On 13 Nov 2005 10:21:20 -0800, "Liz" wrote:

I asked this on another forum and got no answer, so hopefully you all
will have an idea:

Background:
On Friday the 4th, I set up a 6g aquarium with Flourite (lots of it)
and some plants. On Saturday the 5th, I added a betta and on Monday the
7th, I added Bio-Spira. Some snails came with the plants and I've been
removing them when found (I don't really like snails) - there haven't
been many - maybe 8 found. We are very careful about not overfeeding
the betta.

I don't know what the plants are as they weren't labeled and the clerk
didn't know - but I liked them, so I thought I'd gamble. They seemed to
be doing OK until Saturday morning - one of them has brown spots on it,
but it does NOT look like sunken spots like you see on diseased or
mal-nourished plants - it's raised up from the leaf like something
resting on it - perhaps algae or something? It's kinda like dust and
comes off easily - even the betta swimming between the leaves knocks it
off.

Pics are he

overview (339KB): http://www.lizmcguireonline.com/overview.jpg

closeup (30KB): http://www.lizmcguireonline.com/closeup.jpg

...can anyone tell me what it is and how I get rid of it (if I should)?
Also, if you happen to recognize the plant, I'd appreciate knowing
what it is.

It looks like a very healthy Echinodorus schlueteri, possibly the
'Leopard' variety, to me. Check it out at this URL:

http://192.38.244.204/go.asp?show=products

Congratulations!


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Patricia
Proud Citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia