alcidmr Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Hey everyone I have Java fern that's turning brown and some yellow and some brown algae specially in its roots I have it on rocks with super glue and some just flooding and they are all having the same affect and my hornworth is loosing most of its spikes or what ever they are call only one little are its green and full I put eazy green fertilizer my water is PH 7.6 High PH 7.4 0.ppm ammonia, 0ppm Nitrite, 25ppm Nitrate Temperature 79.7 I read at the CO OP to make sure not to suffocate under gravel or super glue but I have flooding and some on rock with glue so I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. that's why I was not to sure about having live plants lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBWell Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Hornwort is an extremely fast growing plant and it will also die extremely fast, it will suck up alot of fertilizer. The java Fern doesn't look horrible but it looks like you have some babies growing at the ends they could be stealing nutrients from the "parent". How often are you dosing the fertilizer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcidmr Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 One time a week because I don't have a full planted aquarium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBWell Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 @alcidmrseems like you're dosing correctly for just having those plants hopefully someone more well versed in hornwort will come along and chime in. Is any of the hornwort planted or is it all floating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockEwe49 Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 hornwort is very fast growing and also I learned recently that it really doesn't even need to be planted in the substrate since it wont grow roots. Very easy to propagate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcidmr Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 @DannyBWell yeah it's flooding around but it's not much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBWell Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 @alcidmr I would read this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcidmr Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Ok I will thank @DannyBWell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 The Java Fern looks ok, but I have a feeling it started out a little sparse so losing a few leaves might take longer to recover from, give it time and it’ll probably start growing new leaves. Be patient, it’s a slow grower. Pinching off the baby plants might help and you can grow them out separately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcidmr Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Oh ok thanks @Patrick_G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Honestly, your hornwort looks totally fine to me! Much of my hornwort looks like that, with the older needles collecting some mulm and the newer ones looking the greenest. It’s normal for hornwort to lose its needles in new water, then grow new ones. In fact, I can see some new bunches of needles growing on the bare stem already. If the mulm that’s stuck to the older needles bothers you, just take it out and gently swish it in the old tank water next time you do a water change. Welcome to the plant world! 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcidmr Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 4:42 AM, Hobbit said: Honestly, your hornwort looks totally fine to me! Much of my hornwort looks like that, with the older needles collecting some mulm and the newer ones looking the greenest. It’s normal for hornwort to lose its needles in new water, then grow new ones. In fact, I can see some new bunches of needles growing on the bare stem already. If the mulm that’s stuck to the older needles bothers you, just take it out and gently swish it in the old tank water next time you do a water change. Welcome to the plant world! 😊 Oh ok thanks, good to know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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