Letting Stem Plants Float

I have a few Temple plants and hygrophila blue's in my tank. Right now I have them all planted in the substrate, but before I did that I kind of let them just sit in the tank unplanted for a few days before I decided where I wanted to put everything. I've come to realize I kind of like the look of the plants floating freely, is there anything wrong with doing this permanently? The plants are all doing really well and have a ton of roots growing out all over the place, most of them need to be trimmed actually. Are there any drawbacks to doing this?

 

No they'll be fine. The only issue I've had is thr algae will probably be worse since they are much closer to the light.

 

No they'll be fine. The only issue I've had is thr algae will probably be worse since they are much closer to the light.

Cool, I only have a 20 long and the plants are up to the surface of the water so being close to the light is nothing new lol. I'll look out for any new algae growth though.

 

I have Bacopa Australis, a stem plant that is usually planted in the substrate floating at the top of my nano tank. It grows really well (and in fact now ned to get rid of a bunch of it) and the shrimp love hanging out in it. I've had no issues at all using it as a floating plant, and rather like the look of it.

 

The only issue is some invasive plants like parrot feather. When floating can be a big mess. More controlled when buried in the gravel.