plants are changing!
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Sounds more like they are dying to me. If you want your plants to thrive then you must give them what they need to grow. Uproot some flowers from your garden and replant them in some gravel without enought light and see how they do.
little light no ferts
My tank is next to the window but has an aluminum background. They basically, the plants get little light. When I bought them at the fish store, they told me that these plants don't really need an fertilizer. Is that true? Is there something that I can put in the water to replenish the leaves?
Kasakato said:
My tank is next to the window but has an aluminum background. They basically, the plants get little light. When I bought them at the fish store, they told me that these plants don't really need an fertilizer. Is that true? Is there something that I can put in the water to replenish the leaves?
Not enough light, I think it is around 3-5 watts of light per gallon for healthy plants (but that is trying to remember the rull of thumb and I must admit I can only grow plastic plants). I am sure someone will correct that number but you definatly do not have enough light. Also is it a grow light or just a regular light?
If they are Echinodorus (i.e. swords), then you need a little more light than that and a good substrate.
I've been told that a good iron-based substrate (i.e. laterite, flourite) is needed by these plants.
Did you just get them?
If so, a lot of the LFS get them in their terra form which means they were grown outside of water.
When these plants get sunk underwater, they tend to lose most, if not all, of their leaves and sprout again.
I've been told that a good iron-based substrate (i.e. laterite, flourite) is needed by these plants.
Did you just get them?
If so, a lot of the LFS get them in their terra form which means they were grown outside of water.
When these plants get sunk underwater, they tend to lose most, if not all, of their leaves and sprout again.