Plants melting.... Help

kamla · 04-07-2005, 01:15 AM

My Val and dwarf sagitaria are melting away....
O.K here is what happened..
i had the case of GW so i did a a 72 hr black out.
GW gone..

plants looked good too..

3 days later i decided to rearrange my tank (how dumb...i know)
so i take the plant out and trim the roots and the to top it off
i got side tracked (building a CO2 REACTOR )
so the plants we out of the water for about 4 hrs...(no biggie ..right)

Then i plant the Val and Dwarf Sag and water sprite.

now 3 days later the Vals and Sag are melting away..
my java fern and crypts are still doin fine (They were not moved..)
Water Sprite is doing good too (it was moved and trimmed as well)

MY water Pharms
Tank Size: 72 gal
Temp: 79
pH: 7.0
Ammonia (ppm): 0
Nitrite (ppm): 0
Nitrate (ppm): B/t(2-5)
KH (degrees): 7
GH (degrees): 5
Ferts : Flourish and Flourish Excel (dosed according to label)
CO2 : DYI 2L (i know not much but anything helps ..right)

Please help...
Did I damaged the roots .. or what

kamla · 04-07-2005, 01:48 AM

i have 1.3 watts/gal
plants have been in the tank for 4 weeks and were doin great
started using Flourish and Flourish execl 2 weeks ago..

Thax of any help

kamla · 04-08-2005, 01:16 PM

Any one...
Please help

vwboy53 · 04-09-2005, 06:16 AM

I had a similar problem, but with hygrophilia deformise. Essentially I moved it, left it out to long, then started "melting" away in the tank.

I don't really think there is much you can do, but if you have one part of the plants not melting, why don't you trim the rotting parts and hope it may grow, however if the roots are rotting, then not much hope ...

compulsion · 04-09-2005, 07:05 PM

ive got a small breeding tank that i blaked out for 2 days the other day with some crypts, chosen because of the massive amount of roots they had been rooting since my tank was setup and was good for spawning in... when i removed the blackout and done what i had to do they hadent had bred, removed the plants to clean it out.. they collapsed like poo in my hands and im pretty sure it was the blackout that caused it.. cell degredation through lack of food production by photosynthesis??... would anyone say thats what it would be

04-07-2005, 01:15 AM	#1
kamla Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NJ USA Posts: 228	Plants melting.... Help My Val and dwarf sagitaria are melting away.... O.K here is what happened.. i had the case of GW so i did a a 72 hr black out. GW gone.. plants looked good too.. 3 days later i decided to rearrange my tank (how dumb...i know) so i take the plant out and trim the roots and the to top it off i got side tracked (building a CO2 REACTOR ) so the plants we out of the water for about 4 hrs...(no biggie ..right) Then i plant the Val and Dwarf Sag and water sprite. now 3 days later the Vals and Sag are melting away.. my java fern and crypts are still doin fine (They were not moved..) Water Sprite is doing good too (it was moved and trimmed as well) MY water Pharms Tank Size: 72 gal Temp: 79 pH: 7.0 Ammonia (ppm): 0 Nitrite (ppm): 0 Nitrate (ppm): B/t(2-5) KH (degrees): 7 GH (degrees): 5 Ferts : Flourish and Flourish Excel (dosed according to label) CO2 : DYI 2L (i know not much but anything helps ..right) Please help... Did I damaged the roots .. or what

04-09-2005, 07:05 PM	#5
compulsion Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 524	ive got a small breeding tank that i blaked out for 2 days the other day with some crypts, chosen because of the massive amount of roots they had been rooting since my tank was setup and was good for spawning in... when i removed the blackout and done what i had to do they hadent had bred, removed the plants to clean it out.. they collapsed like poo in my hands and im pretty sure it was the blackout that caused it.. cell degredation through lack of food production by photosynthesis??... would anyone say thats what it would be __________________ 55US Gallon Medium Planted \| 36x15x24Tall PH 7.0 - 7.2 GH 11 Ehiem 2232 Thermo 2.7WPG 160W 10,000k 5xNO T8's Sand+Eco Clay, CSM+B Baby Steps + Pres.Co2

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04-07-2005, 01:48 AM	#2
kamla Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NJ USA Posts: 228	i have 1.3 watts/gal plants have been in the tank for 4 weeks and were doin great started using Flourish and Flourish execl 2 weeks ago.. Thax of any help

04-08-2005, 01:16 PM	#3
kamla Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NJ USA Posts: 228	Any one... Please help

04-09-2005, 06:16 AM	#4
vwboy53 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 101	I had a similar problem, but with hygrophilia deformise. Essentially I moved it, left it out to long, then started "melting" away in the tank. I don't really think there is much you can do, but if you have one part of the plants not melting, why don't you trim the rotting parts and hope it may grow, however if the roots are rotting, then not much hope ...