Sword plant dying, turning brown

[Bettaguy08]

My Rosette sword plant has been dying ever since I moved it like a week ago. I'm not sure why but some of the leaves are rapidly turning brown , I gave it a root tab so I don't really know why its dying. its getting a solid amount of light too and I used seachem. Flourish. When I tested the water the only thing that seemed a problem was the pH was acidic and there was a small bit of chlorine. So i put more dechlorinater. does anyone know why my leaves look like they are dying?

 

[Byron]

My Rosette sword plant has been dying ever since I moved it like a week ago. I'm not sure why but some of the leaves are rapidly turning brown , I gave it a root tab so I don't really know why its dying. its getting a solid amount of light too and I used seachem. Flourish. When I tested the water the only thing that seemed a problem was the pH was acidic and there was a small bit of chlorine. So i put more dechlorinater. does anyone know why my leaves look like they are dying?

This is not the pH, and not chlorine (though why would there be chlorine...are there fish in this tank?). A photo of the plant may twig us onto the issue. When you say you moved it, was it OK previously, and for how long? Same tank, or to a new tank?

 

[Bettaguy08]

This is not the pH, and not chlorine (though why would there be chlorine...are there fish in this tank?). A photo of the plant may twig us onto the issue. When you say you moved it, was it OK previously, and for how long? Same tank, or to a new tank?

There is might have been chlorine cause I added a little bit of water to the tank without using any declorinator. I thought that since it wasn’t a large amount it wouldn’t affect the parimiters. I just moved the plant from one spot to another. It was in the same tank, just moved it’s spot. Previously it was okay I think, it wasn’t growing a lot previously but it wasn’t dying either. Now it’s dying though.

 

[Sgooosh]

There is might have been chlorine cause I added a little bit of water to the tank without using any declorinator. I thought that since it wasn’t a large amount it wouldn’t affect the parimiters. I just moved the plant from one spot to another. It was in the same tank, just moved it’s spot. Previously it was okay I think, it wasn’t growing a lot previously but it wasn’t dying either. Now it’s dying though.

my big swords get stressed when i move them]
wait till the leaves turn all brown and then cut it so you dont harm the plant
they will reuse nutrients to grow better leaves
there is big mama sword when i moved her she shedded all the big leaves, all good now

 

[itiwhetu]

What is the base medium of this tank?

 

[Bettaguy08]

What is the base medium of this tank?

What’s a base medium?

 

[itiwhetu]

What’s a base medium?

Substrate, gravel. What is the sword plant planted in

 

[hansgruber7]

Are you using root tabs? Sword Plants are root feeders. There is also often an adjustment when you add one to a new tank. The old leaves will sometimes die and need to be cut away and the new leaves will be healthier.

 

[Naughts]

Swords need to be planted 'deep enough' - make sure there are no roots above the substrate.

 

[Sgooosh]

Swords need to be planted 'deep enough' - make sure there are no roots above the substrate.

what if the sword plant grew roots upwards and i can see them? do i have to bury the stray roots or no

 

[itiwhetu]

what if the sword plant grew roots upwards and i can see them? do i have to bury the stray roots or no

No, just let the plant do what it wants to do.

 

[itiwhetu]

Remember that often the symptoms for too little fertilizer are the same as too much. These plants don't need half the care you may think they do.

 

[StevenF]

Remember that often the symptoms for too little fertilizer are the same as too much. These plants don't need half the care you may think they do.

In my experience plant never show any symptoms from too much fertilizer. About the only thing that hapens is more algae.

In the picture only the older leaves are affected. New growth looks fine. when only the older leaves are affected it means the problem is in a mobil nutrient. That means you are deficient in nitrogen, potassium, Phosphate, magnesium, Chloride, or molybdenum. However most of the time the symptoms tend to developed slowly. I have never seen a mobil nutrient deficiency so severe in only one week. Flourish comprehensive doesn't have much nitrogen, phsphroous, or magnesium . So you still have a deficiency in these nutrients even though you are dosing a fertilizer.

 

[itiwhetu]

This is the best that I could do

 

[Sgooosh]

No, just let the plant do what it wants to do.

it already anchored down and penetrated the poor little marimo in the shade LOL