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Post by jon on Sept 2, 2006 21:09:33 GMT
I just planted 5 plants about 4 days ago and now there brown and nearly dead what would cause this?
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Post by mralgae on Sept 2, 2006 21:16:24 GMT
what type of plants are they and can you post the stats of the tank, fish etc. could be your tank or they came in bad condition.
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Post by jon on Sept 2, 2006 21:20:46 GMT
they were nice and green when i bought them and got up this morning they were brown.i have 5 pearl danios in it.water stats are good nitrates are about 25 is that too high?
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Post by KittyKat on Sept 2, 2006 21:25:50 GMT
what are the plant species (a photo and a description would help if you don't know what they are)? what is the temperature and the pH? what is the lighting? Nitrates are fine  nothing to worry about. |
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Post by jon on Sept 2, 2006 21:34:22 GMT
i think its called vallis?im not sure its long and curly. they ph is 7.6 and there is 1 standard light
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Post by KittyKat on Sept 2, 2006 22:52:31 GMT
probably twisted vallis... can you take a pic of it out fo water right now?
what is the temperature of the tank? did you buy it potted or bunched? did you remove the pot/lead weights?
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Post by jon on Sept 4, 2006 17:53:24 GMT
thats the name of the plant.i left them in the pot.i took them out of the tank yesterday and the roots are black so i threw them out
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Post by KittyKat on Sept 4, 2006 18:32:51 GMT
there was no need to do that. next time take them out of the pot and remove as much of the wool as you can. take off any dead leaves and trim dead roots then plant into the substrate.
if the same thing happens, take the plants out and trim off any dead leaves and roots, then re-plant them into the substrate.
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Post by mralgae on Sept 4, 2006 18:46:14 GMT
what else do you keep in he tank jon? the thing is with some of the vallises is they either do or they dont grow in the tank. i had the same plant but died off over time when all others grew well. then a sword plant just died off after moving it in the tank. some plants can be just as sensitive as the fish.
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