My amazon swords have been growing really slow and developing brown edges. They are in a discus tank so the water is about 84 degrees. They are in clay pots so that the tank has a bare bottom to keep the water cleaner. I use Florapride fertilizer every time I do water changes and don't have carbon in the filter (I have been told it removes trace elements the plants use. Is it the heat or would some root tabs fix it? If so, are root tabs gonna change the chemistry enough to hurt the discus?
Brown Plants
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Where did you buy the plants? out of a tank or in a bottle(like the ones at petco). If you have good enough lighting then it is most likely that the plants where grown above water and they are dying off, once they all die off a new set of leaves can now grow.
Nah I got them from a very notable LFS out of a tank. The first set of leaves already died off and the new set has been growing for a few months.
Stunting due to inadequate parameter, and the pots. The swords need incredibly large areas to grow their roots, and need a lot of nutrients, they are not a good mix with discus.
If I were to get rid of the swords, what plants could you suggest for the situation (In pots, 84 degree water, not crazy lighting, not gonna make a mess).
I had excellent luck with water sprite.Does good in low-light and grows pretty tall.You cant go wrong with a couple bunches of this.I was cutting it back regularly with just a 40 watt 4 footer!!!
Ah Ill check it out . I had Wisteria and they did horribly, I guess the water is too warm. Any others?