Dying plant D:

[Andy91]

Hi Everyone,

So in the past few months I've decided to redo my 20gal planted tank. I added this Anubias recently and it's not doing too well. Fertilizers right now are on their way. But I just want to get a input of what people might think is the problem, just so that I am sure and not wasting money.

Currently for the whole setup:

2 - HO T5s (at the moment only one on during the day, 6 hours or so)
DIY CO2 - in the next few weeks or so pressurized CO2 will be here
Dosing Seachem Flourish - once a week with water changes.
Substrate is Flourite

Any other info y'all might need just ask.

Thanks!

 

[jcolon]

Could it be too much light even with the 1 T5 on only? Is it just those two leaves? The smaller one looks like it's yellowing. Dosing liquid ferts could help. When a couple of my Anubias started to yellow, I snipped the leaf off ... Had new growth within a couple of weeks.

 

[Andy91]

I'm not sure... could it be too much light? It is those two leaves and one other... but today I did trim them off so hopefully new leaves will grow back. Could it possibly be the first shock of a new tank?

 

[jcolon]

At this point, just monitor the other leaves ... too much light would've also affected any other plants. Since you clipped those leaves .. I believe that plant can divert it's energy for new growth. When I clipped yellowing Anubias ... new stems grew later. Keep us updated on this one.

 

[Andy91]

A update:

I had clipped the leaves that were having the issues and now I have new growth and new leaves! Thanks for the help

Also dosing fertilizers regularly and new pressurized co2 system.

 

[aqua_chem]

Killing anubias is an impressive feat. You usually have to go out of your way to do that.