Rotten Wisteria?

[ellena]

I have wisteria in a 5 gall hex with clay substrate under sand. I'm fertilising once a week with tetraplant. 9w bulb on for about 7 hours.
The wisteria was in its shop clay ring for about a week and loads of leaves rotted. I've planted it and a week later, loads more have rotted.
I bought it as it's supposed to be easy to grow! I also have amazon sword, elodea and cabomba in there and they're all good. Any ideas why it's not thriving?

Also, I'm thinking about possible things to replace it if I can't get it to grow and I can see the plant in my head, but don't know what it's called. I think it's an easy to grow. It's quite bushy with lots of little leaves all along the stems. I think you can get a red variety too?
Thanks if you can ID from that pants description

 

[baron von bubba]

I have wisteria in a 5 gall hex with clay substrate under sand. I'm fertilising once a week with tetraplant. 9w bulb on for about 7 hours.
The wisteria was in its shop clay ring for about a week and loads of leaves rotted. I've planted it and a week later, loads more have rotted.
I bought it as it's supposed to be easy to grow! I also have amazon sword, elodea and cabomba in there and they're all good. Any ideas why it's not thriving?

Also, I'm thinking about possible things to replace it if I can't get it to grow and I can see the plant in my head, but don't know what it's called. I think it's an easy to grow. It's quite bushy with lots of little leaves all along the stems. I think you can get a red variety too?
Thanks if you can ID from that pants description

cabomba??
http/images.google.co.uk/images?rlz=1C1C...le&resnum=1

 

[ellena]

Thank you, but it's not that one. The leaves are leaf shaped, IYKWIM?

 

[snowflake311]

My water wistira gets a little brown on the old leafs. But the growth grows fast and green. Water sprit is like wistera but I find it to be much better really easy to grow and it's pretty. I just love mine I bouth one small sad look pot of it and now I have 2 good size plants with a few little ones growning.

Hornwart is really fastgrowing and I think it can look nice when pruned.

 

[Truck]

most probably an N+P deficiency seeing as tetraplant doesnt contain it, i would buy some TPN+ and dose 1ml daily

 

[ellena]

Thanks guys I love the water sprite! For this tank though, I think it looks a little too similar to the cabomba, but it's v.pretty
I'll pick up some TPN+ truck, you have been recommending it to me for ages
I wondered about wisteria, there's that rule of thumb that if a plants stems stay up out of water, it probably isn't an aquatic plant. Doesn't this apply to wisteria?
Any thoughts on the other plant?

 

[Geoff1991]

Bacopa australis?

 

[ellena]

Thanks geoff, but it's not that either. Have looked through the members planted tanks bit and it might be polysperma or ludwigia. Are either of those easy to grow?
Thanks

 

[aaronnorth]

I have wisteria in a 5 gall hex with clay substrate under sand. I'm fertilising once a week with tetraplant. 9w bulb on for about 7 hours.
The wisteria was in its shop clay ring for about a week and loads of leaves rotted. I've planted it and a week later, loads more have rotted.
I bought it as it's supposed to be easy to grow! I also have amazon sword, elodea and cabomba in there and they're all good. Any ideas why it's not thriving?

Also, I'm thinking about possible things to replace it if I can't get it to grow and I can see the plant in my head, but don't know what it's called. I think it's an easy to grow. It's quite bushy with lots of little leaves all along the stems. I think you can get a red variety too?
Thanks if you can ID from that pants description

Rotala sp green and rotala rotundifolia?

They are easy to grow.

 

[ellena]

That may well be it aaron, thanks If the wisteria doesn't perk up, I think that will make a nice contrast to the other plants in there.