Help needed for Green and Red Plants

**nicken** · 17th Apr 2011, 17:34

HI ,

I have a problem with my plants .
The leaves of the Red plant is dropping off.
stems and the leaves of the green plants are rotting and turning dark brown.

Tank size : 1 foot
water changes : 1 per week , 50%
temp: 27 with fan
fertilizer : Lush growth Macro (10 drop ) and micro (1 drop )
ADA amazona II soil
filter : ehiem 2111
co2 : 1Bps (6-8 hrs / day )
o2 : after lights off

Can the bros help me with my tank condition ?

Thanks

**nicken** · 17th Apr 2011, 17:57

Brown leaves and stems

Red Leaves dropping off one by one

**Simon** · 17th Apr 2011, 18:48

looks to me it is due to insufficient lighting, I could be wrong

Your plants generally looks healthy except for the undergrowth within the stemmed plants

**Shadow** · 17th Apr 2011, 19:21

how many watt is you light?

**nicken** · 18th Apr 2011, 10:54

Hi ,
I'm using 2X9 watts osram PL lights.
these tube have been used almost to a year . wonder will it be useful if i change the bulb tube

**nicken** · 18th Apr 2011, 10:55

tank size is 30x16x20 cm

**Freebird11** · 24th Aug 2011, 19:42

Some trees stay green the whole year round while others lose their leaves in the fall and winter and grow new leaves in the spring. If you've ever seen trees lose their leaves in the fall, you may have noticed that the leaves turn from green to yellow, red, or orange before eventually falling to the ground.

**fusiller** · 25th Aug 2011, 00:43

Originally Posted by nicken

Hi ,
I'm using 2X9 watts osram PL lights.
these tube have been used almost to a year . wonder will it be useful if i change the bulb tube

Originally Posted by nicken

tank size is 30x16x20 cm

Hi I'm new to palnted tanks too so pardon me if my suggestion is not right.
From what I have read all over the net and planted forums,
generally the WPG (watts per gallon) rule doesn't hold true for small tanks or those nano inspired tanks.
Most probably you need more light and crank up the CO2 too

My experience with green stem plants have been always awesome
For red stem plant Ammannia senegalensis i initially had the same problem as you (running 3ftx1.5x1.5) on 2x39watts T5 and 2bps CO2.
So I added my old 2x18watts T8 and within a few days my Ammannia senegalensis started to freshen up and grow healthy.

A word of caution though and I learnt in the hard way. With more light comes algae too so you definitely will need to up the Co2.
That was my experience, hope it helps.

Cheers

**Apistoinka** · 25th Aug 2011, 02:16

Maybe you should change your light... The wattage is too low for a planted tank... As for red plant you will need iron so the plant will stay red...

Other bros please correct me if I'm wrong... Still learning too...

**fusiller** · 25th Aug 2011, 08:45

Originally Posted by Apistoinka

Maybe you should change your light... The wattage is too low for a planted tank... As for red plant you will need iron so the plant will stay red...

Other bros please correct me if I'm wrong... Still learning too...

I too have read that iron will make red plants stay red.
On the other hand certain plants turn reddish if there insufficient nitrates

The thing is most info about aquatic plants on the net are quite jumbled up with many names and many more "commonly known as names". As a beginner it's quite confusing and the fact that most lfs doesn't really state the aquatic plants name clearly or correctly doesn't help either.

Sorry for the ranting... Hehehe