Amazon Swords Leaves "wrinkling"

[amagphoto]

55 gall fresh planted tank, 2.4 wpg light, use flourish fertilizer, co2 pressurized system, reading about 29ppm co2, kh6, ph6.8, my amazon swords leaves are "wrinkling" and a few are showing brown thinning dead spots in middle and on leave edges....any ideas what the cause(s) are.....low ferts, low co2's, low wpg, or all 3

 

[BNyleen581]

Amagphoto,

I can't tell you everything you want to know, but it does look like your WPG is a little low for a planted tank with Co2. Also, in my experience with buying plants is a lot of them just need to acclimate to your tank and some will just die a little before they flourish. If in the sad case the place you bought them sucks! Then they probably sold you plants that are not acclimated to being under water yet.

Is your lighting the right kind for plants? IE: Full-Spectrum or plant specific?

On second thought, I really think its your lighting, everything I know about lighting says for planted tanks there should be a bare minimum of 3wpg but best around 4 or more depending on your plants of course.

Hope I could help.

This forum might help if it is lighting: http/www.fishforums.net/Basic-Guide-to-L...ing-t96754.html

 

[2pods]

How long has the tank been setup ?

What kind of lights do you have ?

You have more than enough light to grow swords.
2.4 wpg is plenty.

It's more likely to be no root nourishment.

What substrate do you have them in ?
If it's just gravel you can use root tabs (Seachem, Tetra, quite a few choices these days) as AFAIK Amazon Swords don't feed a lot (if at all ) from the water column.

Peter

 

[SuperColey1]

I agree. I think BNyleen is a little mistake.

Anything over 2WPG is fine for most plants as long as you are using the right spectrum and reflectors.

If anything they are more than enough as a 55G wouldn't need as high a WPG as a 20-40gallon tank.

Sounds like a defficiency to me, although I wouldn't be able to pinpoint it.

Andy