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Prime Melt??

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I switched to Seachem Prime for my last 3 water changes and am noticing a change in my Anacharis. They seem to have stopped growing all together and are starting to melt back very slowly. Before I had to cut them back every two weeks, they grew like weeds! I got three other bunches out of them! Nothing has changed in my tank other than the addition of Prime. Has anyone else seen this? Just wondering. They were responding very, very well to EI dosing till I used Prime.

Maybe I'll switch back to Tetra Aquasafe and ditch the Prime.
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I switched to Seachem Prime for my last 3 water changes and am noticing a change in my Anacharis. They seem to have stopped growing all together and are starting to melt back very slowly. Before I had to cut them back every two weeks, they grew like weeds! I got three other bunches out of them! Nothing has changed in my tank other than the addition of Prime. Has anyone else seen this? Just wondering. They were responding very, very well to EI dosing till I used Prime.

Maybe I'll switch back to Tetra Aquasafe and ditch the Prime.
I have never had issues with Prime. Best product from Seachem if you ask me. I sometimes do 90% water changes on some tanks, add tap water and prime and all is good.

I have never grown Anacharis either... Aren't they cold water plants?
I've used Prime for years, and it has never caused a problem with anacharis or any other plant.

Are you certain that nothing else has changed in your tank?
Is your dose correct? The correct dose for Prime is only a small fraction of what other conditioners require. That's all I can think of... never noticed a problem with it.
Thanks for the replies. I do follow the dosing instruction on the bottle closely so I know that I am not over dosing. Nothing else has changed in the tank.
What are you dosing fert wise? I'm almost 100% positive it's not prime.

Any changes besides the prime could be the littlest thing?

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I've been dry EI dosing with GLA's EI package. All the other plants have been responding wonderfully. My Swords and Val are exploding with growth. But the anacharis is melting. I've read in several places that the Anacharis takes a while to adjust to it's new water parameters when purchased and the original stems will melt, but I've planted snippings of new growth before it stopped growing and those are starting to melt as well. so I'm trying to figure out what it's not liking and the only recent change was the Prime. So that's why I suspected it, but looks like I need to keep searching for the cause.
I've been dry EI dosing with GLA's EI package. All the other plants have been responding wonderfully. My Swords and Val are exploding with growth. But the anacharis is melting. I've read in several places that the Anacharis takes a while to adjust to it's new water parameters when purchased and the original stems will melt, but I've planted snippings of new growth before it stopped growing and those are starting to melt as well. so I'm trying to figure out what it's not liking and the only recent change was the Prime. So that's why I suspected it, but looks like I need to keep searching for the cause.
Anacharis best tied to wood or rock rather than planted in substrate.:wink2:
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Going to cut back my KNO3 for a week. My Nitrates are high so maybe that's part of the problem. Going to let the plants catch up a bit. I'm at about 60 now and would like to be around 20. My tap water is between 15 and 20. I've been dosing 1/2 Tbsp every other day. Here's a photo of the tank today.

Bump: Sorry, its upside down. Don't know why it's doing that.

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Anacharis are eager column feeders as road said, but they say anubias grows better not planted in the substrate by my nanas are doing amazing with root tabs.

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