Anubias Leaves Turning Yellow and Falling off

hey, i was just wondering whats going on with my anubias? ive noticed that a couple months ago the oldest leaves have started turning yellow and then they eventually turn mushy and fall off. and the rhizome looks healthy to me?? ive been trying to figure out whats going on but i havent been able to find a sure answer.

 

Do you use a fertilizer for your pants?
There are many charts out there in regards to aquarium plant nutrient deficiencies. My first guess here would be Nitrogen or Phosphate deficiency. Do you have Phosphate scrubbing pads in your filter?

 

Do you use a fertilizer for your pants?
There are many charts out there in regards to aquarium plant nutrient deficiencies. My first guess here would be Nitrogen or Phosphate deficiency. Do you have Phosphate scrubbing pads in your filter?

I dose seachem flourish weekly and i do not, i just use a sponge filter at the moment

 

Seachem Flourish is micro nutrients. Try using a fert that supplies macro nutrients. Flourish does not supply enough Nitrogen or phosporous. Seachem calls it a comprehensive fertilizer, but then states that it "Does not contain significant levels of nitrogen or phosphorus". Deceptive if not false advertising for sure.

There are several comprehensive fertizers available, Seacherm Flourishis is not one of them. You can use Seachems individual nutrients along with the Flourish (Seachem nitrogen, Seachem phosporus etc) or you can use an all-in-on fertilizer.

Once you start providing the nutrients that the plants need you will start to see improvement in you plants, but keep in mind that it will not fix yellow or dying leaves. You can remove them. You will want to watch the new growth to determine how things are responding.

 

I asked this question a little while back. It was just one anubias that started struggling all at once. More than half the leaves went yellow. I use a compleat fert nilocG. What was recomended to me was to add epson salt. So I moved the plant and started adding 1 tbs epson salt for a 180g once a week. I’ve got new leaves growing within 2 weeks. Your yellow leaves will never grow back green so cut them off.

 

Seachem Flourish is micro nutrients. Try using a fert that supplies macro nutrients. Flourish does not supply enough Nitrogen or phosporous. Seachem calls it a comprehensive fertilizer, but then states that it "Does not contain significant levels of nitrogen or phosphorus". Deceptive if not false advertising for sure.

There are several comprehensive fertizers available, Seacherm Flourishis is not one of them. You can use Seachems individual nutrients along with the Flourish (Seachem nitrogen, Seachem phosporus etc) or you can use an all-in-on fertilizer.

Once you start providing the nutrients that the plants need you will start to see improvement in you plants, but keep in mind that it will not fix yellow or dying leaves. You can remove them. You will want to watch the new growth to determine how things are responding.

thank you! ive actually been looking to switch to easy green because i learned that flourish is no good AFTER i bought it