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can these plants tolerate 86F temp?

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I'm currently dealing with an ich outbreak in my planted tank. The fish are eating, fighting, playing and going on about their daily routines but once in a while they rub themselves againts the substrate & plants and a few white spots are visible on SOME of the fish. The first week I had the temp. at 84F and now I raised it to 86F and I'm planning on leaving like that for another week. I'm not going to risk using any meds or salt to cure ich. Now, the question is that could the following plants handle this kind of heat for 2 weeks in a row?

1. Eleocharis parvula (hairgrass)
2. Marsilea Hirsuta
3. Rotala Nanjenshan
4. Java Fern
5. Anubias nana
6. Ludwigia glandulosa

I have noticed some of Marsilea Hirsuta leaves have turned brown but I'm not sure if it's due to the high temp. I have the pressurized CO2 running as normal and have very little surface agitation. The fish and shrimps dont seem to mind the high temp. so far. These are cardinals, neons, black phantom tetras, and ottos.

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Centromochlus
Most plants will be affected by higher temps, but they should all bounce back.

84 is plenty high IME, by the way.


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discuspaul
Not sure about the first 3 types, but the last 3 should tolerate it ok.
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Axelrodi202
I've observed that most plants can tolerate temperatures in the 80's for a short period of time.
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caall99
I am actually currently treating my minor Ich problem the same way. I went from 82 to 86 deg. F in the course of 3-4 days. Some of my plants are starting to shed and others are melting a bit. Then again i haven't had my Co2 running for two weeks. I am still fertilizing as normal and beginning to add some excel to substitute my lack of CO2 while i try to setup my pH controller. The riccia fluitans is going white... obviously not a good candidate for flourish excel...

Let me know how your ich progresses... i am really trying to avoid meds on my super healthy organically raised discus. :)
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caall99 said:
I am actually currently treating my minor Ich problem the same way. I went from 82 to 86 deg. F in the course of 3-4 days. Some of my plants are starting to shed and others are melting a bit. Then again i haven't had my Co2 running for two weeks. I am still fertilizing as normal and beginning to add some excel to substitute my lack of CO2 while i try to setup my pH controller. The riccia fluitans is going white... obviously not a good candidate for flourish excel...

Let me know how your ich progresses... i am really trying to avoid meds on my super healthy organically raised discus. :)
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Yes, I will keep you updated...I feel your pain. I left the CO2 on but at the ame time I placed a power head to create surface agitation. Maybe that will make up for some of the lost oxygen for the fish but I dont know how my plants would react, lets see. If I see plants are getting worse then I'll turn down the heat and let the ich take its course.
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