Does Vallis Melt

[Spurry]

HI Does Vallis melt?
ive been fishing out the plant debris and found i needed to remove some vallis as it looks like its melted or dead?
and i dont want debris in the tank rotting away

can i stop this? or is it normal?

 

[stu40]

are you using carbon? Rumour has it that overdosing carbon will do this.Also it seems to do better in hard water rather than soft i think.Some people just struggle with it for some reason

 

[Spurry]

As a fert? no... im not using any ferts as tony at planted tanks said what i have will not need them and grow just fine
my water is soft...

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Vals do sometimes melt when moved to new quarters. Remove the dead parts but do not uproot the rest as they usually recover and grow again.

 

[RadaR]

Vallis is a true aquatic plant that have a trait which allows them to obtain some form of carbon via the bicarbonates in water. Soft water is low in bicarbonates so vallis doesn't tend to do as well.

 

[coldcazzie]

Vallis doesn't tend to do well in our soft Yorkshire water, Mark...

 

[Erik]

Jungle/Giant Val. does really well in my soft water tanks. It gets long and does need to be trimmed occasionally.