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I have Bacopa Caroliniana, Cryptocoryne Lutea, Baby Tears (all leaves are gone), Anubias nana, Java Fern Microsorium pteropus. I clean my gravel every 3 weeks with the Python vacuum cleaner. Recently I read in the blogs that a fish food can affect the plant, so I switched to Fluval Bug Bites. The pictures are attached. Any help will be appreciated.
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Guys, I got a new light from aquarium coop, liquid fertilizer, two weeks, no change. The plants are still miserable and deteriorating 😕. What else can I do?
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On 1/18/2023 at 3:55 AM, Andy's Fish Den said:
The second plant you pictured is bamboo, the leaves have to be above water. Just have them lower part of the stem and roots in the water. Stem plants get a lot of their nutrients from the water column, so be sure to use a liquid fertilizer. Crypts will melt a lot of times when you plants them, but will regrow. Since the tank has been up for 8 years, I would suspect that there is plenty of fish poo nutrients, unless you are a serious gravel vac user, and along with root tabs there should be plenty of nutrients for the roots. My next suggestion would be lighting like others have said. The generic LED lights that come with tanks or you buy in the big box stores are not that good at growing plants. Get one of the new coop lights, I haven't tried one yet, but I would have to believe that with all that Cory and the group at the coop have put into it, that it will work great.
Thank you all for the replies! Much appreciated! I'll stick to your suggestions and visit Co-Op for a good fertilizer and light.
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On 1/17/2023 at 8:38 PM, Mynameisnobody said:
@Alexey buy the coop light. make your life easy and only buy coop stuff until you are more experienced. They basically have done all the testing, experiments, so you can rest assured that if it isn’t the very best thing on the market then you it probably has too many bells and whistles and becomes impractical anyway.
Where do I get reliable coop light? This Amazon stuff is 90% fake... Any suggestions?
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On 1/17/2023 at 5:23 PM, Mynameisnobody said:
@Alexey well the good news is you now know why your plants are dying. The bad news is you must fertilize or they will wilt, melt, and die off. I use the coop root tabs religiously for my crypts and they love it. I also use easy green once a week.
Cool! I'll do it. What about the lighting? Any suggestions?
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On 1/17/2023 at 3:12 PM, Mynameisnobody said:
@Alexey what is your dosing schedule?
Well. I must admit. I've used fertilizer sporadically. And it was liquid. For those plants in the pictures I put root capsules when I planted them ~3 weeks ago.
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On 1/16/2023 at 7:34 PM, PaigeIs said:
Good question @DiscusLover. How long have you had the plants? Melting is common when plants are added to a new aquarium. It looks like you have a crypt and some bacopa. I also see what looks like bamboo. Is that correct? You just have to be patient. Trim the dying leaves, new ones will grow. Crypts are not super fast growing, but they do bounce back. Watching the plants "die" is something everyone experiences when they first get into planted tanks. Don't despair, think is it as a dramatic plant tantrum.
If these are established plants that suddenly started to die, something else is going on. Have you looked into the growing conditions favored by the plants? Do they like the conditions in your tank? Not just water parameters, but also light, type of substrate, etc. You have some algae, so there is some nutrition in the water column but is it enough for the stem plants? Also, what do the leaves look like when they die off? Are they melting away, or do they turn yellow first, get little holes? All of these clues can help figure out what's wrong.
For the 8 years my tank is running I've never succeeded to keep my plants in proper shape longer then a few weeks. I have very generic led lighting. Can that be a problem?
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On 1/16/2023 at 7:32 PM, Mynameisnobody said:
How long has the aquarium been set up for? What are the inhabitants? How long have the plants been in the aquarium? How much do you dose? There are so many factors, try to be as specific as possible. When all else fails, look up the symptoms your plants are showing in comparison to the coop blog on plant deficiency. It’s very helpful.
The tank is 60 gal. Running for ~8 years. The fish are Barbs, Tetras, Angelfish. The plants in the pictures are 4 weeks old. But it happens to all plants I've ever planted. Some of them loosing leaves, others getting yellow, brown and rotting away. Some stay alive, but in miserable shape, and the new leaves aren't growing. Basically I've never succeeded to keep my plants alive or at least doing well...
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My plants aren't doing well. I use root fertilizer and the water quality seems fine. But they're loosing leaves, struggle, and eventually die.
What could be the reason? Please help!
Why my plants are dying
in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
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Thanks all! Will keep working on it.