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Plant melting with no reason

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4FB36E1D-6D24-4720-BAF6-051D6FA424F2.jpegHi all,

Just noticed one of my plants started melting with no reason at all (can remember what kind of plant it is at the moment).

It literally started after when I added glassware.

All the water parameters and nutrients dosing with weekly water changes are the same.

Another same plant with is growing by is doing fine.

Any ideas what it might be? Or is it just a temporary melt because I’m assuming flow has changed a bit?

Have no idea.
 
Thanks. I had to keep my tank without co2 for a day so maybe that’s why.
 
Mattant1984 said:
It's a cryptocoryne and they are renowned for melting. Usually happens when they are moved or something changes in the tank. Keep everything nice and stable and it will be fine, I've had them melt in places for a couple of weeks then it just stops
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Happened to me when I moved some. It’s apparently a common thing with crypts.
 
Back on track.

I think that was only temporary issue.

Once I’ve removed excess of Hydrocotyle Tripartita everything went back to normal.

I would even say I grows pretty well now!

🙂

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I suspect the UK government is donating CO2 injection stuff to every aquarist for free.
Otherwise I cannot see a reason why tanks like this one run on CO2.
 
^

You dead wrong pal,

I need to work really hard to have such a beatifull tank like this,

Greatings from UK,

Cheers!

🙂
 
Piotr Listwan said:
^

You dead wrong pal,

I need to work really hard to have such a beatifull tank like this,

Greatings from UK,

Cheers!

🙂
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The problem with non-optimised CO2 injection is that it often correlates with a higher incidence of BBA. From the photos, you even seem to have BBA on the substrate itself as well. That is far more worrying than the Crypt melt which is just temporary.
 
So what would you recon in this case then?

Co2 levels are constant all the time.

As you probably noticed it's a Tropica nano co2 system with is running 24h per hour with drop checker always green.

It also has inline diffuser attached as well.

Personally I've got a feelng it is too much organic waste causing BBA as this tank has a lot off guppies constantly breading with are beeing fed using dried bug bites on daily baisis.

Even having Fluval 107 does not keep up with this waste I'm suspecting.
 
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