Pennywort and is badly melting.

[Krtyr26]

I have a 125 gallon planted tank and have pennywort in it, at least that's what I believe it is that is not thriving at all. I took out a portion and put it in my five gallon nano and left it alone, it blew up in that tank like a weed meanwhile the other in the larger tank is melting away and ideas why. I use root tabs, flourish, and trace elements in my big tank and in my nano I don't put any supplements in it. Please help!!

 

[Bert2oo1]

Looks like hydrocotyle Japan. It's a carpeting plant rather than a stem. If u plant it's runners in the substrate it should form a carpet

 

[Caliban07]

There's virtually no competition in the 5 gallon. It's closer to the light and has access to all the nutrients and carbon dioxide. The big tank is the complete opposite. That's why it's dying.

 

[Krtyr26]

Okay thank you guys I'm gonna move the sad plant to nano to try to get it back and upgrade my light

 

[Caliban07]

Okay thank you guys I'm gonna move the sad plant to nano to try to get it back and upgrade my light

No problem. Why don't you tell us a bit more about your current setup?

Light

Co2?

Filter

Substrate

Plants

Fish

And what you are hoping to achieve [emoji106][emoji846]

 

[Krtyr26]

I just upgraded my 40 gallon to a 125 gallon discus (main focus) community tank. I am now using sand a cascade canister and a aquenon filter (I will change that to a better one soon) I used root tabs, in conjunction with flourish and sea chem trace elements. I have excel but noticed when I used it I got bb algae and it reduced when I stoped ( probably due to missing days here and there) the lighting is factory t8 plus I have my finnex planted 24/7 plus light over center. I have swords, java ferns, rapens, Anubis, pennywort (it's not doing well)and a couple others I can't remember exact type off hand.

 

[Krtyr26]

That's my tank now

 

[flchamp89]

Tank is very nice. Ive failed twice recently with pennywort in two different tanks. There are a couple different cultivars of the plant. I really like the plant. It bothered me I had little success with it.

I have no science to offer but I have the belief that it may not be glut friendly.

 

[Krtyr26]

It thrived and grows like a week in my nano I do nothing with whereas it's melting away in larger tank that I put supplements in

 

[flchamp89]

Thats why I mentioned glut. I use it daily.