Dwarf Sag planting & rescue

[motifone]

Hi All

I received a bunch of Dwarf Sag mailordered. It was a bunch of tiny plants held together with an elastic, some joined by a runner.

Whats the best way to plant Dwarf Sag? Separate the individual plants? What spacing between the plants should I give them?

Also, the plants are ina temporary tank waiting for my new one to finished being set up. There's a few fish in the tank, low end lighting, no ferts. Understandably, I'm losing a certain degree of the Dwarf Sag (my fault ordering too soon) (leaves turning clear, wasting away). If the plant still has a white root system with a nub, is it perhaps able to be rescued, planted properly in the new tank? Is it bad to let these plants float temporarily if they become unarchored?

thanks
steve

[trenac]

Steve, cut the the runners off the plants and plant them individually about 1/2"-1" apart. Although your leaves are dying as long as the roots stay healthy the plant will snap back once you have them in the right conditions. The plants will be ok if left floating for a short period of time.

[motifone]

thanks for the advice!

yah was pretty depressing to see them wither. i will leave the ones floating for now. i'll keep the nubs that still have solid, white roots and plant them with the nub above the surface of the soil once my new tank arrives.

cheers

[Momotaro]

Don't float them too long, Steve!

I have found that floating rosette plants too long causes them to "spread out" or kinda "flatten" making it tougher to plant them than it really needs to be.

Just my observation!

Mike