What to do with Amazon babies?

[exv152]

Has anyone here ever removed baby swords from the mother plant?  Just wondering if anyone has some good tips.

[zima]

Yupe, I do that on a regular basis. I let the shoots grow a decent root system (they'll only do that while submersed, in my experience), after which I cut it off and replant if in the same tank (if there is space) or in a different one. Or pass it on to another hobbyist .

Nice setup, by the way! And welcome to OVAS!!

[pminister]

Can't offer much help on this topic. Though tank looks amazing, what type of setup do you have if you dont mind sharing ?

Thanks.
-Seb

[exv152]

Thanks, it's a 75 gal tank, with 4x65W Coralife lights, and an Eheim pro II 2026 canister filter.  I have five angelfish, three corydoras, five otos, eleven lemon tetras and eleven zebra danios.

[kennyman]

I cut them off leaving 1/2" of stem either side of the crown and floated them in a jar of water in the kitchen windosill with a few crystals of all purpose fert. It started to produce roots and I was going to try one as an emerged houseplant but neglected it as usual and the water fouled in the jar.