KELLYMAN Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 My plants have wilted and are looking brown with a black fuzzy looking stuff on them can anybody help ?? they have plenty of light about 12 hrs a day is that to much ?? PH is neutral and the fish are happy and healthy, well they look happy ...... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 How long has your tank been set up and what sort (and how deep) is your substrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KELLYMAN Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hi, tank has been re-vamped about 4 weeks ago changed the stones on the bottom to smaller ones, the tank is 1200x450x450 everything was going fine untill i changed the stones, I have an underground heater on it well under the tank that is and the temp is around 24 degrees, it has the tank that is being running fine for years .... a mate uses the same small stones and his plants are all looking good, I got mine off him ...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KELLYMAN Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 ok substrate is about 50mm thick all over the tank .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Since they will have had their roots disturbed in the move they will need time to recover. Cut away any dead leaves. Once they perk up again they should overwhelm the opportunistic algae. What sort of plants are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KELLYMAN Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Hey there, the worst ones are the crypts, and i do have some other plants they have 75mm long leafs that grow straight out from the base and are about 20mm wide all the way up, they look rather sick also ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Crypts will often die off totally before re-growing. Cut back the largest leaves so the plant can concentrate more on the smaller ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KELLYMAN Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 they are starting to look better have been feeding them with flourish excell and they are coming away and the black fuzzy stuff is slowly going away too have some driftwood in there also to buffer the ph which was a little hard to control before hand, so all in all its coming along well !! and thanks for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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