help me find a green plant! (or help me with my java fern)

amphirion · 09-03-2009, 03:50 AM

so...i have a corner of my tank that needs a little green. i have a little too much red in my tank. something that can compliment anubias nana with that sort of color, but i want a stem type of plant. i was thinking of something along the lines of Cardamine lyrata, but any type of leafy green plant will do.

i originally had a java fern but it's starting to turn black and gritty on a good portion of the leaves. which is weird because i have UG, R. wallichii, and Aust. 'red' in the tank and they're all doing fine.

you can offer me advice for either scenario. i would like to try to save the java fern and make it a show specimen since it is the 'phillipine' type. how it looks right now is a travesty...

GlassCat594 · 09-03-2009, 10:24 AM

How mych light do you have on the java fern? Maybe you can move it to a shady spot.

amphirion · 09-03-2009, 08:47 PM

that could be it. it gets blasted with indirect sun for a couple of hours during the day. i know it isn't a nitrate deficiency because i suffered from greenwater for the longest time.

09-03-2009, 03:50 AM	#1
amphirion Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 360	help me find a green plant! (or help me with my java fern) so...i have a corner of my tank that needs a little green. i have a little too much red in my tank. something that can compliment anubias nana with that sort of color, but i want a stem type of plant. i was thinking of something along the lines of Cardamine lyrata, but any type of leafy green plant will do. i originally had a java fern but it's starting to turn black and gritty on a good portion of the leaves. which is weird because i have UG, R. wallichii, and Aust. 'red' in the tank and they're all doing fine. you can offer me advice for either scenario. i would like to try to save the java fern and make it a show specimen since it is the 'phillipine' type. how it looks right now is a travesty...

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09-03-2009, 10:24 AM	#2
GlassCat594 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 383	How mych light do you have on the java fern? Maybe you can move it to a shady spot.

09-03-2009, 08:47 PM	#3
amphirion Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 360	that could be it. it gets blasted with indirect sun for a couple of hours during the day. i know it isn't a nitrate deficiency because i suffered from greenwater for the longest time.