I have like 3-4 stems of Anacharis lightly wedged together with a plant weight. One of the stems the base about 1/2" has turned totally white/cream almost chalky looking, a little bit of the weight that is around that stem is white also. All the plants/fish are doing fine and the Anacharis in that stem and all others stems are growing fine. Any idea what it might be? I can try and get a picture but hopefully its nothing serious. Thanks.
Base Of Anacharis Turning White?
- Thread starter PondCometer
- Start date
I haven't seen that before. I'd guess it's some kind of chemical reaction between something in that plant weight (metal?) and the water. And whatever that is is getting on both the plant stem and the weight you're using.
Maybe take that plant weight off and tie the plant to a small rock or something instead?
Maybe take that plant weight off and tie the plant to a small rock or something instead?
The only thing I could find online was that an iron deficiency causes it to turn pasty white like that? I just started dosing with Brightwell Aquatics Florin-Multi. So maybe that'll help bring it back to life. If it doesn't look better I'll pull the weights. I've never had weights react though. Plant weights should be inert metals.
Plant weights should be inert, yes.. but that's not always the case.
If it was a nutrient deficiency in your plant, that would only be on the plant. It wouldn't show up on the weight too which is what you already described.
If it was a nutrient deficiency in your plant, that would only be on the plant. It wouldn't show up on the weight too which is what you already described.
Great, looks like problem solved I'll get that weight out tomorrow, swap it with a different one from a diff store (shape, size, style) and cut off the white part.
I'm not injecting CO2 since its a small tank. I'll check the pH. My natural house water pH is high so if it drops I'd definitely know.