beard514
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I was talking with my local fish store about a problem I am having with my Amazon Swords. One day I pulled a dead leaf off it and the whole plant came up with it with all of the roots gone. The leafs look healthy (even though they only grow low near the gravel).
The owner at the fish store told me that the roots are being suffocated under the gravel and that there most likely isn't any water flow coming in and out of the gravel. He suggested swapping my heater with an under gravel cord heater because the heat will cause water to rise and fall through the gravel. Has anyone had any experience with this?
He also suggested removing some substrate to around 2" in depth.
The owner at the fish store told me that the roots are being suffocated under the gravel and that there most likely isn't any water flow coming in and out of the gravel. He suggested swapping my heater with an under gravel cord heater because the heat will cause water to rise and fall through the gravel. Has anyone had any experience with this?
He also suggested removing some substrate to around 2" in depth.