[GuppyGuppyGuppyGuppyGuppy]

Hey, I'm having the same issue, but not as extreme. With maybe 10% of my HC now, during dry start, from submerge, shipped wet, now emersed.

Does misting more help? I mist a ton every day. It's a hooded tank but there is minimal airflow -- it holds humidity though.

 

[GuppyGuppyGuppyGuppyGuppy]

Maybe root rot... I'm noticing that my HC is turning more likes yours every day, and it is the stuff in lower areas of the scape with high water level.

Nutrient burn would be visible in the leaves some, and aquasoil would not do that I believe.

Make sure your water level is filled up only to a centimeter below the surface of the lowest area of the tank. The substrate will stay moist all around, you just don't want the roots sitting in water.

I'm getting a lot of mold in my tank which is beginning to really piss me off...

 

[GuppyGuppyGuppyGuppyGuppy]

AS would do it. Imagine how you get 4+ppm ammonia in a 60+g tank. Now realize how you have maybe a cup of water solvating almost the same amount of ammonia. Until bacteria starts to digest some of the ammonia expect to see some problems.

Mold in some respects is good. It is accelerating the natural decomposition of organic matter. However it can also kill your plants.

If it is on driftwood and I wash it off into the plants (but it doesn't grow) can it hurt the plants?

 

[GuppyGuppyGuppyGuppyGuppy]

Hey same, mine are pretty much dead and it is day 7. ^_^

#twinning