CCFC Monkey
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My aquarium weed is changing colour from green to a dark brown, is this dying or is it normal?
Aquarium Weed
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Chri$
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Sounds like its dying.
Snick
Fish Crazy
It is probably dying off. Personally what i would do is give it some fertilizers, you can get some pretty cheap liquid ones in your LFS. But if it dies, immediately remove it- rotting plants can alter the composition of the water and might have a negative impact on your fish.
Tokis-Phoenix
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Yes it does sound like it is dying, can you get any pics? Numerous plants sold at lfs are not actually true aquarium plants, some needing to be semi submerged, some not even being aquatic at all- generally speaking, if the plant can keep itself upright out of water or has varigated/two color leaves, it isn't an aquarium plant.
Other things can also lead to the demise of even true aquarium plants like not the right strength lighting or conditions in the tank.
Other things can also lead to the demise of even true aquarium plants like not the right strength lighting or conditions in the tank.
CCFC Monkey
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I have added an attachment, it is the long weed in the middle, I've removed the worst of it now. Sorry its an attachment, cant upload them.
so thats how you do it........ he he!
Close up! What do you think?
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CCFC Monkey
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can anyone tell me if they think the weed in the pic is dying?
It might just be scum and algae on the leaves? Have you tried rinsing a stem and seeing what happens?
My Elodea used to do that a while ago, so I'd stick the brown part in the substrate with a little poking through - and new green shoots should appear in no time.
That plant shouldn't really have a problem growing in most people's tanks - it's dead easy at keeping healthy.
My Elodea used to do that a while ago, so I'd stick the brown part in the substrate with a little poking through - and new green shoots should appear in no time.
That plant shouldn't really have a problem growing in most people's tanks - it's dead easy at keeping healthy.
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