Curling leaves in tap water

[kschyff]

Hi all,
This is the second tank I have created in Scotland with tap water and all my plants develop these curling leaves after a few days. The water report for the area describes the water as soft with a tds of 60. The pH I measured at 6.7 with an Apera instruments probe. I used Tropica GS with gravel in this new tank and JBL ProScape in the previous one. Dosing TNC complete weekly. Dosing CO2. Running a Twinstar e600.

My initial thoughts are calcium issues, but I did start using equilibrium and the new leaves are still twisted and curled.

Any ideas?

 

[G H Nelson]

Hi
The leaves look okay!
Looks as though they are emersed plants going into adaption mode!
hoggie

 

[kschyff]

Thank you @GHNelson , but why is the Rotala leaves so small?

 

[G H Nelson]

Transition to submersed leaves changes the shape!
How long have the plants been in the aquarium?

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hoggie

 

[kschyff]

only about 5 days, but in the past the other rotalas I have planted would get bigger and longer leaves.

 

[G H Nelson]

Give it a few weeks for the Rotala to settle....there are many variations of Rotala rotundifolia, and different water parameters can affect the overall look of the plant and how it grows submerged!

 

[G H Nelson]

What is the TDS in the aquarium?