Fading Plants

[MarkGabb]

Hi guys I've got a variety of plants that seem to be fading day by day. It's a ivy it said on the tag but that's all I can remember

 

[MarkGabb]

So after searching threads I have worked out a bit more information could be helpfull

This is a new tank
Ph 6.5 stable
Nitrate 10
Nitrite 0
Gh 30
Kh 0

Plants have been in for a about a week now.
So I'm guessing either not enough light. 6 hours per day.
Or not enough nutrients as I'm not adding anything to the water as yet

 

[Munroco]

I'd agree that 6 hours is not enough for most plants

 

[nic1]

Hi. Can I just add that plants fade and seem to die when they are first introduced, they need to acclimatise and once they do so they normally grow back. I just keep the roots in and cut back the dead and dying leaves and 9 times out of 10 they do start regrowing.
I have a bulb in my tank that seems to go through cycles of life and seemingly being dead but it's keeps on surprising me and chucks up a flower every 3 months or so.
I once ordered a pack of 20 different varieties of plants and I thought I had wasted my money as nearly all lost their leaves and did nothing but die for weeks but I just copped up the dead leaves and left it alone now my tank is so over grown I'm throwing away handfuls every week.

 

[MarkGabb]

Munroco - i have increased the light timer this morning to about 8 hours.....will go with it and see what happens
 
nic1 - i will do that, ill start cutting back any leaves that are looking dead and give it a few weeks to see what happens....
 
thanks for the advice

 

[SO19Firearms]

Can any plant experts identify it? Is it a true aquatic?

 

[MarkGabb]

Great question....I did buy it from an aquarium. But unfortunately I can't remember the name of it....it was ivy of some sort I think it was called

 

[SO19Firearms]

....it was ivy of some sort I think it was called

 
Aye, that's the bit that concerns me lol - But I don't do plant identification.

 

[nic1]

LOL! I thought that when I first saw it... it looks more like a house plant, but Im not that overly clued up when it comes to aquarium plants, the only other thing I can think of is it may not be an aquatic plant that can be fully submerged- sometimes only the roots/stem are planted and the plant grows above the water line, good news is, if it was sold in the aquarium store then its probably non toxic to the fish... I suspose you will soon know if it is a true aquatic plant in another couple of weeks  

 

[MarkGabb]

hmmm ill be going back to the LFS this weekend so if they still have some ill be sure to grab the name of it and post it....as i cant seem to find anything with the same type of name in the indexes either...
hmmm also possibly doesnt help when here is AUS we have diffrfent common names for things

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

Sorry can't ID it though I can't seem to recall any plant with an ivy as a common name as being aquatic or even semi-aquatic for that matter lol..

Its wavy leaf growth and pattern does seem to indicate aquatic life though.

Try increasing light intensity or hours of light exposure.

 

[MarkGabb]

hey Tongue Flicker
i have no increased to 8 hours a day light from the fluro, two of the plants seem to have stabalized...one is slowed down in how much its melting...
it definatly is melting as once i remove the dead parts and remove them from the water its basicly just a bit of sludge left on my fingers....
also i notice it doesnt seem to have any roots? can this be common for aquatic plants? or should i just be patient and wait for them to form
am going to the LFS tomorrow so will get the name of the plant...
 
is there anything in particular i should for a with a fert?
or should i not bother untill i have more plants, currently i have 3 bunches of it about that size....
will be adding more as i find something the looks good without crowding the tank.....

 

[MarkGabb]

So the plant name is curly ivy.

 

[nic1]

mmm, reading up on it many people have said that this is not an aquatic plant.... even house plants can take on the 'wavy' pattern so im out on the id of it!
I have also read someone elses blog where they bought this plant then found out days latter it wasnt aquatic, they still kept it in their tank till it melted down to mush- this took a month, another one that I have read stated that they put it in their tank and although it did seem to grow it never produced any roots and the leaves fell continuosly and regrowth was slow.
if youve noticed any regrowth then i'd keep it in and see how it pans out

 

[MarkGabb]

I'll keep photos, so sing to add to the plat index