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Old 10-10-2007, 06:55 AM   #218 (permalink)
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Anubias leaf shedding

For a while now my anubias have periodically shed leaves. It's always new, or young leaves - so there's something going on.

For the record, I switched from ADA Green Brighty Step 2 to Tropica Master Grow this week. I'm dealing with that topic in this thread. But this problem has been going on for months. A couple of days ago though, I lost 4 leaves in 1 day. Now it's got my attention.

I've tried to research this, and can't find anything conclusive. My plants otherwise seem fine. NOT explosively growing, but growing. I'm running less than 2wpg, so explosive growth isn't the plan. Just steady growth, and I'm getting that - large handfuls of plant matter being trimmed back and removed every weekend. But I'm concerned about this anubias leaf-drop.

Anyone know what this is?


I'm betting it's a micro deficiency of some form. And I may boost them by 50% to see if that helps. And I'm hoping it's not a magnesium or calcium issue, as those are the two things that I have to dose manually - calcium chloride and magnesium sulfate that is.

Any help or insight into this problem is much appreciated.
Well I have read your thoughts on this so far and as an ADA devotee I have to say that I usually don't have problems with Anubias except for yellowing which I typically solve with a few drops of ADA ECA (its like super concentrated Iron) and that fixes things quickly. Maybe you could try that and see what happens...imho Anubias have problems with Iron deficiency even in ADA substrate which usually requires an additional source of Iron...just a thought.
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