Amazon Swords Not Doing Very Well!

[aibo210]

Hi

I have some amazon swords at the back of my tank and the leafs have turned white/glassy since this morning ive had them 3 weeks and they been fine the only thing ive done is upgraded my light tubes to plant pros! and im doeing 4ml of tropica plant nutrition+ daily!

Juwel rio 125 with 2 28w t5 arcadia plant pros Lights are on 10 hours....

Any ideas?

 

[aaronnorth]

try dosing 6ml, do you have nutrient substarte or root tabs? They are heavy rooy feeders, i noticed a big difference hen i had a nutrient rich substrate.

 

[fiskkeeperpro]

hmm, i have amazon swords in a the tetra substrate and i dose tetra plantamin and my amazon swords are a deep green colour. They are in a juwel rio 125 but i use the standard t5s that come with it, the swords are directly under the juwel daylight tube. That might help, but im not sure

 

[LosC519]

They are dying and not taking in nutrients well. You could try dosing with liquid ferts; flourish trace and flourish excel, I noticed a big difference in my Amazon swords once I started dosing with these liquid ferts. A root tab would be better I believe.

 

[aibo210]

I am using eco-complete substrate for the bed. I am going to get some root tabs aswell tommrow they have turned white since I put the arcadia plant pro tubes in yesterday that I swaped out for the juwel day and nature one you think it could be photoshock?

The sword is directly under the tube.
Carl

 

[Egg]

Amazon swords are grown emersed. Even if your supplier kept them underwater, they will shed their old 'air' leaves and put out new ones once they are in your aquarium. It usually takes around a month for this to happen. The emersed growth leaves tend to be 'woodier' and the texture resembles more the texture of household plants. Their immersed leaves have more of a 'jellyfish' feel to them.
To encourage the new growth you can trim the old leaves one at a time.

 

[aaronnorth]

They are dying and not taking in nutrients well. You could try dosing with liquid ferts; flourish trace and flourish excel, I noticed a big difference in my Amazon swords once I started dosing with these liquid ferts. A root tab would be better I believe.

TPN+ is a liquid fert

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