Plant Debris in my tank...

[nkthen]

I'm a little puzzled here.

Everyday, I see debris of my plants floating around. I'm talking about fragments of leaves from the plants and floats around. They end up at my filter, sometimes jamming the waterflow.

Some of my plants were uprooted too.

Have I not planted the root deep enough? Or it's the working of my fishes? Or my plants are not healthy?

Profile of my tank
I have:
Rummy Noses
Rasboras
Cardinals
Sapaes
Golden Mellows
Otos
X-Rays
Sucker Fish
Yamato Shrimps
Panda Cories

About 35+ fishes in total

Tank: 19"x18.9"18.7" JBJ NanoCube (24 Galleons)

So is it normal for you guys to have such debris in your tank?

[juggler]

If it is a new setup, the plants may not have established their root systems well and are easily uprooted by water currents or fish movements. Plants are also adapting to the new water conditions and the weaker leaves just fall off.

Otherwise, the sucker fish (those big black type?) could be the culprit.

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Yeap, Koah Fong is right. My newly planted stemmed plants (for about 2 weeks already) keep shedding leaves. I scoop them up everyday.

[nkthen]

My plants should be nearly 2 months old. Is that a problem still?

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What are the plants in question?

[diki]

Maybe your yamatos shrimps are working too hard on those plants?? How many do you have?

[Anthen]

for ur information.. a smaller size of gravel or sand are recommended if u intend to plant rooted plants..
yamato shrimps tend to pull out moss or smaller plants out.. but sorry to say ur tank seems too small to contain so many fishes unless high plant mass..


by the way, what is X-rays? never heard of this before.. got any pics to see?

[valice]

by the way, what is X-rays? never heard of this before.. got any pics to see?

That is the common name for Pristella maxillaris