bjfew Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hi, I have a tank with standard, narrow and windelov java fern. The tank is 150 litres with a thin layer of red grit at the bottom. All the java fern is growing on driftwood. Temperature is 25C, pH is 6.8, Amonia is 0ppm, Nitrate is 0ppm and I do weekly 30% water changes. I add Flourish twice a week but no CO2. The broad leaf and narrow leaf are doing well but 20% of the Windelov leaves are staring to go brown. I had this problem before and it spread like a virus to all the java fern. Any one know what I can do to stop this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I lost all my windelov to this. I removed it and put it into a tank by itself and a few months later it started to regrow from the rhizome. But still a pale shadow of its former self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 ive had this to its absolutly gutting, i lost like 60 buks worth of narrow windelov and regular javafern, it regrows from the rhizome. i have no idea how to stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr A Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yep had the same thing, found some Google information about die-back being caused by phosphate levels being too low if I recall, but wasn't able to do anything about it. The speed at which it spread reminded me of Metastasis though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjfew Posted January 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Since I have started this post I have been in contact with Raymond "lotofish" who has helped me stop the spread of this terrible disease. I stopped CO2 and fertiliser and performed a 50% water change. Then I removed my java ferns one by one and diligently removed all the leaves that showed signes of brown. Before placing them back in the tank I rinsed them under tap water. I have been monitoring the plants for the last 5 days and they all seem to be doing well, no sign of the brown plague :thup: Thanks Raymond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likoma Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thanks Raymond I second that, He is a true plant guru. Has helped me out heaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotofish Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Since I have started this post I have been in contact with Raymond "lotofish" who has helped me stop the spread of this terrible disease. I stopped CO2 and fertiliser and performed a 50% water change. Then I removed my java ferns one by one and diligently removed all the leaves that showed signes of brown. Before placing them back in the tank I rinsed them under tap water. I have been monitoring the plants for the last 5 days and they all seem to be doing well, no sign of the brown plague :thup: Thanks Raymond Hi, was just wondering if the brown ever came back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjfew Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I had a couple more leaves start going brown so quickly removed them. No sign of brown leaves for about a month now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotofish Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Good news :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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