It was all going so well…

[Gavin3171]

Hi Everyone,

I seem to be getting a fair bit of melt on my anubias.

Setups is the following:
200L fluval roma (been running since December)
Standard fluval lighting (timing setup as shown in the images)
NO injected co2
Dosing microbelift “liquid” bioco2 @2ml per day
Dosing esha prophyll @ the correct dose per day

Im quite heavily stocked with SA cichlids and 3 fair sized plecos. But they dont seem to touch the plants/uproot them or even pay any intrest in them.

And my Crypts are growing well as they always have

Im totally stumped 🤔

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

and 3 fair sized plecos. But they dont seem to touch the plants

I'm pretty sure that is <"Plec damage">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Gavin3171]

🤯 oh no! It definitely does

Time to get more wood 🤦🏻‍♂️. Thanks for the swift reply

 

[mort]

You probably won't see any signs of them doing it as they tend to be more nocturnal. You can add sinking foods when the lights are out and that might help, tucking them into an area where the cichlids can't get to them.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Time to get more wood

Are they <"Panaqolus"> sp.? If they are I'd try a hard vegetable like Sweet potato or Yam as well.

If they are Ancistrus etc, I'd try range of "vegetables" like Courgette, Red Pepper, Green Beans etc.

cheers Darrel