Vallisneria Americana Leaves Turning Red?

[Electric Warrior]

Hi, so I have a new 200L tank that has some Vallis Americana from Tropica, along with some Amazon sword, red & green cabomba, and salvinia natans, and all of the other pants are doing fine. I planted the vallis just a little over a week ago. I just noticed today that some of the laves on the vallis plants are turning red, some near the tips, some on the bottom of the leaves, some in the middle. I am dosing TNC Lite as per instructions, using some root tabs, sand substrate, and params are ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate-20, PH 6.6. I do currently have fish in the tank. Temp 26C. I am new to a planted tank, so any ideas are welcomed. It's only a few plants affected, and not all.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Got some pictures mate?

 

[Electric Warrior]

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Where they are turning red are they in good condition as I've read that some can turn red through good healthy growth?

 

[Electric Warrior]

Yeah, it's kind of hard to tell.... Most of them look okay; some of the leaves have some tears in them, but I think that they came that way when I got them. Like I said, this was only about a week and a half ago. Some of them are already producing runners underneath them. I am also running t8 lights (one Arcadia freshwater/one Arcadia original tropical) for 8 hrs a day.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Just keep an eye on it mate, ages ago I read something about Vallis turning red and I'm pretty sure it said there are types that do that but from experience I've never used it in a scape so I'm no expert on the plant lol.

 

[Electric Warrior]

Just keep an eye on it mate, ages ago I read something about Vallis turning red and I'm pretty sure it said there are types that do that but from experience I've never used it in a scape so I'm no expert on the plant lol.

Yeah, I have seen a red variety of vallis for sale, vallis rubra or something, but I don't think that that is what this is? I purchased this as normal vallis americana from seapets, and they only carry Tropica plants, and generally know what they are doing.

 

[Electric Warrior]

Well, I guess I spoke to soon as those red leaves you see in the pics snapped off today when I was doing a WC and some maintenance, so I guess they weren't heathy? The rest of the plants, even the ones that these leaves were on, seem completely heathy so I am kind of puzzled?

 

[Ps3Steveo]

All you can do is keep an eye on it mate, did they come on the plant or did they grow since you bought it?

 

[Electric Warrior]

All you can do is keep an eye on it mate, did they come on the plant or did they grow since you bought it?

No, they definitely turned red a week after I put them into the tank.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Oh yeah then that's basically some old immersed growth dying off.