myrio disintegrating

tepelus

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Dec 31, 2006
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my myrio filigree's needles are turning brown and disintegrating, i am not adding co2, trying to avoid it but i may have to do a diy system soon. I have been using flourish excel, one capful a day, and flourish, a capful twice a week, and the myrio is looking pretty bad. the rest of the plants look ok and my melon sword keeps growing crazy, mind i have had these plants only little more than a week. is myrio a little harder to keep, or should I be adding something else? also, i made the mistake of using well water that had gone through a water softer system, so my alkalinity and ph are quite high, have done two 10 gallon water changes in a week with ro and distilled water to try and lower these, but when I test it makes not even the slightest dent (see post on lace rock in general freshwater). should I do larger water changes, like 50%, (10 gallons is like doing about 25% in this 46)? thinking of maybe just ditching most of the myrio and doing another plant. any thoughts?
 
Brown Myrio

My myrio turned brown too after the first week. There is still bright green growth on every top and it grows about 3 inches a week. But I was also wondering why the middle was brown because it does not look as good as the top. I might just keep trimming it so I don't have large brown stems. I have Co2, root tabs, flourite, api Leaf Zone, Light at 2 wpg (soon to be 4 wpg). I think it might be the lack of light. My ph, water hardness, nitrate, and nitrate levels are all good. If you got an answers or if mine helps, let me know.
 
myro is a high light plant likes co2. mine the tops are green and the older leaves seem to collect brown algeabut do fairly well. I'm sitting at 4.7 wpg and co2, and dry ferts.
 
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