Struggling with plants.

mbsqw1d said:

They can recover, by removing as much of the damaged tissue, as you have done. I couldn't tell you what type of vallis mine is, other than it isnt spiralis.
If your valis grew the new runners and plantlets, then that tells me it can thrive, and its perhaps what came out of the root tabs over a short amount of time that spoiled them.
Not having a go at you for the choice of root tabs, but I've seen another member here have issues when they went for a budget option. If you do get root tabs, which you should, I'd recommend investing in something like Seachem's. I use TNC root plugs but that's because I'm UK based. The premium brand tabs release nutrients over a longer period of time, and i think what may have happened is that yours have leached all at once and burned the roots out. Hopefully thats it and they'll recover over the next few months.

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Colin_T said:

Giant Vallis is a crap plant that does not belong in tropical aquariums. It requires deep cool water with a pH above 7.0. It suffers when moved from cold water ponds into tropical tanks. Hornwort is another plant that has this problem.

If you want Vallis, get narrow or twisted Vallis and leave giant Vallis in ponds where it belongs.

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Plants don't have a problem with bright light, it's low light that causes them trouble.

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Goldfishgirl35 said:

New growth! They look much better, whatever the reason. I know eventually I’ll need a root tab. Besides the Seachem ones, is there other brands that work well? Thank you everyone for all the help!
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essjay said:

I've read that the Seachem root tabs don't release nutrients into the water column, which some cheap brands do. We have a member who used a cheap brand and that resulted in a high nitrite level in the water.

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