Hi everyone,
Id really like some help if possible im stuck and on the verge of giving up on plants
i recently had my tank set-up with akadama,moss peat and osmocote, using 2 54watt t5ho lights 6500k daylight tubes all my plants were growing great but did have algae issues,
i decided to take the tank down and change i did so and added osmocote again to the floor of the tank with a sand substrate over the top, im also using the same lighting on for same 5 hour a day period.
in previous set-up i used no ferts at all but did use diy co2
when i changed the tank i only kept java fern, needle java fern, java fern windelov, peacock moss, spikey moss, java moss, anubias nana, amazon sword, vallis straight version, crypt wendtii green.
i made a vital mistake of firstly having the plants out on a dry tray while i cleaned the tank and then again when filling the tank with cold water from hose pipe,
after 24 hours the amazon swords, vallis and crypts were showing signs of melt and browning going saee through, also after 48 hours the anubias was starting to brown and holes appearing in leaves and snapping off only old leaves, and then the very strange part my java ferns started to brown then just snap off stems were soft and sloppy brown and leaves doing the same, i had a large java windelov which i have had to pull to bits this morning due to the roots and leaves just rotting and ive always had great growth from java fern even in a basic tank.
i have no idea whats happening ive now pulled everything off which was dead or dying from all plants and the vallis has threw out a few new shoots but im still baffled whats happening can anyone help ??
im really wanting the tank to be no co2 no ferts and sand substrate but have added the osmocote to help roots although i did add quite a bit (could this be a problem)?
only other thing i can think of was when i done a 5 bucket water change 3 days ago on filling the water smelt very strongly of chlorine could this be the problem ?
as i say im at the end of the road now and about to give up on plants as there is just nothing i can think of.
tank is 6x18x18
Id really like some help if possible im stuck and on the verge of giving up on plants
i recently had my tank set-up with akadama,moss peat and osmocote, using 2 54watt t5ho lights 6500k daylight tubes all my plants were growing great but did have algae issues,
i decided to take the tank down and change i did so and added osmocote again to the floor of the tank with a sand substrate over the top, im also using the same lighting on for same 5 hour a day period.
in previous set-up i used no ferts at all but did use diy co2
when i changed the tank i only kept java fern, needle java fern, java fern windelov, peacock moss, spikey moss, java moss, anubias nana, amazon sword, vallis straight version, crypt wendtii green.
i made a vital mistake of firstly having the plants out on a dry tray while i cleaned the tank and then again when filling the tank with cold water from hose pipe,
after 24 hours the amazon swords, vallis and crypts were showing signs of melt and browning going saee through, also after 48 hours the anubias was starting to brown and holes appearing in leaves and snapping off only old leaves, and then the very strange part my java ferns started to brown then just snap off stems were soft and sloppy brown and leaves doing the same, i had a large java windelov which i have had to pull to bits this morning due to the roots and leaves just rotting and ive always had great growth from java fern even in a basic tank.
i have no idea whats happening ive now pulled everything off which was dead or dying from all plants and the vallis has threw out a few new shoots but im still baffled whats happening can anyone help ??
im really wanting the tank to be no co2 no ferts and sand substrate but have added the osmocote to help roots although i did add quite a bit (could this be a problem)?
only other thing i can think of was when i done a 5 bucket water change 3 days ago on filling the water smelt very strongly of chlorine could this be the problem ?
as i say im at the end of the road now and about to give up on plants as there is just nothing i can think of.
tank is 6x18x18