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Brown edges to leaves
Hi all,
I am new to fishkeeping and have a 40 litre tank. I have planted the tank with a Limnophila, a Hygrophila and a Lugwigia. The tank is usually lit for 12-14 hours with a 15w flourecent bulb. The plants appear to be doing well, having been in the tank for 4 weeks or so now, but the edges of the leave on all the plants are going brown. This is particularly true of the top leaves. Being a newbie, I am sure I have been overfeeding the fish and have cut back the amount I feed them as I get the impression the brown stuff is waste product as it dries to a brown/yellow dust and is present on the tops of my filter and heater. It also accumulates around the edges of the tank. I have cleaned the gravel today and conducted a 25% water change in the hope of reducing the waste in the water (tank is fully cycled btw). I am not feeding the plants any nutirents. I would therefore appreciate some advice as to whether peopel think this is waste/algae or something else such as a nutrient deficiency. Any advice is greatly appreciated Vimes |
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Brown edges to leaves
Hi all,
I am new to fishkeeping and have a 40 litre tank. I have planted the tank with a Limnophila, a Hygrophila and a Lugwigia. The tank is usually lit for 12-14 hours with a 15w flourecent bulb. The plants appear to be doing well, having been in the tank for 4 weeks or so now, but the edges of the leave on all the plants are going brown. This is particularly true of the top leaves. Being a newbie, I am sure I have been overfeeding the fish and have cut back the amount I feed them as I get the impression the brown stuff is waste product as it dries to a brown/yellow dust and is present on the tops of my filter and heater. It also accumulates around the edges of the tank. I have cleaned the gravel today and conducted a 25% water change in the hope of reducing the waste in the water (tank is fully cycled btw). I am not feeding the plants any nutirents. I would therefore appreciate some advice as to whether peopel think this is waste/algae or something else such as a nutrient deficiency. Any advice is greatly appreciated Vimes First, if they have only been in the tank for 4 weeks, it could be the shock that's just wearing off on them, probably not 'grown' alot, and when you seen new shoots here and there, consider taking the old browning leaves off... but that's up to you. The brown stuff could be algae, a brown algae, diatom, but it usually doesn't just settle somewhere, it'll be on the glass where the light doesn't hit... Try rubbing it off, if it comes off easy, it could be food, and if it's real slimy it's diatom algae... not a bad thing, just cumbersome... not sure about the volume on a 40l, can't convert metric for the life of me... I'd guess that it's a 10-20g tank Seachem's Flourish and Flourish Excel are nice ferts for anyone starting out with plants, they're available at almost any LFS, and you may even benefit from Flourish Iron.... Others with more experience can chime in on that.... the best nutrient a plant can get sometimes is clean water, but a planted tank doesn't need as many or as large of a water change, more like 10-15% every OTHER week.... IF it's a light fish load... -- RedForeman ©® future fabricator and creator of a ratbike streetfighter!!! |
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Brown edges to leaves
Hi all,
I am new to fishkeeping and have a 40 litre tank. I have planted the tank with a Limnophila, a Hygrophila and a Lugwigia. The tank is usually lit for 12-14 hours with a 15w flourecent bulb. The plants appear to be doing well, having been in the tank for 4 weeks or so now, but the edges of the leave on all the plants are going brown. This is particularly true of the top leaves. Being a newbie, I am sure I have been overfeeding the fish and have cut back the amount I feed them as I get the impression the brown stuff is waste product as it dries to a brown/yellow dust and is present on the tops of my filter and heater. It also accumulates around the edges of the tank. I have cleaned the gravel today and conducted a 25% water change in the hope of reducing the waste in the water (tank is fully cycled btw). I am not feeding the plants any nutirents. I would therefore appreciate some advice as to whether peopel think this is waste/algae or something else such as a nutrient deficiency. Any advice is greatly appreciated Vimes First, if they have only been in the tank for 4 weeks, it could be the shock that's just wearing off on them, probably not 'grown' alot, and when you seen new shoots here and there, consider taking the old browning leaves off... but that's up to you. The brown stuff could be algae, a brown algae, diatom, but it usually doesn't just settle somewhere, it'll be on the glass where the light doesn't hit... Try rubbing it off, if it comes off easy, it could be food, and if it's real slimy it's diatom algae... not a bad thing, just cumbersome... not sure about the volume on a 40l, can't convert metric for the life of me... I'd guess that it's a 10-20g tank Seachem's Flourish and Flourish Excel are nice ferts for anyone starting out with plants, they're available at almost any LFS, and you may even benefit from Flourish Iron.... Others with more experience can chime in on that.... the best nutrient a plant can get sometimes is clean water, but a planted tank doesn't need as many or as large of a water change, more like 10-15% every OTHER week.... IF it's a light fish load... -- RedForeman ©® future fabricator and creator of a ratbike streetfighter!!! |
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Brown edges to leaves
The brown is probably dirt that's settled on the leaves or brown algae
which is an indication of low light. Since it's a somewhat low light tank, 25% weekly water changes should be enough to replenish other nutrients that the plants need. If you add fertilizers you're more likely to get other algaes. Ludwigia and Limnophila have high light requirements and probably won't last long with just 15w. Cris On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:14:41 +0000, Commander Vimes wrote: Hi all, I am new to fishkeeping and have a 40 litre tank. I have planted the tank with a Limnophila, a Hygrophila and a Lugwigia. The tank is usually lit for 12-14 hours with a 15w flourecent bulb. The plants appear to be doing well, having been in the tank for 4 weeks or so now, but the edges of the leave on all the plants are going brown. This is particularly true of the top leaves. Being a newbie, I am sure I have been overfeeding the fish and have cut back the amount I feed them as I get the impression the brown stuff is waste product as it dries to a brown/yellow dust and is present on the tops of my filter and heater. It also accumulates around the edges of the tank. I have cleaned the gravel today and conducted a 25% water change in the hope of reducing the waste in the water (tank is fully cycled btw). I am not feeding the plants any nutirents. I would therefore appreciate some advice as to whether peopel think this is waste/algae or something else such as a nutrient deficiency. Any advice is greatly appreciated Vimes |
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