[cmax916]

Is this normal?

If not, what can I do to help it. I am dosing P, Flourish, and Flourish Iron. My N is at 10ppm, ph = 6.0, kh = 7.0. I use Flourite and Flourite Red for substrate, 10# inject CO2 and 582 watts of PC over my 100 gallon. Oh, w/d filteration.

Also, the lower part of the stem is brown as well but the higher part of the plant is very big, healthy and green. Is this a sign to trim the plant?

thanks,
-mAx

 

[mrbelvedere]

In really large, dense groups of plants, the lower parts never look perfect. Are the bottom parts dying or just shedding their leaves?

 

[cmax916]

They are not dying but I thinking they are shedding now that you mentioned. It is a dense group, I have about 15 stems of them and some of them have only 1" part from the others. I will try to spread them out and see how it goes.

Thanks,
-mAx

 

[mrbelvedere]

It sounds normal then. Many aquascapers will hide the lower parts of the background stem groups with the midground or a hardscape.