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On 4/19/2021 at 1:48 PM, Denise said:
Thank you. I’ll order more plant tabs. How about the Java ferns? They gave brown leaves on them. One is planted. Two are glued to wood. Should I use easy green liquid 2x a week?
I think you are going to need to do some trial and error to get the balance cory mentioned above with the 20 to 50 ppm you can try a double dose but keep an eye on the water parameters and like he said if the nitrates get too high do a water change and try a different amount or change how far apart you do the doses. You may have to do it every 5 days rather than 7 it might be too much to jump all the way to dosing every 3 days. The weird thing about dosing every 5 days is if you dose friday you then dose on Wednesday but then you wouldn't dose again til Monday... which can be hard to keep track of for me.
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UPDATE:
Added a root tab near the hairgrass in the tank (forgot to do it before planting ) it ended up causing a weird dust like algea bloom. I left it alone for a week with the dust in there and then did about a 30% water change when i got the fertilizer in, the java fern had already started to straighten out a bit before the water change, during water change i pinched off the leaves that were really bad and left them in the tank (they had little sprouts on the tips). The one Java Fern that was the worst has improved a ton its straightened out a lot and the dots have reduced in size significantly.
The only thing now is the ph seems to have raised significantly to about 8 to 8.2. Does anyone have a recommendation for this?
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QUICK UPDATE:
Im going to turn off the lights for now, i am ordering easy green today.
Found another little leaf shoot hidden in the cormer that is growing but its kind of translucent/ yellow/pale?. Im hoping turning off the lights to slow down the plants a bit while im waiting for the aio to come in. They will still get a little light during the day cause i leave my curtains open in my office but it will be minimal. I will start with this and try to post updates every few days.
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9 hours ago, Jungle Fan said:
Any time a leaf isn't visibly doing well, when it's yellow, brown, translucent, has holes, or is overly infested with algae it is generally best to cut it off and give the plant the opportunity to focus on new growth than to waste energy and nutrients on a leaf that won't recover. Java fern is very resilient, and given the proper nutrients and lighting it will recover.
So would you say that clipping off the leaves in worst condition and then starting an aio fert is a good course or should i do vice versa?
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10 hours ago, Patrick_G said:
It’s going to take a little time, but I think it’ll recover.
Im still new to the whole plant 🪴 thing how much time is "giving it time" to see a change? Days? Weeks? Months? Lol
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3 hours ago, Anita said:
Ah, so this brings up more questions...🤔
A T10 bulb? All that tells you is the shape and size of the bulb, not how much light it puts out. T10 bulbs come in a variety of wattages, from 6W to 60W. How many watts (power), or better yet, the lumens (brightness), is the bulb rated?
Is it an LED bulb? Or is it an incandescent or fluorescent bulb? A 4 W LED bulb draws only 4 W of power, but is nearly as bright as a 40 W incandescent or fluorescent bulb. The LED bulb product description, usually printed on the box, should specify what would be the equivalent wattage incandescent or fluorescent bulb.
One source recommends for Java Ferns, using "1.5/2 watts of light for each gallon in your tank." For example, a 10-gallon tank should be lit with a bulb rated as the equivalent of a 15W-20W incandescent or fluorescent bulb.
In your photo, the tank looks like it is in pretty bright room. Is this the case, or is it just bright for the photo? You may need block out the light coming in from the sides and top, in addition to what is coming from the bulb.
Lastly, floating plants will provide shade. But don't forget that it could take weeks before they grow thickly enough to filter out enough light to make a difference. And floating plants will only screen light coming from the top.
Let us know what you do! 😎
First of all This was a lot of helpful information on lighting, and second ill answer the questions. IDK the specifics on the bulbs ill have to double check before i do anything.
The room is lit well for me to see but it is a single LED bulb on the middle of the ceiling probably 10ft from the tank. When i turn off the tank light it is like night and day i can barely see anything in the tank i dont think it would be enough to be too much light. Also the tank is on the far side of the room from the window that is on the north side of the Home so there is never any direct sunlight or reflections on the tank...
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17 hours ago, Anita said:
I believe Java Ferns are happiest in low light conditions. Your tank looks very bright. What sort of lighting are you using?
Here is a snippet from the Aquarium Co-Op Java Fern Care Guide:Im using some t10 type of bulb idk what its rated at but i didnt think it was too bright maybe its that, i was going to get some floating plants you think that would help?
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16 hours ago, Betsy said:
I'm still a little worried about the leaf curling...usually, the leaves on a java fern stay pretty flat. Have you felt the rhizome? If you squish it, and it's squishy, the plant
might beis rotten! If it's not squishy...definitely try the Easy Green!Also...here's an awesome Co-Op Article about Plant Nutrient Deficiencies!
Good luck, and please keep us updated!!
I didnt know the curling wasnt normal, Thanks for letting me know! I havent tried squiching the rhizome
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14 hours ago, Patrick_G said:
I would start with a good general fertilizer like Easy Green. Wait a few weeks and look for shoots coming out of the rhizome. If the current leave turn black you can trim them off to allow the plant to put energy into the new growth.
This one in the other corner has new growth starting . It has Two leaves but on of them is pretty bad the other just has a little spotting. Both curling. But there is new growth. Should i snip off the bad leaf or wait til its dead dead?
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17 hours ago, KBOzzie59 said:
No don't frim the roots the plant is plenty stressed right now. You want to use a water column fertilizer like easy green.
https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/plant-supplies/products/easy-green-all-in-one-fertilizer
Ok i wasnt sure if easy green would fix the problem thank you 😊
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New guy Here to get help with my planted tank already posted in another section but wanted to introduce my tank as a whole. I have about 7 shrimp in here but no longer have any fish atm long story not good for an introduction...
Since im new started with a 10 gallon used Eco complete substrate and got some Anubias and Java Fern plants
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20 hours ago, Betsy said:
Are you using any fertilizers at the moment? Can we get some tank stats? pH/GH/KH/nitrates?
No fert atm i wasnt sure what to use if i was to use some. (Ima noob) ph is around 7.2-7.4 kh is somewhere around 225 or 250? Nitrates are lowand no nitrite. GH IS hardness right? Water is Hard around 150 maybe?
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2 minutes ago, Zdrube said:
Those are new plants.
I heard that they do this when they are very stressed out because they think they are going to die or something 😓
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1 hour ago, KBOzzie59 said:
Those are new plants. That and the dots are where new plants will start. They do that when they are super stressed. How is the rhizome? is it glued to that wood? Can you get a picture of it?
The rhizome isnt damaged from what i can tell now that i think about it they might be a little dirty? Should i clean off the rhizome/roots if it is? No the wood just had a little V groove it fit in and doesnt float out. Ill take some more picture's when i get home.
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I have some java fern in a tank that i have had for 3 months now (my first planted tank) but it doesnt seem healthy/happy its growing i guess they might be little shoots at the tips of the leaves and the leaves are getting a lot of polka dots thou lght initially that it might be it adjusting to my tank parameters but it hasnt improved in the last month there is one or two leaves that have completely died at this point but idk what nutrient they are lacking what is causing the black spots? I dont want to just dump fertilizer in there and get algea if its not necessary...
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Just wanted to post one last time, the Java Ferns have tons of sprouts now it looks pretty hectic now in my tank lol