Holes in leaves

[leafhorn]

Dear all,

Today suddenly noticed that quite a number of my E tenelus have holes in their leaves. The holes runs alongside the "bonebone" of the leaves.

Is this work of snails/shrimps(not fed the tank for nearly a week)

Or is it nutrient problem?

Before this the tank is flourishing and growing.

I just sniped off the affect leaves...

[sherchoo]

Did it affect other plants too? I doubt it could be snails as they seldom touch healthy plants. They normally go for dying or dead leaves.

[leafhorn]

Not sure if it affects the other plants, I don;t think so loh, because other plants are some inclinata stem plants and some bigger sword plants, and hairgrass.

Only tenelus ganna so far...

[sherchoo]

It could be Pottasium deficiency. If you haven't been dosing it, do so. You can try dosing with K2SO4.

[leafhorn]

I see, thanx for the suggestion. Its a relatively new setup, I just dose the normal all-in-one water fertilisers.

[danny]

Do you have Otto in your tank, my used to do that until I removed them to another tank without tenelus

[leafhorn]

Yeah got Otos, but my tenelus was ok from setup day (about 3 weeks back), until today then I start to see the holes.

[danny]

Your Otto hungry, observe them carefully and you will find that they are they responsible.

[theodore]

I seriously doubt that otos can chew on healthy E. tennellus leaves. Are the leaves with holes new or old? If they are old, are they emmersed or submersed leaves?

[leafhorn]

Hmmm, you might be right... I hadnt fed the tank for a week. I go drop an algae wafer now...

Thanx.