I've been trying to figure out why all my store bought plants did this. I've spent months trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much for this video!!!!
@@benoitlevesque9609 I had it in medium sized pebbles (bc that was all I had) and it survived for around 2 years until I buried the leaves as well, and now the new growth is melting. Originally, I did bury the roots- just make sure that you have smaller grain sizes and it is sturdily in there so you don't end up breaking any of its roots.
@@elithewholeshebang that would be why it is rotting, anubias are to be placed onto rocks or wood with glue or string. they get most their nutrients from the water column so the rhyzome cant be buried
thank you. I've watched a hundred beginner plant videos and listened to people talk about this literally for hours. your lets get right to the point & hands on examples are awesome. it's easy to see. and makes a lot of sense.
I have a crypt that almost completely melted when I first put it in my tank I thought it was ruined, so I let it sit and now it’s one of the most thriving plants in my tank putting up multiple leaves!
@@anonymousbird-4 it took a about a week and slowly started growing back. Just be patient the plants need time to acclimate to a new tank. (Use root tabs every 3-4 months and your crypts will thrive)
haha same😂😂I was freaking out this whole evening when I saw my amazon sword plant starts to turning transparency!! I search information and bought the root tabs and worry it gonna die soon! Now I think it will be saved
Thank you for this video. I just started an aquarium and have the problems you talked about. I just couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong and it frustrated the hell out of me. You just got a new customer.
THANK YOU! I just found my new plant totally melted and thought I'd messed up...it's so good to know it was going to happen and not to worry. The roots are looking so healthy I was totally confused! Fingers crossed it will grow new leaves quickly and look even prettier than it did when it arrived 😊
I wish I'd watched this before I planted! What makes me laugh is that I know to cut back plants being transplanted when I'm gardening above ground- why didn't occur to me you might need to do so for underwater plants?!
I've learned that it is absolutely true that when you have a plant like that little pygmy that is just a tiny guy after plucking that it is legit going to grow so much better! most of my little guys became the top dogs of my aqua scape lol
Thank you! I don't feel so bad having trimmed off everything thats been dying. I did it once now and was worried. This was the information I needed to attempt this a second time.
I've been wondering why my swords grow looking differently from the big sturdy looking ones in a lot of product photos. I had never read, watched, or otherwise realized that submerged leaves just grow a little more translucent naturally, so it's great to know it's not just something I'm doing wrong.
SUBSCRIBED... BIG BIG BIG THUMBS-UP. I wish that I had seen this video. Ten day's ago I removed £45-£50 of plant's from my new aging tank, they were only 5 days old and looked dead so I didn't want them to rot and put toxins into my new tanks water so I binned them! One or two of them had really small green shoots but I thought that if I kept them they would do more harm than good staying in the tank. I was left with 3 plant's! Now they have wilted and gone brown but on closer observation they have tiny shoots that look healthy. I now know how to treat the problem after watching your video. No need to ask if I have subscribed I can't afford not to subscribe lol. Thank you for sharing your video, take care my friend 👍😷👍
I have all my plants in rooting cups that way their roots can grow out and the foliage can grow up, and it is easier when cleaning my tanks with plants. Also, like in hydroponics, I can trim the roots back to cause more growth on the top. It works like a darn, Merry Christmas.
Dumb question. Can I trim the amazon sword leaves with scissors instead of plucking them off? I fear that I may uproot the plant by pulling on it since I put it in the aquarium just a week ago. I know it is not advisable to touch the plant until it establishes itself a bit, but there is serious decay happening with the old leaves and there are a lot of them. I did a noob mistake for taking the most bushy looking one.
Thank goodness I found this video!! I spent a lot of money buying live plants for my aquarium, and I was devastated when I saw that they were melting. This video showed me that I have nothing to worry about 😁
I spent this morning confused as heck that my new plant just melted but the roots are doing great. I had no choice about removing the leaves, they just fell off with the smallest touch. I'm relieved to find it's normal, not me being rubbish!
Very good info. I'm new with live plants so there is still alot of learning I need to do. But I'm not afraid to put a plant in the tank k and see how it does.
Haha when you said “it may not make much sense, but this little one is better.” I’m looking at my once tall luscious plants that are now baby stubs and saying “OH BRO... I get it. Trust me” 🤣
I sure need to view your videos. I am an orchid enthusiast and so I chose live plants for my new aquarium(s). Whew...what a challenge. So many are melting away even the most hardy. Is this EVER good for an aquarium? Or is it always bad....rising ammonia? Is it better to try to get roots on those that can be put in a vase or whatever?
My jungle Val is releasing many runners but the existing levels are melting and growing new leaves regularly. But the leaves are not staying up. Plants are in pots in gravel
It's a horror show when you get beautiful healthy looking plant's and then watch in absolute terror as the appear to die in your tank. Plant sellers should warn buyer's about this. It amazes me how many don't
Glad i went with my gut and left my melted plants in the tank. They sent out new growth after a while and i was able to save them. I feel better knowing this wasn't my fault lol.
I allow my plants to melt. Idk much about aquatic plants, but regular plants will pull stored nutrients and yellow as they use them up as new growth forms.
I had a Crack in one of my tanks so I decided to remove all the water from it. I had some crypt wendtii in the tank and even though I removed all the large plants , there were still some small ones in there. I let the substrate dry for months and finally went to empty the tank when I noticed some small nodes in the substrate. They did not have any leaves. Only few dried up roots and a node. I was curious so planted them in my new setup. Fast forward to 2 weeks and they are now growing new leaves! Ironically, My other extremely healthy, emersed grown crypts are melting while these are thriving.
It think it has more to do with how long your water set itself up before you plant anything plus what substrate you are using. As well lighting. If the lights are too covered with floating plants then what's below gets no light. I use a plastic tube pushed into itself to make a ring. They float and keep the floating plants in place plus let's light hit the soil. Lastly make sure the plant has enough room for its roots to grow out from. Too much too close together and they will not survive. I get plants with long big leaves and they never melt. It's the little stick trees I have issues with. Any advice on those?
I was changing tanks and had my Anubias out of water for longer than I should have. I had the roots in water, but I only misted the leaves with a spray bottle maybe once every 30 min. The leaves began to curl, but when I finally was able to get them back into the tank they spread back out. Now, a couple of days later, the leaves are getting brown spots. What can I do?
Great video, mom taught about house plants so I just apdated from that. Does temperature effect plants. I am American living in Taiwan. I bought water lettuce and all I has was roots left over. However all the other plants that I bought at the same store are great. The water temperature is usually 30 degrees C.
Hello, I love the video. I purchased a banana plant from pet smart about 6months ago and It did well for the first 4months but now as soon as a new leaf grows one of the other recent leaves die and all the leaves have brown dots. There is currently 4 small leaves about 1cm and I does with fertz. I also have a bundle of Java fern that I purchased from you that is doing great 👍
Plants in enclosed quarters have chemical warfare going on. They have the ability to totally kill each other if that's what they think it takes to rule the tank. Next time, put your banana plant all by itself. They don't rule much in the big tank. Same with baby tears. Some plants choose to exist together and some do not.
do you have any advice for banana plant care, and how to deal with a melting banana plant? I had a healthy banana plant melt first all of its leaves, and then the tubers got melty, and then plant death, after I moved my aquarium and the roots all got dislodged out of the soil.
Man.... I have a new aquarium (is that the name? I'm not an English speaker) and some of my new plants were starting to turn translucid but I was noticing that a new leaf was growing. I was all sad and all... then I saw your video. I took off all the transparent leaves and I hope a lot of new ones shows up.
Hi I planted 5 days ago. Some of my plants have curly leaves and small holes, especially the amazon swords and java fern, what should i do? please advise...
I bought a huge Amazon sword with leaves at least 12” long, after having it in my tank a long time, it has plenty of new tiny leaves no more than 4” long! Why so small? I fert and have high intense lights 4/5 watts/per gallon.
so, the sword on the right has a leaf shape attributed to emersed growth, but it is also the same as a sword I have that has been grown submerged, but in shallows, to achieve aerial advantage. Is this why you stated people should wait a few days to a couple weeks to do pruning, in order to determine whether it is emersed growth or submerged growth with surface contact, which does fine when fully submerged?
I have 3 swords in my tank, 2 I grew fully submerged, and 1 with aerial advantage, but not emersed, just barely touching the surface, which greatly accelerated its growth relative to the other two, such that it is double to triple the size of them, but has no difficulty when placed deeper in the tank. I have never considered growing Amazon Swords with the leaves or full plant truly emersed. What kind of difficulty and results can I expect in attempting to, and if I try it, should I try fully emersed, or just the leaves emersed? I have 3, so I might as well try all 3 ways, if they all work. :)
Wyll Yancha the leaves cuticle layer is different when grown exposed to air then when grown submerged. New leaves adapt to the environment whereas established old leaves can't adapt aswell so die back aka melt
This is why crypts will always be my favorite. They are almost always propagated fully submersed in little pots and you don't have to worry about any of this! I recently bought a tall aquarium and am looking for tall plants. Maybe Amazon swords and stem plants. Basically it sounds like you are saying they are going to melt regardless. That's a great tip. When plant shopping I'll opt for the cheaper baby ones and ones with new growth like you've shown here.
Great information! I have vallisneria in my tanks. In two if the tanks, there was very little melt, and they look great. In my big tank, with North American native fish, they look like crap! A lot of melt, and the leaves are very dark and gunky looking. What should I do, and is there hope for them? Thanks!
I have two swords and a red melon and in my 75 gallon tank with a fluval plant LED light, eco complete substrate, fertilizers root tabs the whole nine yards, When I first got them they had huge adult leaves, which died off within weeks due to the change in water and a new environment. It’s been months I believe half a year, and I’m still left with a plant that has a ton of short leaves and just refuses to grow upwards. I really don’t understand, everything else in the tank is doing fine except for these. 10-12 hours of light per day as well as everything mentioned above. Tank is 83 degrees, PH of 7.5, water changes once a week.
I have small carpet plants but i cannot remember the name and they are melting to the point that there are almost no more leves or even plant visible. Is this still normal or is my plant dead?
I was actually looking forward to a little dieback to make the tank mature faster. (I have either sewellias, or butterfly loaches, both need matured tanks to thrive) but unfortunately mine really didn't die back much at all. But that's Ok, because a few months down the road my tank became wonderfully matured.
Followed. Being trying to find ways to keep my plants alive and never got a good answer. Have good light, substrate and temp, a little high nitrate but everything else seems right. Plants still turn brown and melt even annubias. I guess i just have to be patient and cut them off. What does it mean though when it starts to have holes in leaves?
I added duckweed to an established tank because I've been trying to convert it to a tank that requires no (or less) water changes. The problem is now all the stem plants are melting while my vals have just stopped growing. So what now? Is it that the duckweed is sucking up all the nutrients? Or maybe blocking the light? I don't want to lose my stem plants :(
I love your videos, you really seem to know your stuff and I've learned a lot of useful information from you. Having said that, there is really no excuse for that beard not being incorporated into your logo.
Hiii so sorry to bother you. Do you have a similar vid but for stem plants instead? My usually more demanding stem plants keep growing and when i trim them, the bottoms just keep dying and rotting away. At some point the rotting became faster than the growth so it just dies :(
mine melted, if you buy large and med plant that will happen is why is best to get them new born, is normal , your water and temp changes and so do the shipping consequences, buy them local, I decided to get large cut them down they melted now growing new leaves after 1 month.
i have a problem with some plants that melted after restarting my tank. I did a salt bath and kept them in water the entire time i was scaping the new tank. they never left the water for more than 10 seconds total...
I did change substrates and the water was more room temp that they were kept in for a few hours opposed to the 80F degree water. I also used 1 cup table salt/gallon to do the salt bath but i found out im supposed to use aquarium salt... maybe that's the issue?
Thank you for the great information. Can the same process happen with a plant from one tank to another where the water chemistry might be slightly different. I moved some Java fern (over a year old) to another tank and it started to melt/now it has tons of brown pinholes
I've been trying to figure out why all my store bought plants did this. I've spent months trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much for this video!!!!
Him: Anubias is one of the easiest to take care of
Me with a melting Nana: 😐
Same 😂
@Kellan Lance that’s illegal and also a scam lol
Did you burry the stem?
@@benoitlevesque9609 I had it in medium sized pebbles (bc that was all I had) and it survived for around 2 years until I buried the leaves as well, and now the new growth is melting. Originally, I did bury the roots- just make sure that you have smaller grain sizes and it is sturdily in there so you don't end up breaking any of its roots.
@@elithewholeshebang that would be why it is rotting, anubias are to be placed onto rocks or wood with glue or string. they get most their nutrients from the water column so the rhyzome cant be buried
thank you. I've watched a hundred beginner plant videos and listened to people talk about this literally for hours. your lets get right to the point & hands on examples are awesome. it's easy to see. and makes a lot of sense.
best video ever, because it explains the most "beginners faults" !
I have a crypt that almost completely melted when I first put it in my tank I thought it was ruined, so I let it sit and now it’s one of the most thriving plants in my tank putting up multiple leaves!
how long did it take to bounce back
@@anonymousbird-4 it took a about a week and slowly started growing back. Just be patient the plants need time to acclimate to a new tank. (Use root tabs every 3-4 months and your crypts will thrive)
Hey Justin,
Great video man! I needed this!
I had some melting plants!
_Keep up the good work!_
*Thumbs up!*
Honestly thought i was doing something terribly wrong as my amazon sword leaves were melting. Thank you so much for clarifying.
Same! I think this came a bit late though... Idk if my Sword will survive.
haha same😂😂I was freaking out this whole evening when I saw my amazon sword plant starts to turning transparency!! I search information and bought the root tabs and worry it gonna die soon! Now I think it will be saved
Thanks for the info. I threw out new melting plants because I thought they were no good. Now I know better.
This is by far the best video explaining Aquatic plants. I really appreciate the explanation and will be ordering plants soon. Thank you so much,
Dave
Omg, I was about to throw all my plants out ... I m new & still learning 😘 thank you for this awesome video
Finally! Thank you! A video that actually shows and demonstrates melting and what to do about it
Thank you for this video. I just started an aquarium and have the problems you talked about. I just couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong and it frustrated the hell out of me. You just got a new customer.
THANK YOU! I just found my new plant totally melted and thought I'd messed up...it's so good to know it was going to happen and not to worry. The roots are looking so healthy I was totally confused! Fingers crossed it will grow new leaves quickly and look even prettier than it did when it arrived 😊
I wish I'd watched this before I planted! What makes me laugh is that I know to cut back plants being transplanted when I'm gardening above ground- why didn't occur to me you might need to do so for underwater plants?!
I've learned that it is absolutely true that when you have a plant like that little pygmy that is just a tiny guy after plucking that it is legit going to grow so much better! most of my little guys became the top dogs of my aqua scape lol
Thank you! I don't feel so bad having trimmed off everything thats been dying. I did it once now and was worried. This was the information I needed to attempt this a second time.
I've started thinking of you as the aquarium plant wizard...
I've been wondering why my swords grow looking differently from the big sturdy looking ones in a lot of product photos. I had never read, watched, or otherwise realized that submerged leaves just grow a little more translucent naturally, so it's great to know it's not just something I'm doing wrong.
SUBSCRIBED... BIG BIG BIG THUMBS-UP.
I wish that I had seen this video. Ten day's ago I removed £45-£50 of plant's from my new aging tank, they were only 5 days old and looked dead so I didn't want them to rot and put toxins into my new tanks water so I binned them! One or two of them had really small green shoots but I thought that if I kept them they would do more harm than good staying in the tank. I was left with 3 plant's! Now they have wilted and gone brown but on closer observation they have tiny shoots that look healthy. I now know how to treat the problem after watching your video.
No need to ask if I have subscribed I can't afford not to subscribe lol.
Thank you for sharing your video, take care my friend 👍😷👍
I have all my plants in rooting cups that way their roots can grow out and the foliage can grow up, and it is easier when cleaning my tanks with plants. Also, like in hydroponics, I can trim the roots back to cause more growth on the top. It works like a darn, Merry Christmas.
I am new to the hobby but half of my plants melted lol, thank you for this video :)
Dumb question. Can I trim the amazon sword leaves with scissors instead of plucking them off? I fear that I may uproot the plant by pulling on it since I put it in the aquarium just a week ago. I know it is not advisable to touch the plant until it establishes itself a bit, but there is serious decay happening with the old leaves and there are a lot of them. I did a noob mistake for taking the most bushy looking one.
I wonder the same thing
Thank goodness I found this video!! I spent a lot of money buying live plants for my aquarium, and I was devastated when I saw that they were melting. This video showed me that I have nothing to worry about 😁
Wow, the number of aquarium plants I’ve tossed that were probably fine, just adjusting! Thanks, this helped immensely.
I spent this morning confused as heck that my new plant just melted but the roots are doing great. I had no choice about removing the leaves, they just fell off with the smallest touch. I'm relieved to find it's normal, not me being rubbish!
Very good info. I'm new with live plants so there is still alot of learning I need to do. But I'm not afraid to put a plant in the tank k and see how it does.
Very Informative. Thx. Although I did have 1 plant that never shot up a new leaf, even though I did cut off the melting leaves.
Should i remove partially melted leaves, or just leave em and hope they bounce back. Great vids btw.
Your videos are so helpful and in detail and give so much good information and “peace of mind” to people getting into planted tanks
Enjoyed this video so much! Thank you!
Ugh, I feel so much better about my plants now. Thank you so much, I just finished trimming them before and got worried. Great video👍
What if your stems and roots are melting? Having problems adding Ludwigia repens.
gardening show at its best many thanks
Nice video it’s good to see some new.
Haha when you said “it may not make much sense, but this little one is better.” I’m looking at my once tall luscious plants that are now baby stubs and saying “OH BRO... I get it. Trust me” 🤣
You have saved me from my worries. I sub.
Can I do this with my Vallisneria too?
good video as always would like to see a stem plant version mine seam to melt at the bottom of the stem were in put it in the substrate
Joey Greigg I am struggling with the same thing.
chronic fishkeeping yup same here my cabombas keep melting on the bottom part of the stem but they grow really fast
Make a video called " how to grow plants emmersed" and the best to do it...I want to do a plant room like you
The melting can release nitrogen and cause parameter spikes, right?
They don't talk about this alot. Thanx good info
Good solid advice for even the most plant challenged...thanks!😄👍🏼🌱
Thanks a lot for the explanation of melting translucent plants!
THANK YOU. Been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong... now I'm pretty sure I know.
I sure need to view your videos. I am an orchid enthusiast and so I chose live plants for my new aquarium(s). Whew...what a challenge. So many are melting away even the most hardy. Is this EVER good for an aquarium? Or is it always bad....rising ammonia?
Is it better to try to get roots on those that can be put in a vase or whatever?
My jungle Val is releasing many runners but the existing levels are melting and growing new leaves regularly. But the leaves are not staying up. Plants are in pots in gravel
This is very helpful .Thank you
It's a horror show when you get beautiful healthy looking plant's and then watch in absolute terror as the appear to die in your tank. Plant sellers should warn buyer's about this. It amazes me how many don't
Glad i went with my gut and left my melted plants in the tank. They sent out new growth after a while and i was able to save them. I feel better knowing this wasn't my fault lol.
I allow my plants to melt. Idk much about aquatic plants, but regular plants will pull stored nutrients and yellow as they use them up as new growth forms.
I had a Crack in one of my tanks so I decided to remove all the water from it. I had some crypt wendtii in the tank and even though I removed all the large plants , there were still some small ones in there. I let the substrate dry for months and finally went to empty the tank when I noticed some small nodes in the substrate. They did not have any leaves. Only few dried up roots and a node. I was curious so planted them in my new setup.
Fast forward to 2 weeks and they are now growing new leaves! Ironically, My other extremely healthy, emersed grown crypts are melting while these are thriving.
It think it has more to do with how long your water set itself up before you plant anything plus what substrate you are using. As well lighting. If the lights are too covered with floating plants then what's below gets no light. I use a plastic tube pushed into itself to make a ring. They float and keep the floating plants in place plus let's light hit the soil. Lastly make sure the plant has enough room for its roots to grow out from. Too much too close together and they will not survive. I get plants with long big leaves and they never melt. It's the little stick trees I have issues with. Any advice on those?
Do you have to pull them off out of water? Or can you snip them off while they're under water?
I was changing tanks and had my Anubias out of water for longer than I should have. I had the roots in water, but I only misted the leaves with a spray bottle maybe once every 30 min. The leaves began to curl, but when I finally was able to get them back into the tank they spread back out. Now, a couple of days later, the leaves are getting brown spots. What can I do?
Excellent information. I feel like you looked into my tank and answered all of my questions.
Great video, mom taught about house plants so I just apdated from that.
Does temperature effect plants. I am American living in Taiwan. I bought water lettuce and all I has was roots left over. However all the other plants that I bought at the same store are great.
The water temperature is usually 30 degrees C.
Hello, I love the video.
I purchased a banana plant from pet smart about 6months ago and It did well for the first 4months but now as soon as a new leaf grows one of the other recent leaves die and all the leaves have brown dots. There is currently 4 small leaves about 1cm and I does with fertz. I also have a bundle of Java fern that I purchased from you that is doing great 👍
Also my friend had the exact same problem about 1 month ago but his totally died.
Sounds like a deficiency. No idea how to test NPK in a tank though.
Plants in enclosed quarters have chemical warfare going on. They have the ability to totally kill each other if that's what they think it takes to rule the tank. Next time, put your banana plant all by itself. They don't rule much in the big tank. Same with baby tears. Some plants choose to exist together and some do not.
"The aquarium plant whisperer" ✌🐟
do you have any advice for banana plant care, and how to deal with a melting banana plant? I had a healthy banana plant melt first all of its leaves, and then the tubers got melty, and then plant death, after I moved my aquarium and the roots all got dislodged out of the soil.
good topic Justin! info I needed to know
Love this video. Thank you. So helpful.
Man.... I have a new aquarium (is that the name? I'm not an English speaker) and some of my new plants were starting to turn translucid but I was noticing that a new leaf was growing. I was all sad and all... then I saw your video. I took off all the transparent leaves and I hope a lot of new ones shows up.
At last some great advice!!
Thank you for the GREAT info.
Anubis is the easiest plant to care of….. Mine melted off my hand when I did a water change after a week.
Hi how about long roots? Should i also trim the roots?
Yes
Great video learned a lot. Any advice on getting a thick lush planted tank? Do you have to co2?
Hi I planted 5 days ago. Some of my plants have curly leaves and small holes, especially the amazon swords and java fern, what should i do? please advise...
I bought a huge Amazon sword with leaves at least 12” long, after having it in my tank a long time, it has plenty of new tiny leaves no more than 4” long! Why so small? I fert and have high intense lights 4/5 watts/per gallon.
so, the sword on the right has a leaf shape attributed to emersed growth, but it is also the same as a sword I have that has been grown submerged, but in shallows, to achieve aerial advantage. Is this why you stated people should wait a few days to a couple weeks to do pruning, in order to determine whether it is emersed growth or submerged growth with surface contact, which does fine when fully submerged?
I have 3 swords in my tank, 2 I grew fully submerged, and 1 with aerial advantage, but not emersed, just barely touching the surface, which greatly accelerated its growth relative to the other two, such that it is double to triple the size of them, but has no difficulty when placed deeper in the tank. I have never considered growing Amazon Swords with the leaves or full plant truly emersed. What kind of difficulty and results can I expect in attempting to, and if I try it, should I try fully emersed, or just the leaves emersed? I have 3, so I might as well try all 3 ways, if they all work. :)
How do you know which plants go directly into the substrate and which to glue or tie to rocks?
Thanks for the info and great Video! is it possible the the plants melt due to the lighting or water parameters?
Wyll Yancha Yes
Wyll Yancha the leaves cuticle layer is different when grown exposed to air then when grown submerged. New leaves adapt to the environment whereas established old leaves can't adapt aswell so die back aka melt
This is why crypts will always be my favorite. They are almost always propagated fully submersed in little pots and you don't have to worry about any of this! I recently bought a tall aquarium and am looking for tall plants. Maybe Amazon swords and stem plants. Basically it sounds like you are saying they are going to melt regardless. That's a great tip. When plant shopping I'll opt for the cheaper baby ones and ones with new growth like you've shown here.
What? Crypts are notooooorious for melting 😅
Great information! I have vallisneria in my tanks. In two if the tanks, there was very little melt, and they look great. In my big tank, with North American native fish, they look like crap! A lot of melt, and the leaves are very dark and gunky looking. What should I do, and is there hope for them? Thanks!
your big tank might not be getting enough light if the water is deep / small lights
WOW! Had no idea. Thanks!
Thank you. I just got a bunch of Anubis’s barteri mother plant and leaves started to look bad and I got worried. Thanks a bunch!!
Enjoyed watching! Thank you for sharing!
I have two swords and a red melon and in my 75 gallon tank with a fluval plant LED light, eco complete substrate, fertilizers root tabs the whole nine yards, When I first got them they had huge adult leaves, which died off within weeks due to the change in water and a new environment. It’s been months I believe half a year, and I’m still left with a plant that has a ton of short leaves and just refuses to grow upwards. I really don’t understand, everything else in the tank is doing fine except for these. 10-12 hours of light per day as well as everything mentioned above. Tank is 83 degrees, PH of 7.5, water changes once a week.
Another fab vid...👏🌱
Can you still have melting if the plants came from a local fish store submerged?
A lot of the plants from the fish store are only at the store a few weeks and were grown immersed from a grower. So the same thing applies.
How much do you sell your plant for and how can I get some from you
I have dying browning leave with holes in em. Can u talk about it. Plz
I have small carpet plants but i cannot remember the name and they are melting to the point that there are almost no more leves or even plant visible. Is this still normal or is my plant dead?
I want to buy some plants from you but according to this video then all your plants are immersed grown? or submmerse
Very informative!
Thanks
I was actually looking forward to a little dieback to make the tank mature faster. (I have either sewellias, or butterfly loaches, both need matured tanks to thrive) but unfortunately mine really didn't die back much at all. But that's Ok, because a few months down the road my tank became wonderfully matured.
very clear info...
Thank u, it helps me to save my plants.
Thank god I searched for this!! I'll just have to let it ride through the hardship
Followed. Being trying to find ways to keep my plants alive and never got a good answer. Have good light, substrate and temp, a little high nitrate but everything else seems right. Plants still turn brown and melt even annubias. I guess i just have to be patient and cut them off. What does it mean though when it starts to have holes in leaves?
I added duckweed to an established tank because I've been trying to convert it to a tank that requires no (or less) water changes. The problem is now all the stem plants are melting while my vals have just stopped growing. So what now? Is it that the duckweed is sucking up all the nutrients? Or maybe blocking the light? I don't want to lose my stem plants :(
Is this the same with anubias?
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Hiii so sorry to bother you. Do you have a similar vid but for stem plants instead? My usually more demanding stem plants keep growing and when i trim them, the bottoms just keep dying and rotting away. At some point the rotting became faster than the growth so it just dies :(
mine melted, if you buy large and med plant that will happen is why is best to get them new born, is normal , your water and temp changes and so do the shipping consequences, buy them local, I decided to get large cut them down they melted now growing new leaves after 1 month.
i have a problem with some plants that melted after restarting my tank. I did a salt bath and kept them in water the entire time i was scaping the new tank. they never left the water for more than 10 seconds total...
I did change substrates and the water was more room temp that they were kept in for a few hours opposed to the 80F degree water. I also used 1 cup table salt/gallon to do the salt bath but i found out im supposed to use aquarium salt... maybe that's the issue?
low light plants like anubias also melt on really high light. Mine did.
Every aquatic plant have their lumen requirements to much light will also met them dude
How long the transition may take?
Should've seen this before hand lol
Thank you for the great information. Can the same process happen with a plant from one tank to another where the water chemistry might be slightly different. I moved some Java fern (over a year old) to another tank and it started to melt/now it has tons of brown pinholes