Plants Losing Color
My 4 year old red crypt is losing whole leaves that have lost color
and the stems are white and "mushy". Similar problem with very long "hair" grass that is turning brown in the middle of leaf and white mush at base. However, the hornwort, water wysteria, sag, and bacopa are doing fine! I have a heavily stocked 29 gallon tank with 60 watts of light, ph is 7, ammonia and nitrates read fine, KH and GH both about 3. I have an Aquaclear 150 filter with carbon, "green"(brand name) anti phosphate/nitrate filter and sponge. Gravel bed with Flourish tabs, about 1 month old tabs, tank temp is 75. Water changes every 2 weeks about 15%, vacing only the front non planted areas. Kent Freshwater food, liquid, once a month or so. Any ideas what is wrong? I am stumped. Thanks for any help! |
Plants Losing Color
what kind of fish do you have?
"Beth Kosterich" wrote in message om... My 4 year old red crypt is losing whole leaves that have lost color and the stems are white and "mushy". Similar problem with very long "hair" grass that is turning brown in the middle of leaf and white mush at base. However, the hornwort, water wysteria, sag, and bacopa are doing fine! I have a heavily stocked 29 gallon tank with 60 watts of light, ph is 7, ammonia and nitrates read fine, KH and GH both about 3. I have an Aquaclear 150 filter with carbon, "green"(brand name) anti phosphate/nitrate filter and sponge. Gravel bed with Flourish tabs, about 1 month old tabs, tank temp is 75. Water changes every 2 weeks about 15%, vacing only the front non planted areas. Kent Freshwater food, liquid, once a month or so. Any ideas what is wrong? I am stumped. Thanks for any help! |
Plants Losing Color
"SteveG" wrote in message ...
what kind of fish do you have? "Beth Kosterich" wrote in message om... My 4 year old red crypt is losing whole leaves that have lost color and the stems are white and "mushy". Similar problem with very long "hair" grass that is turning brown in the middle of leaf and white mush at base. However, the hornwort, water wysteria, sag, and bacopa are doing fine! I have a heavily stocked 29 gallon tank with 60 watts of light, ph is 7, ammonia and nitrates read fine, KH and GH both about 3. I have an Aquaclear 150 filter with carbon, "green"(brand name) anti phosphate/nitrate filter and sponge. Gravel bed with Flourish tabs, about 1 month old tabs, tank temp is 75. Water changes every 2 weeks about 15%, vacing only the front non planted areas. Kent Freshwater food, liquid, once a month or so. Any ideas what is wrong? I am stumped. Thanks for any help! I have 3-Hatchets / 4 Neon Tetra / 2 male Guppies / 1 clown loach / 4 cories / 1 pleco / 1 serpa treta / 1 danio / 3 flame tetras. Hope that helps. Thanks |
Plants Losing Color
Beth Kosterich wrote:
My 4 year old red crypt is losing whole leaves that have lost color and the stems are white and "mushy". Similar problem with very long "hair" grass that is turning brown in the middle of leaf and white mush at base. However, the hornwort, water wysteria, sag, and bacopa are doing fine! I have a heavily stocked 29 gallon tank with 60 watts of light, ph is 7, ammonia and nitrates read fine, KH and GH both about 3. What is "fine" ammonia and nitrate? Ammonia should be zero, nitrate must be nonzero to support plant life. Coud you specify? I have an Aquaclear 150 filter with carbon, "green"(brand name) anti phosphate/nitrate filter and sponge. The three macro nutrients necessary for plant growth are Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium. If you are removing Nitrates and Phosphates with 100% efficiency, you will not be able to grow plants. So the question becomes, why the "anti phosphate-nitrate filter"? Gravel bed with Flourish tabs, about 1 month old tabs, tank temp is 75. Water changes every 2 weeks about 15%, vacing only the front non planted areas. Kent Freshwater food, liquid, once a month or so. Any ideas what is wrong? I am stumped. Thanks for any help! |
Plants Losing Color
Dave Millman wrote in message ...
Beth Kosterich wrote: My 4 year old red crypt is losing whole leaves that have lost color and the stems are white and "mushy". Similar problem with very long "hair" grass that is turning brown in the middle of leaf and white mush at base. However, the hornwort, water wysteria, sag, and bacopa are doing fine! I have a heavily stocked 29 gallon tank with 60 watts of light, ph is 7, ammonia and nitrates read fine, KH and GH both about 3. What is "fine" ammonia and nitrate? Ammonia should be zero, nitrate must be nonzero to support plant life. Coud you specify? Ammonia is zero, nitrates are also zero, that is, test show none of either I have an Aquaclear 150 filter with carbon, "green"(brand name) anti phosphate/nitrate filter and sponge. The three macro nutrients necessary for plant growth are Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium. If you are removing Nitrates and Phosphates with 100% efficiency, you will not be able to grow plants. So the question becomes, why the "anti phosphate-nitrate filter"? Had a very bad phosphate problem about a year ago trying a CO2 tablet product, used a peat filter for a while, then was told by aquarium store to use the green filter regularly to keep tank in balance. Not using the CO product since problem. Gravel bed with Flourish tabs, about 1 month old tabs, tank temp is 75. Water changes every 2 weeks about 15%, vacing only the front non planted areas. Kent Freshwater food, liquid, once a month or so. Any ideas what is wrong? I am stumped. Thanks for any help! |
Plants Losing Color
Beth Kosterich wrote:
Ammonia is zero, nitrates are also zero, that is, test show none of either Since Nitrates are zero, plants cannot grow. What has probably happened is that your fish were producing sufficient nitrates initially, but your plants grew to the point where they are sucking 100% of the nitrates out of the water. Now plants are dying as a result. Solution? Add nitrate or fish. Adding fish just postones the problem and could lead to overcrowding. Had a very bad phosphate problem about a year ago trying a CO2 tablet product, used a peat filter for a while, then was told by aquarium store to use the green filter regularly to keep tank in balance. Not using the CO product since problem. I cannot comment on this one. I'm not sure I see the connection between CO2 tablets, peat filtration, and the phosphate/nitrate removal filter. It is possible they are unconnected except to create a revenue source for the LFS. Recall that phosphate is also a necessary nutrient, although an excess of phosphate coupled with the lack of other nutrients (nitrate?) can cause algae. My guess is that you are out of Nitrate and will soon be out of Potassium and traces, if you are not already. Start reading here and come back with more questions! http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/ http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_p...izer_intro.htm http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nitrate.htm |
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