uprooting plants

Over the last couple weeks I've been coming home to some of my plants being uprooted,stems and leaves being torn off, and even some noticeable holes bitten out of plants. Currently the inhabitants are 6 turquoise rainbows, 6 khuli loaches, 1 blue gourami, a three inch pleco, and some small...

Hey planted tank people, anyone experience pulling up these fertilizer when uprooting plants for trimming? I have a high a nitrate problem and i'm thinking its due to me uprooting these tabs? I don't have any algae either, so I'm not sure if they are leeching excess nutrients or maybe they're...

I recently bought a pair of albino paradise gouramis. All was well until yesterday morning, when i noticed that a patch of my dwarf baby tears(which has just started to spread and grow out nicely along the substrate) was missing. Throughout the day and today i've found pieces of it floating at...

Is it just me? Or does Blyxa tend to slowly rise up out of the substrate over time? This is going to be the 3rd time I will be having to replant my floating bush of blyxa, they are all hanging in there by just a few lonely, healthy looking roots. I have them in a 45 gallon tall,(Eheim 2215, 2...

I am redoing my 90 gallon I have changed the wood. and removed a 5 gallon bucket of plants. I have a gazillion MTS the substrate is seething with them.:icon_eek: I want to plant hairgrass what do you think the chances are the snails will uproot it? I am waiting for the water to clear now so I...