Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 On 12/21/2022 at 10:39 PM, Seattle_Aquarist said: it dissolves fairly quickly and is non-toxic. Thanks @Seattle_Aquarist! Is it ok for my snail friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 I found whole foods 365 brand epsom salt has no additiive and is cheap; though that was several years ago so you should check if you go taht route. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle_Aquarist Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 10:17 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Thanks @Seattle_Aquarist! Is it ok for my snail friends? Yes, the added magnesium will have no effect positive or negative on your snails. Also you are not really adding that much. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyM Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Hi @Chick-In-Of-TheSea- just found this thread, was wondering if you ever got it sorted out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) Well, heh… every time I go to the store I forget to buy the epsom salts (!!) And I got distracted by this other plant making flowers. @MattyM Edited January 19, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyM Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 My Crispus just threw up a flower like that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I had similar algae on my biggest anubias and some BBA kind of over the top of it. I can tell you that heavy handed hydrogen peroxide will kill the leaves pretty well. 😞 It's amazing how well the stuff can adhere to the leaves. It didn't kill the plant, but I pulled it down away from the light and hoping it recovers over time. It sent a new leaf here a few days ago finally. If you can figure out how to free that stuff up I'd love to know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 On 1/19/2023 at 10:36 AM, MattyM said: My Crispus just threw up a flower like that! That’s what this is. An Aponogeton Crispus. The one on the front left in this photo. On 1/19/2023 at 10:54 AM, jwcarlson said: I had similar algae on my biggest anubias The green spot algae is tough. It cannot be scraped off, and reverse respiration (seltzer soak) didn’t seem to affect it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 I realize I haven’t posted an update. I discovered the rhizome was dying so I’m going to remove the plant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanoFishNut Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Mmm, that's not A. crispus in the front left. I see what might be a crispus leaf in the back right-ish though. A. crispus has pointed leaves, the front left looks like A. ulvaceus, though it's worth noting that most, if not all, Aponogetons in the hobby are heavily hybridized. Your Anubias has been experiencing a long-running phosphate deficiency. I've personally never seen GSA without phosphate deficiencies. Common with Easy Green, it's quite low in phosphorus. Leave it long enough and the rhizome will decay, that's the plant consuming its storage because it's not getting what it needs from the water column. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 11:36 PM, NanoFishNut said: that's not A. crispus in the front left Thanks! I knew it was an Aponogeton of some sort. The bulb was given to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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