Lonkley Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) I ordered the Bucephalandra Needle Leaf Tissue Culture from aco. It arrived two weeks ago during that high wave me had. Enough so that the tissue culture gel was melted. Other than that it looked very green and springy. I rinsed it and placed it in the tank. Over the next two days all but a couple leaves died off and has been a buffet to my shrimp and guppies. Tank is a couple months old with lots of plant growth. I'm dosing easy green twice a week to keep nitrates around 10-20 by coop strip. Is this going to grow back or is it dead dead. (This is the point I insert a photo but the aco server falls) Edited June 20 by Lonkley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted June 20 Administrators Share Posted June 20 @Lonkley unfortunately the photo doesn't come through for me. You can definitely reach out to our customer service with the email and if it looks like it needs replaced we sell. Or if you want to post the photo here, the trick is to keep it under 9.77MB in size. Some phones are taking much larger pictures. But we don't want threads bogged down with big load times from photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Not seeing the picture either. Maybe possibly edit it and make it smaller if that is possible? Pic would help. I know I attached it, but it is white. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonkley Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 How odd. I went to my PC and uploaded it and it shows on my phone. I don't necessarily need a replacement. Just an id. If this doesn't work I'll resize it at home but it's 1.9mb Let's try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/20/2024 at 2:56 PM, Lonkley said: How odd. I went to my PC and uploaded it and it shows on my phone. I don't necessarily need a replacement. Just an id. If this doesn't work I'll resize it at home but it's 1.9mb Let's try again. It worked! Looks like rot to me. And might be dying. I have seen severe die offs, but this looks like it is dead. And if the fish are feasting on it, I’d take it out, it doesn’t look great sadly @Lonkley. IMO. Let’s see what everyone else thinks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plursa Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 I've had some pretty remarkable come backs! I feel as long as there is green somewhere in there, I'll remove any obvious dead material and let it be for a while. I've had Crypts take several months to start new growth. I'd say, just be patient, you never know. Good luck! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggaz Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 (edited) We can rebuild him. Faster. Better. Stronger. Definitely leave it and let it see if it rebounds. One thing you can do, which is adapted from the Reverse Respiration trick for sterilizing plants, is to give it a little bit of a recovery boost: take it out, and rinse it under cold dechlorinated water. Be rough enough to manually scrub out any algae, biofilms, and decaying matter. Plants like it rough when they are down. Then fully immerse the plant in plain carbonated water, the more fizz the better. Put some plastic wrap over the container so the CO2 cant escape, but leave a bit of air at the top so there is some oxygen and room for gas exchange. Leave it in that for 24 hours or more, but leave it in the light right on a windowsill, you can replace the seltzer water if it starts to get cloudy and rerinse the plant if the algae starts to grow again. I did that for some african ferns for a few days, and brought them back from something that looked about as bad. Edited June 21 by daggaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 On 6/21/2024 at 1:28 AM, daggaz said: We can rebuild him. Faster. Better. Stronger. Omg. You even older than me. 🤣🤣 one of my all time favorite shows 😂 I remember the very first one. I don’t think we missed an episode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggaz Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 It was on Turner's old channel, right before The Incredible Hulk; ie a regular guy who worked out but not too much who got hit with green spray paint. I'm also a big fan of Gilligan's Island. The characters are analogies of the Seven Deadly Sins. And Gilligan? Gilligan is Satan, keeping them trapped on that island for all of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 all of my favorite shows. That used to be required watching after getting of the school bus as a kid. Gilligan and bugs bunny. Then outside to work. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 @Lonkley there is some life left. Is it enough to recover? Only time will tell. You could replace it in its location. And give it an out of the way place to recover. If it can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Give it time. Patience is needed with plants that die off. On 6/20/2024 at 4:24 PM, Plursa said: I've had some pretty remarkable come backs! I feel as long as there is green somewhere in there, I'll remove any obvious dead material and let it be for a while. I've had Crypts take several months to start new growth. I'd say, just be patient, you never know. Good luck! I totally agree. Some green not all dead. There is a chance. Good luck @Lonkley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonkley Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 On 6/20/2024 at 10:28 PM, daggaz said: take it out, and rinse it under cold dechlorinated water. Unfortunately it's glued. Ill let it ride for a few weeks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggaz Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 The Bucephalandra's connnected to the... driftwood! The driftwood's connected to the... hardscape! The hardscape's connected to the... glass tank! And that's when we all fall down! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 On 6/21/2024 at 1:49 AM, daggaz said: It was on Turner's old channel, right before The Incredible Hulk; ie a regular guy who worked out but not too much who got hit with green spray paint. I'm also a big fan of Gilligan's Island. The characters are analogies of the Seven Deadly Sins. And Gilligan? Gilligan is Satan, keeping them trapped on that island for all of time. I just want to know where Gilligan and Jonas bought their clothes. 15 years for a single shirt and pants is a long time. Mary Ann BTW @Lonkley I've also had some remarkable comebacks with rotting stumps, but keep your options open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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