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I am setting up a tall hexagon tank (i thinks its 30 gal give or take); anyway i will be applying cork bark to the back of the tank to mount some plants on. my question is what is the most affective way to mounting broms to the bark? i was just going to take a cork curl and cut it into smaller pieces and glue them to the cork bark background and use that as a planter and place the brom. inside stuffing the excess space with some sort of moss. Is this OK or are there any better ways of doing this.
thanks in advance for your help
ADAM

Hi,

Oooo, a 30 gallon hex, that should be a lot of fun. Tillandsias can just be glued with silicone sealant to whatever you are trying to attach them to. With cork bark you can often just wedge them into the natural gaps and curves. As long as they are secure and can't move they will develope roots and attach themselves to the cork bark after a few months. All tillandsias that are gray in color need to dry out well between waterings or they will rot quickly.

Neoregilias and most of the others do best when they have their base wrapped in moist sphagnum moss and then are tied to a log or cork bark with fishing wire. The base of the plant needs to stay moist most of the time or the plants don't usually develope roots. You can also use little inch long sections of picture hanging wire that are bent into U shapes and kind of tack plants against the background. Post some pics when your done with the tank, I'm sure everyone would love to see them. Good luck,
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I find the easiest way yo do it is just siliconing them in place with a little moss wrapped around them. Make sure everything is dry so the silicone sticks. I would flip the tank on it's back after you put the background in and then silicone the plants to it. This way you don't have to hold them in place until the silicone sets up. Make sure and only put the silicone on the hard "root" base of the brom. You can also utilize any natural gaps in the cork bark.

Pssst. By the way I sell bromeliads.
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If the broms. have a woody stem like fireball pups do just get a screwdriver punch a hole in the cork bark and if you want you can put some silicone in the hole to keep the broms in place. I usually just punch a hole with the screwdriver and they stay really well.
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