"Akvaristen" wrote in message
news:GOX3b.303445$YN5.208841@sccrnsc01...
I have had poor growth in my tank - more or less from the start. I
have had
a CO2 system in place for a month now (Nutrafin fermentation type) and
I
have always used Seachem flourish additives. Lately also the pellets
in the
substrate. My water #'s are fine (I think) PH 7.8, Ammonia and Nitrite
0, KH
0
GH 19(!). I have a deep 2-3" gravel bed with a layer of the fine red
stuff
(name escapes me, but was recommended by LSF for planted tank) and a
top
layer of coarse gravel. I have 14 red-eye tetra a dozen cardinal
tetra, one
RAM and one Angel, one Siamese algae eater and one sail fin pleco.
The tank is 50 gl and the fish are doing fine. So are some of the
plant,
particularly after the CO2. I have saggataria - very long and broad,
Anubias
and cryptocyrenes. They all are doing reasonably well, but Amazons are
not.
I attach a picture of some new ones I just added. A few days later the
leaves all had holes in them. What can I do to rectify this? I have
always
used properly conditioned tap water - is it time to switch to RO?

Any advise is appreciated.

Thanks

Akvaristen

http://home.comcast.net/~akvaristen/...t-03-061-1.jpg





Nice to see the Emperor tube hanging down there. Its a good filter.
Cut those leaves off since they have been eaten away by your Pleco.....
Check your depth on the roots.....I wonder if they are rotted
away......just check while your pruning the eaten leaves away...... I
have been bad about that myself.

Bottom line, I think your common Pleco likes them.... I know much less
than many on here.....perhaps others know what else would cause what I
see....in the picture..

I lost a wonderful Amazon sword that filled an entire 29H. I removed
the UGF filter and replanted as before...but 75% of the roots ended up
in a non O2 zone and rotted which killed the plant after it got to
rotting for a week or so. I forgot about the O2....or lack of in a
regular non UGF substrate...

Good luck.