Plant leaves turning brown

**Boon Kiat Ong** · 24th Oct 2015, 22:55

Guys, appreciate your help and Id of this plant. Why is the leaves turning brown ? Plant in the tank only 1 week ago. Tank setup almost 2 months. Ammonia nitrite 0. Nitrate 10. Light 7 hours led. Seachem phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, iron, excel, flourish twice a week. Wc once a week 30%

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**Boon Kiat Ong** · 24th Oct 2015, 23:03

Originally Posted by Boon Kiat Ong

Guys, appreciate your help and Id of this plant. Why is the leaves turning brown ? Plant in the tank only 1 week ago. Tank setup almost 2 months. Ammonia nitrite 0. Nitrate 10. Light 7 hours led. Seachem phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, iron, excel, flourish twice a week. Wc once a week 30%

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**Urban Aquaria** · 24th Oct 2015, 23:53

Looks like anubias plants? Since the tank is only a week old and the plants were newly added, its normal for the older plant leaves to melt due to the transition process. Just trim away the melting leaves so that the plant will reallocate resources to grow out newer healthy adapted leaves.

**Boon Kiat Ong** · 25th Oct 2015, 13:22

The tank is 2 months old but this plant only 1 week old. It's not anubias. Can grow as tall as 45cm as per lfs

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**Boon Kiat Ong** · 25th Oct 2015, 13:25

Originally Posted by Urban Aquaria

Looks like anubias plants? Since the tank is only a week old and the plants were newly added, its normal for the older plant leaves to melt due to the transition process. Just trim away the melting leaves so that the plant will reallocate resources to grow out newer healthy adapted leaves.

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**WingCher** · 25th Oct 2015, 15:45

Looks like a kind of echinodorus, amazon sword... I agree with Bro UA, the plant is adapting to your tank's parameters, hence the old leaves melting away. Or maybe could be due to seachem excel burning the leaves.

**AQMS** · 25th Oct 2015, 16:03

yes it is Amazon sword (Echinodorus Amazonicus)

**chansh** · 29th Oct 2015, 15:49

Can elaborate your systems setup detail?

**Boon Kiat Ong** · 30th Oct 2015, 01:25

First post and injected co2

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**Guppendler** · 1st Nov 2015, 00:29

Amazon sword is an easy growing water plant, don't think there should be much concern. Just cut away the brown leaf and the plant should do well as all the other leaves are very health looking. Can't really explain the browning, could be that the leaf was already old/damaged when you got it, and it starts to die off now.