Hornwort does not seem to like Reverse Respiration.

[Pepere]

I had some hornwort in a tank that had threads of thread algae intermingled with it.

 

I removed what I could and soaked it in Seltzer overnight and put it back in the tank the next morning.  4 days later it is falling apart disintegrating…

 

just figured I would share my experience with others….

 

 

[Guppysnail]

When my hornwort is not in the best shape and has algae it does the same thing. The good news is it seems to get a boost from the extra co2 and grows back faster than normal and for me usually much more lush. 

[Tanked]

For me the Hornwort apocalypse began after using Alum. A one day soak instead of the suggested 3 day soak was too much.  I used to grow enough Hornwort and bladder snails feed the omnivores, or give away.  A tiny surviving piece never grew  and fell apart a year later.

[Pepere]

On 9/17/2023 at 9:39 AM, Guppysnail said:

The good news is it seems to get a boost from the extra co2 and grows back faster than normal and for me usually much more lush. 

I dont have much hope for recovery.  Not only are needles shed all over the place, but the stems are disintegrating as well..

 

I suspect I will need to buy new…

[HelplessNewbie]

We had this same experience with an overnight soak. Now we only RR-soak the hornwort for 1 hour.

We did it with my most recent batch and it seems to have worked well for us:

It is at this moment providing shelter for some guppy fry:

 

Edited Sunday at 02:00 PM by HelplessNewbie

[Guppysnail]

On 9/17/2023 at 9:53 AM, Pepere said:

I dont have much hope for recovery.  Not only are needles shed all over the place, but the stems are disintegrating as well..

 

I suspect I will need to buy new…

Interesting I’ve never had stems disintegrate