Fissiden burnt out. How?

**lionelckg** · 19th Sep 2013, 20:43

Hi guys, need your advice.
Over the weekend i accidentally left my timer on which resulted in my lights being left on for 24hrs throughout from Fri to Mon for my office tank. This mistake caused my fissiden on my wood to be burnt out. Below is the photo:

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What should i do? Just leave it as it is or should i do something. If do something, what should i do? I am at a lost. Please advise. Thank you.

**Urban Aquaria** · 19th Sep 2013, 22:36

Wow... looks like the fissidens really got burnt. I guess you could just leave it alone to recover, new green fronds should grow back out eventually.

Only issue i can think of is there would be more decomposing plant matter in the tank in the meantime, so it might be a good idea to either take out the wood and rinse away the dead fissidens with tank water, or do more frequent water changes.

**Max Lim** · 19th Sep 2013, 22:43

Yes.. just remove the dry out one and do some water change as the surface sure got oil.. monitor your shrimp, hope no KIA.. In office the temperature is ok.. not to worry so much.. we always have this kind of thing happen in our office..what a waste.. got to wait till the plants grow back..

**misa** · 19th Sep 2013, 23:30

Hi, what bro urban and max said are right! its a pity man! do you have a pict of the fissiden on driftwood before they were burnt? i am sure they must be stunning!

**lionelckg** · 20th Sep 2013, 00:34

Thanks all for your replies and advise. Will do the plucking out of the burnt parts next week. I think after plucking out the burnt parts, the wood will have a lot of bare patches and holes. Sigh...hope the fissiden will crawl and cover up the hole soon.

And yes i had already taken out the wood to rinse once already, but i think i should do more frequent water changes.

As of now no casualties, even my low grade CRS are surviving. Haha. I think what i initially thought and also what me and my friends discussed was right, the more you care for your shrimps, the more "pampered" they will be a and thus, die easier. The more you don't care about them, the more hardy they become and thus, flourish better.

On a side note, below is a 'before' photo of the wood. Credits to JamesNeo who always produce good quality fissidens on his nice collection of driftwoods!
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**misa** · 20th Sep 2013, 01:10

It is really nice!

anyway your tank is acrylic or low iron-content glass tank?

**lionelckg** · 20th Sep 2013, 13:19

Hi Misa, my tank is the low iron one, which is being sold by GC.

Anyway nothing great about my tank because i copied the whole tank concept from Bro Urban Aquaria as that time i was still starting the hobby. My tank is not 'original' at all so don't deserve any good words. Haha 😁

This is Bro Urban Aquaria's original tank
13-Litre-Nano-Tank!
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=98867

**hyperoko** · 25th Dec 2013, 17:49

I also got this problem

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**Ingen** · 27th Dec 2013, 10:59

From the first picture I would have thought it resemble BBA or some sort of algae... Didn't know fissidens will burnout to that extend, always thought they just yellow, then brown and withered.

**jamesneo** · 14th Jan 2014, 18:04

I encountered this before too on some parts of driftwood of mine but not as serious as yours.

Usually, these "burnt" parts appeared nearer to the water surface where the lighting are more intense.

Give the fissiden a good trim and they will grow back. Good luck.