New to live plants with issues

[Epinephrine]

Hey 'box!! I'm new to live planted tanks, had fish for many tears. so, my tank has been set up for 6 months with live, broad leaf plants, don't know the full name, but they appear to be a sword of some variety. whats happens is the leaves lose their "membrane" and turn lace like, then brown. This is a very slow process over many weeks, I have no snails or anything that can be seen eating the leaves. Looking for educated guesses please!!

[Alex1]

Maybe your missing a nutrient of some kind? Maybe fertilizer?


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[ptran]

It would be helpful if you can provide some specs on your tank: tank size, filtration, lighting, substrate, inhabitant...

[Crush]

Lights?
fertilizers?
water perameters?
substrate?
co2 or supplement?

[troy tucker]

Try root tabs.

[Epinephrine]

55 gal tank, 25 small angels, 15 small corys, 3 clown loaches. Pea gravel substrate, undergravel filter, no co2. I have used a liquid plant food weekly, not sure of the name as I'm at woek. 48" fluorescent lighting ( freshwater, two colors) I will try and post photos tonight of plant damage.

[Epinephrine]

OK, Update, Using Seachem Flourish once a week. And attached is a photo of one of the leaves

[Alex1]

It might benefit you if you invest in some better lights, maybe t5ho or there is a new light called led lights, somebody else could give you more info on them. I would also try root tabs because they are in the substrate. Some plants get there nutrients from the water the plant you have get it better from the substrate.


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[Epinephrine]

mine are t5HO one colormax and one 6700K. there are a lot of root tabs on amazon, from 10 for 10 bucks to 100 for 10 bucks in a big baggie, any specifics??

[Alex1]

I don't know if that is enough light? 55 gallon is not as high as a 90gal, but I still needed 3-6700 and 1 -color max. My tank is 4 ft long as well. I'm thinking about removing the color max and putting a 6700 so I could have a total of 4. Then the fish color would not be as pretty. I have the same plant you have. It is a sword plant, someone just told me they gobble up a lot of nutrients. I also put root tabs as well. My sword plant is doing good. Oh and I do have CO2 injection. When I use to have a setup like yours I could not do the sword plants. There is a lot of plants out there that don't need a lot of light, and they look very nice.


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[Alex1]

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[mredman]

My first suspicion would be lighting.

Mike

[Alex1]

I'm interested in where on Amazon can I buy 100 root tads for 10$? Are they safe in the aquarium?


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[Alex1]

The root tabs must have iron.


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[Epinephrine]

http://www.amazon.com/Root-Tabs-Count-Gelatin-Capsules/dp/B00WQJN2AI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1441988322&sr=8-4&keywords=root+tabs

Here are the 100 ct root tabs, I know nothing about them!!