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Maybe the above are right, I don't know plants very well, I just buy what looks pretty.
But, I can tell you I had Italian Vals for a while and they did the exact same thing.
I hated them because it looked very..."incomplete" because they didn't grow tall like I wanted them to lol. If you want...
Nice! Try the water sprite as a center piece, you can see it really bloom into a tree that way rather than having it restricted to the corner.
What are those plants on the left and right of the Anubias? Either way try separating those out so they can carpet out :)
That's good, it means your tank parameters are great.
You can snip off the leaf, but usually I leave it on until the leaf completely rots, usually that's around the time when the baby plant will be ready.
It's definitely hard to tell what kind of swords because there are so many.
Did you just recently buy this? If so, it may have been grown out of the water (judging by the narrow round leaves). If they were grown outside the water then in a month or so it may grow new submerged leaves and drop...
How long have you had the plant?
Also, it looks like ludwigia, usually they'll drop their lower leaves, it's fine, if you can't stand it, just cut off the bottom and replant the top, but as long as you're getting good growth at the top it's fine.
What kind of dirt is this?
You have to remember that dirt is mainly NPK levels for outdoor plants, there is a chance that there is a lot of N getting into the water. I hear high N levels can completely burn up the plants.
From what you wrote it sounds like you had the plants before dirting...
Although some people have recommended getting rid of the sword it could be manageable with trimmings here and there.
Try not to crowd your 20 gallon with multiple species of plants because in a month if all goes well you're going to be out of space.
P.S. whether you decide to keep the...
Or you could just leave them.
If the roots are going in and out you might just bury them but if they're reaching out and the ends are shooting up then it might indicate that there isn't as much fertilizer in the substrate and it's looking for some more through the water column.
Does it really? I have heard of people keeping fish in like the 60's but I always thought in the mid 70's was the best temperature. 80's and you start to expel the oxygen out of the water.
P.S. I really like the platy fish because they're so colorful.
I was thinking about setting up another...
I used to have quite a bit actually when I just let the babies roam free right after birth. I would get a lot of dead ones sinking to the bottom and then I would have to reach in there and fish them out.
The only time I really had a problem with deaths was when I didn't have time to turn the...
Hey thanks!
So actually I didn't use them for breeder boxes, I just used them to isolate from the bigger fish.
I haven't run into any problems. I had the setup for several months and eventually gave away the fish since there were so many.
Of all the fish I had zero crooked spines or any...
The DIY guppy boxes were made with old milk cartons, and I poked holes in them. They helped hold all the fry without getting eaten (yeah I saved them all lol).
Let me know what you guys think!
Why not do this?
You could take some of your tank water and float the cabomba in your tank (in a bag with your tank water) to let it acclimate to the water, then plant it in the tank after a week. Mine stopped shedding after a week, but it was the dead leaves from the store.
Agreed with all, I would say excel is the culprit though and for some reason your other ball seems to be taking most of that hit.
I would also recommend rotating the ball every few weeks to prevent the underside from dying.
I would start with a hardy stem plant that also grows fast like anacharis.
Beginners get bored if they don't see growth lol.
Vals are also pretty good.
So...when you mean it's translucent, are you saying that it's basically turning to mush?
I've never seen anacharis go translucent but I do know that the older leaves die off and leave a huge mess if you don't hurry up and wipe away the dead leaves.
Personally I like to cut it short and watch...