MDByne
Seedling
Hi guys.
Despite being seen as 'easy' plants I just can't seem to keep any ferns alive. In my previous tank I had two java ferns that just browned and died off. I had heard some people suffer the same thing but get success with a different fern so I tried trident fern. Unfortunately I'm having the exact same thing happen again.
It's a low energy set up with no co2 injection. All my other plants are healthy and growing well (assortment of crypts, echinodorus, eleocharis, buce and anubias). I dose 3ml of EA Aquascaper Complete fertilizer daily and do 50% water change once a week. I'm running a biomaster thermo 250 giving me 10x flow (near enough) in my 100l 70cm tank.
Does anyone have any advice of keeping these things going? They seem to die off so quickly. Do I need all the leaves to die off before the rhizome grows new leaves? I wasn't aware of this on ferns other than bolbitis. My water is pretty hard in the South of England, could this be the issue? Its the only one I've had a problem with.
Any help appreciated!
Matt
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Despite being seen as 'easy' plants I just can't seem to keep any ferns alive. In my previous tank I had two java ferns that just browned and died off. I had heard some people suffer the same thing but get success with a different fern so I tried trident fern. Unfortunately I'm having the exact same thing happen again.
It's a low energy set up with no co2 injection. All my other plants are healthy and growing well (assortment of crypts, echinodorus, eleocharis, buce and anubias). I dose 3ml of EA Aquascaper Complete fertilizer daily and do 50% water change once a week. I'm running a biomaster thermo 250 giving me 10x flow (near enough) in my 100l 70cm tank.
Does anyone have any advice of keeping these things going? They seem to die off so quickly. Do I need all the leaves to die off before the rhizome grows new leaves? I wasn't aware of this on ferns other than bolbitis. My water is pretty hard in the South of England, could this be the issue? Its the only one I've had a problem with.
Any help appreciated!
Matt
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