Weird white dots on my Vallisneria?

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There’s these weird white dots all over my Val that’s almost chalky when I rub them with my finger. I know they aren’t snail eggs, and I’m hoping someone has encountered this before. Thanks for any help!

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So I know I just posted this, but I also just found out what exactly was wrong with my plants. They’re suffering from biogenic decalcification. Basically there is an imbalance of light and co2. The light levels are telling them they should be able to grow at a certain rate but there’s not enough co2 for them to grow that fast. So they take in bicarbonate and break that apart into co2 and hydrogen peroxide. This gives them the co2 they need, but the hydrogen peroxide released reacts with calcium in the water to form calcium carbonate, which are the deposits that are on my plants. So either decreasing light exposure or increasing available co2 is how to fix this.

This video explains all of this and more, but figured I’d give a tldr for anyone interested.

 

[nabokovfan87]

do you happen to have mini nerites at all?

 

Very interesting, I've never seen this before.  Learned something new today!

[River]

Oh wow I’ve had this before and had no idea what it was. Thanks!

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On 8/6/2023 at 10:03 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

do you happen to have mini nerites at all?

 

Very interesting, I've never seen this before.  Learned something new today!

Nah, and there’s no nerites in this tank at all, I have them in others tho but I do wanna get one in this tank