Melting staurogyne repens?

[Prediscus23]

Just planted staurogyne Repens 4 days ago and they're already melting, can someone tell me why?

 

[Autumnsky]

Are they from the package or from submerged in an aquarium. Sometimes fish store buys them not submerged growth.

It takes some time to establish.

Also how is your light, temp, ferts usage?

 

[Prediscus23]

Are they from the package or from submerged in an aquarium. Sometimes fish store buys them not submerged growth.

It takes some time to establish.

Also how is your light, temp, ferts usage?

They are store bought. This is the first time that I've bought plants like that. I keep a warm tank, 78-80 degrees. I have 4x54 t5ho in a 55 gal. I dose excel once a day and comp every other day.

 

[Prediscus23]

Can anyone help?

 

[aqua_chem]

What's you fertilization regimen? Tank parameters?

 

[Prediscus23]

What's you fertilization regimen? Tank parameters?

Not sure what you mean by regimen, but I just dose excel once a day and flourish comp once every other day.

Ammonia:0
Nitrites:0
Nitrates:0

 

[Mebbid]

I would try to raise nitrates at the very least. What is your light?

I bought the submersed version of star repens and had absolutely no issue with die back from putting them in my tank.

 

[Prediscus23]

I would try to raise nitrates at the very least. What is your light?

I bought the submersed version of star repens and had absolutely no issue with die back from putting them in my tank.

4x54 t5ho

 

[bshenanagins]

Yeah I just got mine two weeks ago and they're growing great. Btw you shouldn't have 0 nitrates unless your tank looks like Rivercats, and even she doesn't get 0's. Check your test again, make sure your shaking second solution really well each time you use it otherwise it gives false readings.

 

[Aquamandan]

I would try to raise nitrates at the very least. What is your light?

I bought the submersed version of star repens and had absolutely no issue with die back from putting them in my tank.

How do you raise nitrates?

 

[Prediscus23]

Yeah I just got mine two weeks ago and they're growing great. Btw you shouldn't have 0 nitrates unless your tank looks like Rivercats, and even she doesn't get 0's. Check your test again, make sure your shaking second solution really well each time you use it otherwise it gives false readings.

I just set my tank up a few days ago.... No nitrates is kind of normal.

 

[bshenanagins]

I just set my tank up a few days ago.... No nitrates is kind of normal.

Oh well then yes but you should not be zero ammonia an nitrite then. Something doesn't add up

 

[Mebbid]

How do you raise nitrates?

Either calcium nitrate or potassium nitrate

Oh well then yes but you should not be zero ammonia an nitrite then. Something doesn't add up

Take a look at a silent start cycle. The plants use the ammonia as fertilizer so it's not uncommon for a cycled well planted tank to bottom out on ammonia.

 

[aqua_chem]

I just set my tank up a few days ago.... No nitrates is kind of normal.

Are there fish in it?

 

[bshenanagins]

Either calcium nitrate or potassium nitrate

Take a look at a silent start cycle. The plants use the ammonia as fertilizer so it's not uncommon for a cycled well planted tank to bottom out on ammonia.

I understand that but he stated he just set up the tank so I can't see ammonia disappearing that fast. And even if it was cycled you'd still see some nitrate. But he hasn't mentioned fish either so where's the source of the ammonia to initiate the cycle?