Cut as low as possible. It splits in two there, so you will have a thick bush.

I think the correct way is the cut the top, unroot the bottom stem and plant the top stem... will be troublesome

That's the beauty of it. So you can get a bushy stemplants after a few trims. Usually you cut lower than the height you want.

I think you have no idea what you're talking about. If you think its fake, do some research or just watch this video here that teaches you how to make rotala bushy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0y5h5COwB8

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I have alot of cabomba, rotala vietnam and rotala nanjenshan for swap or give away..

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I am waiting for my java moss on driftwood via postage. Can I directly put them into the tank after I received it?

I mean it doesn't make sense. If the java moss is on the driftwood, then how can you can brush it?
Unless you're confident about the source, snail eggs and parasites cannot be seen by the naked eye.

But you can sanitize the entire wood + moss. As I usually do with new plants.

1. Mix one part bleach into 19 parts water (19 parts water to 1 part bleach). The normal Chlorox will do.
2. Fill one bucket of normal tap water and put double the dosage of Anti-Chlorine.
3. Soak the entire wood + moss into the bleach mix and let it rest for one minute. For moss, I reckon 90 seconds shouldn't be a problem. For tougher plants, you can soak until 3 minutes.
4. Remove it and soak it into the bucket with double dosed anti-chlorine. This will neutralize the bleach.
5. Finally rinse the plant with lots of dechlorinated water.

There are variations to the above, but you can google how to disinfect plants - but that is the extract of it and how I do it.

The tank is not heated, temperature about 30C
Realised I made a big blunder, I have been reading up on starting a tank with ADA aquasoil and it seems like it needs alot of care at the beginning. Now that the tank is 5 weeks old maybe I am pass the stage of frequent WC or should I still be doing frequent water changes? I don't dose ferts. Quite afraid of the algae to bloom again. So far its been 1 week after clean up and big water change and no algae yet. Ammonia 0.25-0.5ppm, Nitrite 0ppm. In the tank now got rotalas about 15 stems and anubias nana, getting some staurogyne and crypts soon.

Appreciate some feedback thx.

Can Any one point out how to get rid of hair like algae?, its over taking my riccia, mini pelia, aquarium glass too..

prefer a natural method - getting something to eat them and shrimp safe.

thanks

Thanks all. Actually I'm looking for a quick and harmless fix for the plant. It grows only on my Buce (see pic) and my SAE is not doing its job. No Chlorox as it will weaken the plant, and no extended soaks (like 1 week) as that too will weaken the plant. Best thing I'm looking for is just to soak overnight and then next day just put back into the tank. The quantity is only a palmful.

So will probably use the Excel brush technique.

Also does anybody know what is that thing growing on the stone (the red arrows)? Is that mini pelia? I've been trying to get rid of it too as it will eventually cover the Buce leaves.

I need to disinfect the plant of all those stuffs that's growing on it. That's the problem with keeping Buce.

Got a whole bunch of Cabomba to give away... any takers?

Unfortunately at Glenmarie, Shah Alam... not Sarawak.. haha

Sorry for being a novice here. How much maintenance for growing plant? Need to change water frequently? How long for a tank to become cycle? Thanks.

I want stay away from cleaning the tank frequently. Just wondering tank in cycle mode can delay the cleaning. Not going for DIY but willing to spend for CO2 if meet my expectation. My colleague told me Java Moss is the easiest to maintain. Please enlighten here.

Thanks for the advice bro. Trimming is OK just that cleaning the algae. The intention to switch is to clean less. I heard from someone that this aquatic plant require change water so often. Is that true?

Interesting. I've always wondered what I have in my tank. Even after looking at all the photos, I still cannot positively ID the fish in my tank is SAE or Flying fox. I find it hard to ID.

Here ya go. Is this SAE? Refuses to eat BBA. Its only 2.5 inch now, so considered very young.

SAE, It can get quite territorial once grow up, I can see it in my tank. from what I've read. Juvenile SAE is good for algae, not adult, they steal fish food. The best is Otocinclus, they mind their own business.