
Jerry

[wesleydnunder]

Re: Latest Angel Tank Pictures & Plant question

It looks like a type of echinodorus, amazon sword. I've found the best way to root the babies is to let their leaves get a couple inches long and bend the whole stalk to the substrate and hold down with a rock. With the babies still attached to the stalk, push the roots into the substrate. In 3 or 4 weeks the babies should be stromg enough to survive on their own and you can cut the stalk away.

Mark