Clintrockevans Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Hi, I bought a large Java fern the other day and the leaves are going brown really fast, its like a disease and its spreading from leaf to leaf. In a week I had to remove around 20 leaves and there is about 20 more left which are going brown. Does anyone know what this is and how to stop it? Please please please help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew129 Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 They are normaly tied to wood or rocks in your tank and not buried you have not said but root rot could be the cause as they feed out of the ferts in the water and like their roots exposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew129 Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_javafern.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 The "roots" are not normal roots but an anchoring mechanism. They feed through the leaves. The black spots on the bottom of the leaves are spores and part of the reproductive mechanism. Often black leaves will start producing plantlettes. They normally live around very wet places like waterfalls. They don't need a lot of light but I understand that they need more light as the hardness increases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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