I have a planted aquarium that i set up 3 weeks ago, its low tech. On a 6 hour light cycle, using all the products md fish tanks from youtube is using... ive pretty much copied him. But some of my plants seem to turning brown. I do remember him saying in some of his videos the plants melt back? And grow new shoots is this true? Is this whats happening to mine maybe! Ive put up some pictures up.
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Plants not looking good
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hypnogogia
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Certainly on your 3rd photo, you’re getting new submerse growth. I suspect the other leaves are emerse growth and will die back.
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Yes i think they are grown out of water, i got them from aquafleur! So whats going on it normal?
simon_the_plant_nerd
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A lot of aquatic plants are grown emersed as the unlimited oxygen and CO2 and brighter lighting allows for faster growth. When you plant them underwater, many plants will either try to convert their terrestrial leaves to submerged leaves or will slough them off (melt) and grow new ones. Some aquarists recommend just cutting all the leaves off from emersed grown plants and let the plant focus its energy into producing submerged leaves. This is popular with Cryptocoryne species.
All that said, I have just been removing any melted leaves on my tank and letting it grow new leaves as it establishes. My tank is high tech compared to yours though (CO2 injected and lights on full strength) which possibly prevents some of that melt.
I’d remove the leaves that look badly and allow the new growth to come through. Anubias grow slowly, particularly in a low tech aquarium so you may find it takes longer for new submerged leaves to grow.
Hope that helps.
EDIT: Make sure your plants are getting adequate nutrients through their transition phase of course. I’m not familiar with the YouTube channel you mention but you will need some form of fertiliser in your tank as the plants grow new leaves. There’s so much good information on this site about fertiliser- just by a search around you’ll get some helpful advice.
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Regarding this post… I recently experienced a total melt of Bucephalandra needle leaf and I now think it’s because when I was having difficulty planting some new plants (hobbit and pava) I stirred up the aquasoil too much and likely released some ammonia. Wish I had done some water changes after planting the extra plants.
Im doing 2 water changes per week! As the tank is new, and so the aqua soil.
