Why Are My Baby Tears Dying (Micranthemum Umbrosum)

[AdrianJames]

I have had them in my tank for a week using Easylife Carbo, fosfo, nitro, kalium, ferro and profito. I have a CO2 mini kit that I fill 2 times a day. I have heard this plants just flourishes easy! I dont know whats wrong with it. It has brown and transparent leaves I have 33watts of light in the tank for a 15 gallon.
I have had them in there for 7 days just starting off with Easylife Ferro and Profito, then added the others some days later. Is it just acclimatizing to the tank still?
I have good flow in my tank with a 700L per hour filter. Is it just a waiting game?

help

 

[reignofcheese]

Without a doubt there is a good chance it needs to adapt to your conditions before it starts to grow out well, but DBT is not an easy plant to grow well. They really need high light and all the rest of the goodies that goes along with it.

What kind of lighting do you use? Without stating the type of light, wattage is a fairly useless stat. Also how are you measuring the co2 levels?

 

[Ps3Steveo]

HC doesn't require high light, it's a common thought that a lot of people think, I grow in in less light than that and have grown it under very low lighting, the higher light just speeds up growth. If it's been in your tank a week you need to let it get used to your conditions, i've also never used the ferts your using, I always used an all in one fert to grow mine but as long as your dosing all the key elements Inc N&P and have good flow it should pick up.

 

[AdrianJames]

HC doesn't require high light, it's a common thought that a lot of people think, I grow in in less light than that and have grown it under very low lighting, the higher light just speeds up growth. If it's been in your tank a week you need to let it get used to your conditions, i've also never used the ferts your using, I always used an all in one fert to grow mine but as long as your dosing all the key elements Inc N&P and have good flow it should pick up.

Im not talking about HC... Im talking about Micranthemum Umbrosum. I think I may have put the wrong word "BABY TEARS" at the start sorry

Without a doubt there is a good chance it needs to adapt to your conditions before it starts to grow out well, but DBT is not an easy plant to grow well. They really need high light and all the rest of the goodies that goes along with it.

What kind of lighting do you use? Without stating the type of light, wattage is a fairly useless stat. Also how are you measuring the co2 levels?

I have three flourescent lights of 11watts each, so 33 watts in a 15 gallon tank. Thats 2.2 watts per gallon. Which I thought was good...

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Sorry mate miss understanding there, when people say dwarf baby tears or baby tears I always think HC, even googled it and it showed up HC lol, that is plenty if light mate any plant should grow under it, give it time it's prob adjusting, I rescaped recently and got a huge melt and all my plants went back in the same tank under the same conditions so don't worry yet mate it happens.

 

[AdrianJames]

Sorry mate miss understanding there, when people say dwarf baby tears or baby tears I always think HC, even googled it and it showed up HC lol, that is plenty if light mate any plant should grow under it, give it time it's prob adjusting, I rescaped recently and got a huge melt and all my plants went back in the same tank under the same conditions so don't worry yet mate it happens.

I think I may have gotten the "baby tears" bit wrong though, so I confused you. hehehe. My Umbrosum died though both of them so....I bought two more to replace them lol Giving it ONE last shot!

 

[reignofcheese]

I have three flourescent lights of 11watts each, so 33 watts in a 15 gallon tank. Thats 2.2 watts per gallon. Which I thought was good...

But kind of fluorescent? 2 wpg of T8 lighting is on the lower side pf medium,, while 2 wpg of T5 lighting is high light.