plant slime

[patola_l]

hey guys, i recently introduced some new plants to my aquarium, and the look good, except i noticed that where the leaves were torn, or ripped a bit, the ends turned to slime basically. Im not sure if i should just remove those leaves? or is there something wrong with my water. Thanks

 

[fort384]

Remove those leaves.

That can happen if there is not enough lighting to support the plants, so that is something you may want to look at.

 

[patola_l]

I removed them, I had just put them in last night, so it had been less the 24 hours... if my light was low, would it begin to show this quickly?

 

[fort384]

nope, sounds like it was an issue they came in with. You did good by removing them.

 

[patola_l]

right now i have only 13 watts on the tank...its 15 gallon...is that enough? The plants are: 1 floating watersprite, 1 spiralis and 2 broad leaf ludwigia

 

[patola_l]

sorry sorry, its actually 18 Watts. will that be okay?