Hi Kate,
Have you treated your water for any type of diseases of late? I treated my
tank for parasites awhile back and had a similar issue with my java fern. I
was using formaldahyde and found my plants did not appreciate that at all. The
leaves turned black slowly and then broke loose of the main root and floated
away. Just a thought. And, I do not think that this is Off Topic for this list
at all. In fact, I think this is a great item for the list.
Clay
-----Original Message-----
From: June Olberding [mailto:jdolb1@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:29 AM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: bolbitis heudelotii (plant) problem
Hi Kate,
I haven't had much experience with bolbitis. I know it doesn't seem to like
really high light environments. I know you are not running high light
tanks. You keep most of your water pretty soft. I don't know if that may be
a problem. Mine is in a livebearer tank with KH of 4-5 and GH of 5-10. It
does well in that environment which has about 2 watts /gal of shop light. It
took a long time to establish and occasionally will have a section go black
and fall away. Thought that to be normal or that I had damaged leaf working
in tank. This may be inaccurate but I think it doesn't like to be disturbed
or moved to new locations. AFA nutrients, I do run my tanks rather rich.
Also you might try running a little DIY CO2 for it. Generally folks don't
think of CO2 need in low light plant tanks, but has been my experience that
adding CO2 did more than anything else, with the exception of Flourite
substrate, to boost plant health in lower light environment.
Re: OT. I would say definitely.
Regards
June
Hi,
I am having a problem with my bolbitis ferns-the stems are turning black
and rotting, then leaving the ends with the leaves free to disconnect
and drift away from the mother plant. Some leaves also turn black.
Rhizomes are attached to wood, look fine. This is happening in multiple
tanks. I have been pretty bad about fertilizing and light bulbs may be
old but it seems odd that such a tolerant plant would suffer the worst
for it while rotala indica which likes light/fertilizer survives and
turns pink at the ends. Any bolbitis tips? Or do the old leaves just do
this after a while? Seems like more than half of the leaves on the
affected plants are going down, so it's probably not only the oldest
leaves dying, though the new ones are ok... Other tanks have younger
bolbitis cut from the same mother plant with the same water parameters,
no problem with them.
Tips?
By the way, is this considered OT for this group? Maybe replies should
be off list... :)
Kate
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