James_in_MN
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Are there certain plants that aren't good to have in a tank while cycling? I seem to have lost quite a few plants in tanks that were cycling.
I had nearly lost an entire batch of anacharis in my 20g high back when it was cycling, which might also be due to the Seachem Excel dose I put in the tank. My corkscrew val melted with the Excel, but it grew back quite nicely. I also had some new buds off the anacharis that was fading, and was able to save those.
The other plant that I had issues with kind of shocked me. My java fern that I had in my currently-cycling 10g tank completely melted down. I also have a something-wort plant in that tank, which is still doing fair for the time being.
Anacharis and java fern are supposed to be super easy to maintain from what I've read. Granted, I always figured I had a black thumb
, but not to that extreme.
Could it be due to the lack of nutrients, like nitrates? Could it be because of the higher-than-normal amount of either ammonia or nitrites during the cycling process?
I had nearly lost an entire batch of anacharis in my 20g high back when it was cycling, which might also be due to the Seachem Excel dose I put in the tank. My corkscrew val melted with the Excel, but it grew back quite nicely. I also had some new buds off the anacharis that was fading, and was able to save those.
The other plant that I had issues with kind of shocked me. My java fern that I had in my currently-cycling 10g tank completely melted down. I also have a something-wort plant in that tank, which is still doing fair for the time being.
Anacharis and java fern are supposed to be super easy to maintain from what I've read. Granted, I always figured I had a black thumb
, but not to that extreme.Could it be due to the lack of nutrients, like nitrates? Could it be because of the higher-than-normal amount of either ammonia or nitrites during the cycling process?
