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what plat is that, never see blue aquatic plant before. Is it covered by blue green algae?
The leaves of my plant is turning blue..
What is actually happen?
what plat is that, never see blue aquatic plant before. Is it covered by blue green algae?
seems like dying off...
it is stargrass
Last edited by davescube; 25th Aug 2008 at 23:37.
wow... nice.... but it looks like dead leave to me...
yeah look like dead leaves
My interest has wandered! Do U?
You use bleach with the plant?
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It's adapting to the new environment. I recently bought this plant too. Ya most of the leaves melted on me (turning transparent and blue, whatever), but I did not remove anything. Slowly it is picking up again. New shoots are coming. Not sure if it was pH change, or any other things.
Christophe
Hi bro, my reply in BLUE below:
Not sure if I'd mentioned to you that night when I passed you the plants - You'll need to remove those leaves that are melting (black or blue in colour) before you plant them into your tank... But even after you'd removed all before you plant them in, you'll still expect to find some more leaves melting... So long as the roots of the plants are still healthy & available & there are still new leaves growing, it'll be no problem planting them...Originally Posted by davescube
I'd the same experience as bro AquaObsession when I first bought the pots of Stargrass from LFS & planted in my tank... Saw many leaves turning bluish/ blackish as you mentioned. Was so sad that I thought of just giving it up & plucking these plants out of my 1-feet cube tank...Luckily I did not, as over the next few weeks, the plants started to produce new green leaves with roots reaching downwards into the substrate & it just kept growing taller over the days... [Until it grew so tall that it basically covered my entire 1-feet cube tank til it's like a forest...
] Hence, I stongly believe that this is an adaptation period of the plant to the water parameters in your tank [Even when I transferred a few stalks of this Stargrass to another tank of mine, I faced the same problems as quite impossible to have exactly the same water parameters in 2 tanks...] Leave the plants in the tank for a few more days & observe for signs like new leaves growing & roots dropping down to reach the substrate & ignore the melting leaves... [If not, just get a pincer/ tweezer to pluck out those melted ugly leaves... For me, my Ramshorns help me to take care of it...
]
Hope the above info helps... Cheers!!
Last edited by beetlejuice403; 11th Aug 2008 at 18:03. Reason: Prevent confusion of reply...
Yeah, I notice they are growing rather fast now although most of the melted part is of older leaves..
And the other plant that you passed it to me is shooting up now, new branches is growing rapidly..
I think I have also noticed either pond snail or freshwater limpet in the tank.. not sure whether I should do something to them..
Maybe they will help me abit with the cycle process..
I also want to know whether I can add plant fert before cycling is completed.
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