Pharaoh's planted tank

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Pharaoh;3254717; said:
I'm seeing quite a bit of browning on the leaves, especially on the corkscrew val. Hopefully the plants are just still settling in and it is a waiting game from here.

I put in a drop checker at the same time that I put in the plants. Co2 is right in the mid-range.
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I'm confused as to why you would be losing any plants. Are they planted too deep?? You need to bury and cover all of the roots~ then pull up until you just see the starts of the roots~ then fluff a little sand up around them to just barely cover them.
 
I planted them by digging a hole in the sand and then slowly adding sand while spreading out the roots. The tops of the roots are just barely covered with sand.
 
Pharaoh;3287968; said:
I planted them by digging a hole in the sand and then slowly adding sand while spreading out the roots. The tops of the roots are just barely covered with sand.
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The planting method was just right.

Were the plants stressed from shipping and did they still look great 24 hours after planting?
 
Yes, they looked decent when i got them. The contortion val turned brown almost halfway down, but it seems as though it is making a comeback. It really the bolbitus that is dying and I'm starting to worry about the hairgrass as it is browning a bit.
 
some plants take longer then others to adjust to a new set up. its normal for plants to turn a bit brown or even die when their uprooted and put into a new environment. however, this doesn't happen all the time, it happened to me only when i first started my PT. when i first planted my hygro they turned all yellow and the leaves folded in.. but once they took root to my substrate they flourished. i also lost all my vals... they never grew back :(

i use eco-complete and ADA aquasoil and i put root tabs under certain plants like my amazon sword. my amazon sword never went through this NTS... but it really started to grow after i started dosing ferts.
 
i think i may have asked this before, but whats your lighting like? and how many gallons is this tank again?
 
I have some Rotala wallichi that melted when I first got it (all the leaves) but it has just started to grow a new stem.
 
not sure if you saw this, i had posted it but it got erased in the server upgrade...... but your lighting is low for the size of your tank. I have 74 watts on my 30 gallon planted tank.
 
I guess I could fire up the second set of lights. I was under the impression that The lighting was adequate for the tank.
 
its all relative to what you are growing, and most plants, seemingly including yours require 2 to 3 watts per gallon. some need high lighting, 4 watts or even more per gallon
 
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