Java fern melted

[evil Nick]

Anyone ever have their java fern melt? All mine out of nowhere just went brown and died. No other plants affected

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[fish wrangler]

Never heard of that before. How long did you have them for?

I have had amazon swords melt if they are really shaded, but never java ferns.
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[StoryTale]

I've never kept java fern but my java moss melted. I've narrowed it down to either the water being to warm *or* too much light.

 

[evil Nick]

I've never kept java fern but my java moss melted. I've narrowed it down to either the water being to warm *or* too much light.

must have been too much light. I read that elsewhere and have recently started alternating my light from back to front on my tank.

 

[StoryTale]

Thanks for the confirmation Nick. I hope that works out for your tank.

The light setup I have for the tank I have is practically non existent so I thought I needed low light plants but I guess it gets enough natural light. My bacopa caroliniana is at least doing fine.

 

[evil Nick]

oddly my bananna plant went into a superbloom and now like half decayed. I think it will recover but I started using home made root tabs which seem to be booming plant growth.
My tiger lilly and banana went from low to lilly pads in about a week but I started trimming them because the pads go bad at the top of the water pretty fast.

Ive stopped alternating my light as I think it did more harm than good with my plant setup.

 

[ScotJudd]

I disagree about too much light for Java Fern and Java Moss, mine is on top of my bog wood right under the lights and its growth is mental. I have to thin it every 2-3 weeks.

Moss on left and right, Fern in the middle.


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[Brookster123]

I had this happen, low tech tank and it was doing excellent.. than it just went to mush.. i left it alone and it came back but not as clean..

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