Seagull
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- 16 Feb 2012
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I'm pretty new to aquatic plants, starting out with some hardy anubias a few months ago. A few weeks ago, I decided to get rid of my silk plants and take the plunge into an "all-live" tank.
I have hygrophila polysperma, anubias (unsure of what type), vallisneria (americana oramericana var. biwaensis) , two echinodoras species and two marimo balls.
This picture was taken today. Sorry about the sand, I have a water change & gravel vac plannned for tomorrow. I do also have a little green dust algae atm too which you may be able to see near the sand on the front left.
I am having a few problems with my plants. Some of my echinodoras leaves are developing a 'scaly' look with brown lines and other leaves are deveoping brown patches at the tips of the leaves which have holes in them (making them look almost like lace). My vallisneria has mostly died. Many 'stems' have turned a brown/yellow colour and have been removed and I would guess that there are only around 5-6 'stems' left, some of which appear to also be turning yellow.
Any idea why these plants do not seem to be doing so good?
My other plants all appear fine. The hygro seems to be doing great and I have propagated several new plants from cuttings. I get several cm of growth per week on it. The anubias regularly grows new leaves, though they don't seem to be growing very large, anything I can do about this? I have had the anubias since October, so I would have thought some of the newer leaves would have grown more significantly since then, even with it being a slow grower. The marimo balls appear healthy, though I understand that they tend to grow only millimeters a year.
I currently do not dose any Co2, though some EasyCarbo is arriving within the next few days. I currently dose 'King British Aquatic Plant Food' liquid fertilizer. Some TNC 'plugs' for the echinodoras and vallisneria are currently in the psot with the EasyCarbo as I have been lead to believe that they are heavy root feeders and would therefore benefit more from root tabs than liquid fertlizer. Do these things sound OK? Does anything need altering? Any other brands/products you'd reccommend?
Many Thanks
I have hygrophila polysperma, anubias (unsure of what type), vallisneria (americana oramericana var. biwaensis) , two echinodoras species and two marimo balls.
This picture was taken today. Sorry about the sand, I have a water change & gravel vac plannned for tomorrow. I do also have a little green dust algae atm too which you may be able to see near the sand on the front left.
I am having a few problems with my plants. Some of my echinodoras leaves are developing a 'scaly' look with brown lines and other leaves are deveoping brown patches at the tips of the leaves which have holes in them (making them look almost like lace). My vallisneria has mostly died. Many 'stems' have turned a brown/yellow colour and have been removed and I would guess that there are only around 5-6 'stems' left, some of which appear to also be turning yellow.
Any idea why these plants do not seem to be doing so good?
My other plants all appear fine. The hygro seems to be doing great and I have propagated several new plants from cuttings. I get several cm of growth per week on it. The anubias regularly grows new leaves, though they don't seem to be growing very large, anything I can do about this? I have had the anubias since October, so I would have thought some of the newer leaves would have grown more significantly since then, even with it being a slow grower. The marimo balls appear healthy, though I understand that they tend to grow only millimeters a year.
I currently do not dose any Co2, though some EasyCarbo is arriving within the next few days. I currently dose 'King British Aquatic Plant Food' liquid fertilizer. Some TNC 'plugs' for the echinodoras and vallisneria are currently in the psot with the EasyCarbo as I have been lead to believe that they are heavy root feeders and would therefore benefit more from root tabs than liquid fertlizer. Do these things sound OK? Does anything need altering? Any other brands/products you'd reccommend?
Many Thanks