Plant melt?

[FroFro]

I have mine in the same substrate and use Seachem Root tabs near their roots. The plant may go through a melt period but hopefully if the bulb is getting nutrients it should bounce back.

Sorry for all the questions, I was just really sad and confused to see these plants I've been growing for over a month just melt away

 

[eatyourpeas]

I'd like to, but I have sand as my main substrate so I used the fluval substrate to grow them in, they LOVED it. I wanted them to root more firmly in my tank before switching them from pot to sand, I've used tabs in the past and had no luck. Am I placing them wrong? I used to place them 2-3 inches below the substrate surface with the plant directly on top or adjacent.

Sand has no nutrients, so you'd definitely need to do the tabs. Try the tabs a couple of inches away from the bulb instead of directly below. Tabs will only work with root feeders, so if you were trying them with Anubias, there is no benefit as they take their nutrients from the water column.

 

[eatyourpeas]

Sorry for all the questions, I was just really sad and confused to see these plants I've been growing for over a month just melt away

Plants can melt, but they can come back with a little TLC

 

[eatyourpeas]

You can see the leaves working their way around the tank:

 

[FroFro]

Sand has no nutrients, so you'd definitely need to do the tabs. Try the tabs a couple of inches away from the bulb instead of directly below. Tabs will only work with root feeders, so if you were trying them with Anubias, there is no benefit as they take their nutrients from the water column.

I tried them with my crypts, probably the only reason one is sort of alive despite my angels tearing at it.

 

[Sgooosh]

I'd like to, but I have sand as my main substrate so I used the fluval substrate to grow them in, they LOVED it. I wanted them to root more firmly in my tank before switching them from pot to sand, I've used tabs in the past and had no luck. Am I placing them wrong? I used to place them 2-3 inches below the substrate surface with the plant directly on top or adjacent.

i think you should just place them on top, they will root themselves. they might be used to mare aeration with the ball substrate. i think thats why.

 

[Colin_T]

In the words of Oliver Twist "please sir, may I have some more?"
Aponogetons need heaps of food otherwise they use up the nutrients in their bulb and then suddenly die.

They grow really well for a few months after you get them. This is due to the nutrients/ reserves they have in their bulbs. Once they have used that up, they look for food in the soil and water. If there isn't enough, the plant dies.

If the plant was getting more light before it went into the tank, that would also knock it back. Give it lots of light and lots of fertiliser.

 

[Sgooosh]

In the words of Oliver Twist "please sir, may I have some more?"
Aponogetons need heaps of food otherwise they use up the nutrients in their bulb and then suddenly die.

They grow really well for a few months after you get them. This is due to the nutrients/ reserves they have in their bulbs. Once they have used that up, they look for food in the soil and water. If there isn't enough, the plant dies.

If the plant was getting more light before it went into the tank, that would also knock it back. Give it lots of light and lots of fertiliser.

i know this is off topic but is liquid or solid ferts better? (for general plants in sand)

 

[Essjay]

It depends on whether they are root feeders or leaf feeders.
Leaf feeders get their fertiliser from the water so a liquid feed is needed.
Root feeders get it through the roots so they need root tabs placed near them buried in the sand.

 

[Sgooosh]

It depends on whether they are root feeders or leaf feeders.
Leaf feeders get their fertiliser from the water so a liquid feed is needed.
Root feeders get it through the roots so they need root tabs placed near them buried in the sand.

ok so anacharis(wild) anubias nana, stem plants moss balls, floating wierd things like watewr lettuce salvinia and duckweed. im thinking i need it because my water lettuce roots are rotting

 

[Essjay]

Anacharis, anubias, moss balls and all floating plants are leaf feeders. Some stem plants feed through their leaves, some through their roots but I don't know enough about plants to say what any particular stem plants is which. I know things like amazon swords and crypts are root feeders but that's about as far as my knowledge goes.

 

[Sgooosh]

Anacharis, anubias, moss balls and all floating plants are leaf feeders. Some stem plants feed through their leaves, some through their roots but I don't know enough about plants to say what any particular stem plants is which. I know things like amazon swords and crypts are root feeders but that's about as far as my knowledge goes.

some of ther roots arent in the sand so it should work. the guy didnt tell me what they were, they look good tho. there is 3 types

 

[Colin_T]

ok so anacharis(wild) anubias nana, stem plants moss balls, floating wierd things like watewr lettuce salvinia and duckweed. im thinking i need it because my water lettuce roots are rotting

Anubias won't use anything but the others do better on a liquid aquarium plant fertiliser.

Crypts and swords can get nutrients form the water column too and will take either tablets or liquid.

 

[Sgooosh]

Anubias won't use anything but the others do better on a liquid aquarium plant fertiliser.

Crypts and swords can get nutrients form the water column too and will take either tablets or liquid.

my anubias is fine using fish poop. i am planning to get some swords too!
what other plants are good for liquid fert?

 

[Kyle E.]

I just got Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus. It it a heavy leaf feeder and is very easy to grow and I think it looks AMAZING!