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My Anacharis/Elodea plants are dying,...What do I do???
I don't have them planted, but instead I have them floating in long
strands on the surface of my Betta tank. They seem to be dying at one end, with the disease or whatever, slowly working itself to the other end. Does anyone have any suggestions on just what I should do, because once they are dead, I will no longer have any live aquatic plants at all,... And neither of the two local pet stores sell any aquatic plants.~Dean. |
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My Anacharis/Elodea plants are dying,...What do I do???
"Papa Red" wrote in message ... I don't have them planted, but instead I have them floating in long strands on the surface of my Betta tank. They seem to be dying at one end, with the disease or whatever, slowly working itself to the other end. Does anyone have any suggestions on just what I should do, because once they are dead, I will no longer have any live aquatic plants at all,... And neither of the two local pet stores sell any aquatic plants.~Dean. ===================== This plant only thrives in my brightly lit tanks and in hard alkaline water. The more nutrient rich the better. YMMV - this is my experience only. Have you tried adding Aquarium plant fertilizer? How bright is the tank? -- KL.... Aquariums since 1952. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({* |
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My Anacharis/Elodea plants are dying,...What do I do???
"Papa Red" wrote in message
... I don't have them planted, but instead I have them floating in long strands on the surface of my Betta tank. They seem to be dying at one end, with the disease or whatever, slowly working itself to the other end. Does anyone have any suggestions on just what I should do, because once they are dead, I will no longer have any live aquatic plants at all,... And neither of the two local pet stores sell any aquatic plants.~Dean. I use anacharis mostly in my outdoor ponds. I let them float, also. They will sometimes die back from one end. I will break that off if the rest of the plant looks healthy. Have you tried pruning off the bad parts and seeing what happens with any good parts that remain? BTW I've found packaged dry bulb type aquarium plants in Wal-Mart and Petsmart. Sometimes they actually grow into a plant! You might check on those plants. Gail near San Antonio TX |
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My Anacharis/Elodea plants are dying,...What do I do???
That tank is about three feet from an east facing window, with both
morning sunlight, and reflected sunlight in the afternoon. And none of the stores that I have access to carry aquatic fertilizers.~Dean. |
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My Anacharis/Elodea plants are dying,...What do I do??? [Gail]
I have just now trimmed off the dying parts of the plant, as you have
suggested. And as far as purchasing some aquatic plants, all of my glass aquariums, and all but one of my plastic storage containers that I am keep fish in are bare-bottomed, which is why the Anacharis that I have, is free-floating. As of yet I have no real experience with any other aquatic plants.~Dean, on "South Beach", on the very southern end of Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. of A. |
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My Anacharis/Elodea plants are dying,...What do I do???
Hi Dean..
I don't have them planted, but instead I have them floating in long strands on the surface of my Betta tank. Okay. Hmm.., what kind of "Elodea" (species) is it..? They seem to be dying at one end, with the disease or whatever, slowly working itself to the other end. Possibly a lack of nutrients and lightening. Or too high temperature. Or a mix of all of it..? Please give us a short survey resp. answers to the following questions: How often and how much do you change water..? How big is this tank? How is it filtered? Do you use air stones? Is your tap water softer or harder..? How it is stocked..? Water temperature..? When did you get the Elodea..? Since when it started to become "weak"..? Does anyone have any suggestions on just what I should do, Well.., a great chance to familiarize yourself with living plants.. Did you ever think about distributing them to the brightest tanks you have..? because once they are dead, I will no longer have any live aquatic plants at all,... Don't worry. You got the Elodea and I'm sure you'll get other plants, too..! :-) And neither of the two local pet stores sell any aquatic plants. Well.., as far as I remember do some very popular and easy to manage aquaria plants originally come from the South-East (USA). BTW: Google says Miami/Florida has several aquarium societies: http://freshaquarium.about.com/libra...s/blclubfl.htm HTH.. -- cu Marco |
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