SuperColey1
Planted Section
George
I have just read all the weeks of blogs on this tank and noticed your comments on the narrow/needle leaf Ferns dying off.
The very same happened to mine from AM that in the first 4-6 weeks they went yellow, became very holed and then algae magnets. I was trimming off leaves non stop and for the second month there was virtually 1 leaf left on each rhizome.
3 months on and they are starting to really get going. I haven't had to trim a leaf for over a month and they are growing much faster than the tropica site says they should.
I never attached mine. I pushed their rhizomes into cracks and crevices in the wood. I personally think it xould be an 'acclimatising' effect occurring and until the roots start to 'stick' the plant suffers a little.
Maybe its the Lincolnshire water because I find this happens with all my Anubias and all my ferns that for the first month or so they die off until all that is left on them are leaves that have grown since I put them in the tank and from that point on (as long as CO2 and ferts are looked after) they start to thrive (maybe this is a coincidence with the roots attaching properly).
Either way once mine get large enough (and we know thats months away. lol) you can take some from me already acclimatised to Lincolnshire water if you'ld like.
As I said in previous posts good luck with this tank. IMO definately looks better since you removed the red 'wall' from the centre (although I do see a lot of things different from the experts judging by the comments I read on the AGA entries. lol)
Andy
I have just read all the weeks of blogs on this tank and noticed your comments on the narrow/needle leaf Ferns dying off.
The very same happened to mine from AM that in the first 4-6 weeks they went yellow, became very holed and then algae magnets. I was trimming off leaves non stop and for the second month there was virtually 1 leaf left on each rhizome.
3 months on and they are starting to really get going. I haven't had to trim a leaf for over a month and they are growing much faster than the tropica site says they should.
I never attached mine. I pushed their rhizomes into cracks and crevices in the wood. I personally think it xould be an 'acclimatising' effect occurring and until the roots start to 'stick' the plant suffers a little.
Maybe its the Lincolnshire water because I find this happens with all my Anubias and all my ferns that for the first month or so they die off until all that is left on them are leaves that have grown since I put them in the tank and from that point on (as long as CO2 and ferts are looked after) they start to thrive (maybe this is a coincidence with the roots attaching properly).
Either way once mine get large enough (and we know thats months away. lol) you can take some from me already acclimatised to Lincolnshire water if you'ld like.
As I said in previous posts good luck with this tank. IMO definately looks better since you removed the red 'wall' from the centre (although I do see a lot of things different from the experts judging by the comments I read on the AGA entries. lol)
Andy
