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I have been using the Tetra Crypto(?) root tabs as Iāve had bad experiences with Tropica tabs in the past. Iām also dosing weekly with Easy Life Profito.I used to keep a lot of amazon swords and they all did very well with root tabs. My light was nothing extra special, just a regular plant light and there was no CO2. The water was just conditioned regular city tap water.
I believe iron will help a plant maintain reddish leaves. Root tabs should provide your plant with what it needs though, especially if you are not using a nutrient rich substrate. The melting of leaves usually happens if your water parameters are not stable.
I would cut the damaged leaves off at the base of their stem and focus on keeping stable water parameters and using root tabs, and regular water changes.
Heās absolutely fine with RCS, he showed some interest when they first got added 2 months ago but soon realised theyāre too quick for him and isnāt bothered by them now. They happily come out and feed around him and he carries on doing whatever heās doing. Red Rilis on the other hand.. heās slaughtered all of them Thereās Amano Shrimp in there too, but theyāre huge. Iāve also got a Vampire Shrimp, which is obviously also far too big for him.If your Amazon plant is relatively new to your aquarium, perhaps it was just the change in water coming from the seller to your aquarium that caused this initial melt. Crypts are known as plants that will melt also, but if theyāre doing well they have probably been in your aquarium longer and are happy in your tank now.
Iām glad to know that youāre using fertilizers for your plants. The root tabs will benefit the amazon. Liquid fertilizers are generally good for your floating type of plants.
Yes, I see one of your shrimp in the picture, as well as your betta who may not be the best tankmate for your shrimp, especially if you hope to colonize the shrimp. Every time you do some tank maintenance for your shrimp take a look at your plantās leaves and just trim off the ones that are not doing well. Cut them off as close to the main part of the plant and remove them. Trimming gets rid of the unsightly leaves and should help stimulate some new leaf growth, especially if you are feeding the roots.
Nearly 3 weeksHow long have you had the sword plant?
Nearly 3 weeks
An Iron deficiency would cause the veins of the leaf to stay green while the rest of the leaf turns yellow. I don't see this in the picture. Not iron is particularly had to keep soluble in water. So most fertilizers use Iron gluconate or iron EDTA. Iron gluconate last one day in the water, Iron EDTA works best in with with a PH of less than 6.5. The insoluble byproduct of there decay can react iwht Phosphate resulting in insoluble Iron phosphate which plants cannot use. The bet iron ingredient is Iron DTPA it is stable up to a PH of 7.5 and may work up to a PH of 8. It is seldom used because it cost a bit more. But a single dose per week of Iron DTPA to a level 0.1ppm is sufficient in in most aqaureiums. So over the long term Iron DTPA will cost less of the user because a lower dose can be used.I believe iron will help a plant maintain reddish leaves.
Focus on trace minerals if your tap water contains nitrates. With fish in the aquarium you likely wonāt need to add nitrates.Morning all So upon testing my tap and tank water this morning I have discovered that my tap water is 2.5ppm for nitrates and my tank water is 2.5/5.0ppm. Neither my root tabs or liquid ferts contain nitrogen, so going to invest in the TNC Complete and gradually introduce that.