Hello,
My plants have recently begun to die off; I have very few left, as you can see from the photo. They were fine for months, then I had a major bacterial bloom and a columnaris infection that wiped out all of my fish, except the Betta. The plants seem to have been affected by something during that time, because they began to be covered in short, stringy white fluff, usually around the base of the plant near the roots and on the leaf tips--a very small amount of this substance is on the rocks too. It is sort of stringy and slimy and fluffy at the same time. As soon as I see it on a plant, the plant begins to die. The leaf tips turn transparent and then rot--usually within 2-3 days. Whatever is killing them is extremely aggressive--I brought a new plant home a few weeks ago and it was dead within five days.
There is also strange slimy white blob on my onion plant (see the last photo--sorry, it's a bit blurry) that appeared yesterday. I don't know if this slime is what's killing the plants (a parasitic mold?), or if it's just a symptom of a different problem. My fish are fine, no excess nitrates and ammonia. I do a 10-20% water change once a week.
My plants have recently begun to die off; I have very few left, as you can see from the photo. They were fine for months, then I had a major bacterial bloom and a columnaris infection that wiped out all of my fish, except the Betta. The plants seem to have been affected by something during that time, because they began to be covered in short, stringy white fluff, usually around the base of the plant near the roots and on the leaf tips--a very small amount of this substance is on the rocks too. It is sort of stringy and slimy and fluffy at the same time. As soon as I see it on a plant, the plant begins to die. The leaf tips turn transparent and then rot--usually within 2-3 days. Whatever is killing them is extremely aggressive--I brought a new plant home a few weeks ago and it was dead within five days.
There is also strange slimy white blob on my onion plant (see the last photo--sorry, it's a bit blurry) that appeared yesterday. I don't know if this slime is what's killing the plants (a parasitic mold?), or if it's just a symptom of a different problem. My fish are fine, no excess nitrates and ammonia. I do a 10-20% water change once a week.
