sera guide - Splendid plants in your aquarium

Bottom ground for plants Fill a special bottom ground layer into the aquarium after you installed the sera soil heating set. sera floredepot with integrated fertilizer tablets and sera Professional flo- reground active bottom granulate (page 8) are available from sera. You can ideally com- bine both bottom ground types with each other. Place aquarium gravel and/or aquar- ium sand on top of the bottom ground ac- cording to your taste. Combinations allow creating interesting color effects. Preparing plants Purchased plants often come with a lead ring that prevents the plants from floating in the retailers’ tanks. The roots are also often wrapped in rock wool. Remove lead and rock wool before putting the plants into the aquar- ium. First fill the aquarium with water for about two thirds. Then carefully shorten the roots to about 3 cm (1.2 in.) using the sera flore tool S plant scissors. This will support quick growth of new roots and thus will make the plants grow on faster. 19