brown plants

[Irish.OG87]

When some leaves on plants are turning brown its pretty much an indicator they are dying right? Is there anyway to fix this?

I have the 23"-36" marineland reef capable led so ik I have enough light, any idea why my plants are about to croke??

 

[rich311k]

What color is the light? What type of plants? Any ferts etc?

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Is it a new day/night kit by marineland?

 

[Irish.OG87]

What color is the light? What type of plants? Any ferts etc?

@rich311k color of the light?? thats confusing.
I use no ferts.
I use 50/50 eco complete and regular substrate.
Plants: 2x java fern, 2x micro sword, 2x chain sword, 3-4 water sprite, 3x corkscrew vals, 1x anubias and 2-3 clumps of java moss.

@Fishkeeper88 yes, it is the day/night marineland LED ( any idea what the wattage on this is? or any info on what this does for plants?

 

[Fishkeeper88]

The marineland kit day/night kit doesn't support plant growth. I also found out the hard way after purchasing the aquarium. I had to go to the marineland website and look in the question and answer column about the kit. It says it there. I was very upset.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

I'm so sorry

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Here
http://www.marineland.com/sites/Marineland/products/Detail.aspx?id=3452

 

[Irish.OG87]

I'm so sorry

no way!!?? seriously i figured a light was a light!! a plant cant use this to grow?? At all!!??

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Full spectrum light and certain colors of light grow plants.

 

[Irish.OG87]

Here
Marineland LED Aquarium Kits

just looked at that link...u scared me for a second there. I dont have that one this is the one i use for light:Reef Capable LED Lighting System

 

[Fishkeeper88]

It says natural sunlight but I'm still not sure.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Ask around or you could ask marineland in the questions. I'm not sure sorry.

 

[Irish.OG87]

Ask around or you could ask marineland in the questions. I'm not sure sorry.

According to the Q&A on the marineland website about this light the one i have is the one that they recommend to grow plants with. WooHoo!!!

so now gettin back to my question....plants turning brown/yellowish, any ideas??

 

[Fishkeeper88]

That's awesome news... Um can you post a picture of the plants so that myself and others can get an idea of the setup and the plant coloration?

 

[rich311k]

Is there new growth? Are all the leaves turning brown or just the old ones? Are all the plants effected or just some?

 

[Irish.OG87]

Ok, pics are on there way soon. pretty all of the 4-5 different runners i have are the ones with the discoloration, its more yellow than green. and the vals...well one looks like its been eatin, which i think is from a snail that came in with one of my plants!! ugh

I went out and bought some seachem flourish, do you think this will work for my plants and how long does it take for this flourish to work??