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new leaves on amazon sword stay reddish brown?
Does anyone know why the new leaves on my amazon sword are staying a reddish
brown color? The older ones that existed when I bought the plant are big broad green leaves (so I know it's supposed to be green ). Now even some of the older green leaves are becoming transparent and there's some holes in them. I've heard maybe low nitrates?..and that a person can somehow add KNO3 to the water to get levels up. How is this done? (48gal. tank, no C02, some "Terralit" substrate amoung plants, 2X 4 foot PowerGlo lights, no other fertilizers) THANX!! Dave. (I've posted this before but didn't get as much help as I needed at the time) |
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new leaves on amazon sword stay reddish brown?
"Dave M. Picklyk" wrote in message
... Does anyone know why the new leaves on my amazon sword are staying a reddish brown color?........ (I've posted this before but didn't get as much help as I needed at the time) You'd get much more if try to define a specie of your sword. A lot of them have an ability to develope a reddish leaf tissue under certain conditions, usually they're definite light spectrum, adequate intensity and lower temperature. Anyway, the lack of nitrates is the last thing I would explore in similar situation. -- ~SP~ "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Sir Winston Churchill |
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new leaves on amazon sword stay reddish brown?
The dimensions of my tank are 48"WIDE X 18"HIGH X 12"DEEP. I'm going to get
a test kit for nitrate levels. Otherwise the red leaves are doing pretty good "LeighMo" wrote in message ... Does anyone know why the new leaves on my amazon sword are staying a reddish brown color? The older ones that existed when I bought the plant are big broad green leaves (so I know it's supposed to be green ). Now even some of the older green leaves are becoming transparent and there's some holes in them. Amazon sword plants are grown emersed -- with their leaves above the water. So when you buy them and take them home, the existing leaves will die off. The new, submersed leaves that grow in may look quite different from emersed leaves the plant came with. It's normal for new leaves to be reddish, and for some swordplants, it's normal for the leaves to stay reddish. So first, be sure you have a deficiency, before you start dosing. Also, in your previous post, you said this: No, when I bought the plants from the store they had giant tear-drop shaped green leaves. The plant grows tall stems before breaking out into these giant leaves. Sorry I don't know what exact type of Amazon it would be, I'm pretty new to all this. These sound like they might be floating leaves. Many aquatic plants produce leaves that are meant to float on the surface, on long stems. Such leaves should be trimmed off. They will shade out of the tank. Cutting them off will encourage the plant to produce underwater leaves, which is what you want for a planted aquarium. I've heard maybe low nitrates?..and that a person can somehow add KNO3 to the water to get levels up. How is this done? There's info on Chuck's page: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nitrate.htm But you should get a nitrate test kit and see how much nitrate you have now, before you add any. (48gal. tank, no C02, some "Terralit" substrate amoung plants, 2X 4 foot PowerGlo lights, no other fertilizers) What are the dimensions of your tank? If I understand your setup, you have 80 watts of light over 48 gallons of water. That's less than 2 wpg, and IME, you're not likely to have nitrate deficiencies with that little light. (Unless you don't have many fish in your tank.) Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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new leaves on amazon sword stay reddish brown?
You know what LeighMo? I think I have solved the problem!!
I have done some research on the internet and have foud that a "Red Rubin Sword" plant exists and by all the various pictures I've seen..it looks exactly like mine! The scientific name is the Echinodorus rubin. The leaves are usually slightly pale green with dominant red colors and yellowish veins. Check it out! http://www.trilbytropicals.com/REDRUBINSWORDLG.htm or http://www.easyfishkeeping.com/Tropica/74b.htm I think my plant is doing just fine then! Thanx for all your help, let me know your ideas on this. Dave. "LeighMo" wrote in message ... Does anyone know why the new leaves on my amazon sword are staying a reddish brown color? The older ones that existed when I bought the plant are big broad green leaves (so I know it's supposed to be green ). Now even some of the older green leaves are becoming transparent and there's some holes in them. Amazon sword plants are grown emersed -- with their leaves above the water. So when you buy them and take them home, the existing leaves will die off. The new, submersed leaves that grow in may look quite different from emersed leaves the plant came with. It's normal for new leaves to be reddish, and for some swordplants, it's normal for the leaves to stay reddish. So first, be sure you have a deficiency, before you start dosing. Also, in your previous post, you said this: No, when I bought the plants from the store they had giant tear-drop shaped green leaves. The plant grows tall stems before breaking out into these giant leaves. Sorry I don't know what exact type of Amazon it would be, I'm pretty new to all this. These sound like they might be floating leaves. Many aquatic plants produce leaves that are meant to float on the surface, on long stems. Such leaves should be trimmed off. They will shade out of the tank. Cutting them off will encourage the plant to produce underwater leaves, which is what you want for a planted aquarium. I've heard maybe low nitrates?..and that a person can somehow add KNO3 to the water to get levels up. How is this done? There's info on Chuck's page: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nitrate.htm But you should get a nitrate test kit and see how much nitrate you have now, before you add any. (48gal. tank, no C02, some "Terralit" substrate amoung plants, 2X 4 foot PowerGlo lights, no other fertilizers) What are the dimensions of your tank? If I understand your setup, you have 80 watts of light over 48 gallons of water. That's less than 2 wpg, and IME, you're not likely to have nitrate deficiencies with that little light. (Unless you don't have many fish in your tank.) Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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