plantedAlex Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 my trident fern isn't doing so well in this tank it's a 40 breeder and fern looks like this. i've been putting one squirt of easy green every other day to spread it out there are two goldfish in the tank currently. i've attached it to rock with super glue tried to include some water parameters the water is pretty hard in my town. The photo period is about eight hours of medium light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 If I remember rightly Javan ferns often suffer from potassium deficiency 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle_Aquarist Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 9:25 AM, plantedAlex said: my trident fern isn't doing so well in this tank it's a 40 breeder and fern looks like this. i've been putting one squirt of easy green every other day to spread it out there are two goldfish in the tank currently. i've attached it to rock with super glue tried to include some water parameters the water is pretty hard in my town. The photo period is about eight hours of medium light. Hi @plantedAlex I love Microsorum pteropus 'Trident' I grow it myself. How long have you had the Trident in your tank? When did you first start dosing Easy Green? The hardness reading looks weird in the picture, what reading do you see in person? Do you have a water softener on the water supply? -Roy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plantedAlex Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 @Seattle_Aquarist so the trident has been in the tank for about month and a half, been dosing easy green about the last month, hardness on the test Strip seems to be between 150-300, and no water softener just straight out of the tap with some Seachem prime of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle_Aquarist Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Hi @plantedAlex OK, here is likely what is happening. Many aquarium plants we purchase are 'marginals' meaning of they grow along along the edges rivers and lakes and are adapted to live either submerged or emerged. When the plants are emerged and growing in the air in order not to dry out from transpiration the leaves have a thick cuticle layer that minimizes water loss. When the rivers or lakes rise and the plants are submerged the cuticle layer prevents the leaves from 'breathing ' the limited amount of CO2 that is dissolved in the water. The plants allow the emerged leaves to die off, the plants re-absorb the nutrients, and new submerged leaves are formed. Most of our aquatic plants are grown in aquatic plant nurseries in Florida and Asia. To grow the plants quickly and without algae and pests the plants are grown emerged. When we plant them in our tanks it is very common for the plants to loose those emerged grown leaves and start putting out submerged leaves. If you look closely where the arrow is in your enlarged photo you can see the new growth starting to emerge from the rhizome of the plant. More of these will form over time and the old, original leaves will die off. When a leaf has died and turned brown trim if off so more light gets to the new leaves. Hope this helps! -Roy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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