Anubias Plant Growing New Leaves, Old Leaves Look Odd...

My Anubias plants finally seem to be producing more leaves after about 2-3 weeks of having them. I use flourish and root tabs I put in .6 mL of flourish in Tuesday and Friday. I have two root tabs in my aquarium as well.. I'm not sure how to use them so one is between the plants.. the other is in the middle of the tank..

My problem: the leaves are starting to look a bit odd.. they have what looks like brown small spots on the leaves almost like dirt.. or brown smudge on them.. here are a few pictures

Anyone know what it can be, is it bad.. what so I do? Thanks

 

They are melting. Its common when introduced to a new environment. When they get a little worse clip them off.

 

They are melting. Its common when introduced to a new environment. When they get a little worse clip them off.

oh no... They looked nice when I first had them... I hope the new leaves are not affected they just began to bloom.. when do I clip them off? Do they look black.. or just shriveled?

 

Definitely not black. Just when a good amount of the chlorophyll leaves them. Just a little more browned I would say. The old ones are melting because of the new leaves. It's how plants adapt to new environments. Nothing to stress over I promise. It's very normal. Just their way of taking advantage of differences in light and water chemistry.

 

I have never had an anubius melt. I would not clip anything off until it was very clearly near death or dead. But that is just me.

 

As far as root tabs, generally you put them under where you're going to plant them or next to them in already established tanks.

 

You sure it isn’t just brown algae? Try wiping it off with your fingers. If it is, it’s nothing bad.

I’ve never had anubias melt either, it handles different environments pretty well.

 

I have never had an anubius melt. I would not clip anything off until it was very clearly near death or dead. But that is just me.

I've never had a plant not melt, but my water parameters are generally very different from fish stores. Also, if it is an issue other than melting, its safer to clip it and get rid of it vs letting it spread to other leaves. His new growth looks very good.

 

Can the spots be wiped off? How long as the tank been set up?

I've never had a plant not melt, but my water parameters are generally very different from fish stores. Also, if it is an issue other than melting, its safer to clip it and get rid of it vs letting it spread to other leaves. His new growth looks very good.

Anubius grow exceptionally slow......and almost never melts. So until a leaf is absolutely dead I would not cut it off. On a sword? Yep. On a Crypt? Absolutely. But on a super slow grower that generally is not known to melt? Nope. But again.....that is me.

 

Anubius grow exceptionally slow......and almost never melts. So until a leaf is absolutely dead I would not cut it off. On a sword? Yep. On a Crypt? Absolutely. But on a super slow grower that generally is not known to melt? Nope. But again.....that is me.

Normally I would agree, but looking at the last picture, you can tell the whole leaf is starting to melt. It will start to become more transparent over the next few days and then rotifiers will start to decompose it. The plant has already pulled most of the chlorophyll out of the leaf(look at the very bottom of the leaf structure where it's still bright green compared to the rest)

 

Anubis shouldnt be planted in the suvstrate or it will rot and die. Attach it to some hardscape and cut off any rotted parts of the rhizome.

 

Anubis shouldnt be planted in the suvstrate or it will rot and die. Attach it to some hardscape and cut off any rotted parts of the rhizome.

It can be planted in the substrate, just not the rhizome. If you look at the Op’s picture, all the rhizomes are above the substrate.

 

It can be planted in the substrate, just not the rhizome. If you look at the Op’s picture, all the rhizomes are above the substrate.

Yes. But it looks like the rhizomes could be planted in the substrate a bit in the 2nd and 3rd pic. Rot will spread easily through the substrate if any is under the substrate.

 

They are melting. Its common when introduced to a new environment. When they get a little worse clip them off.

I am noticing the brown being on the walls and gravel today. Its begining to spread

 

You sure it isn’t just brown algae? Try wiping it off with your fingers. If it is, it’s nothing bad.

I’ve never had anubias melt either, it handles different environments pretty well.

I am starting to think it is... My gravel is showing the same thing and my walls too... Any help?

 

Yes. But it looks like the rhizomes could be planted in the substrate a bit in the 2nd and 3rd pic. Rot will spread easily through the substrate if any is under the substrate.

How does this look? My gravel is looking brown and the walls as well

 

You sure it isn’t just brown algae? Try wiping it off with your fingers. If it is, it’s nothing bad.

I’ve never had anubias melt either, it handles different environments pretty well.

I think the issue is getting out of hand... any Help ? my tank also has this odd layer on the top almost like oil .. can this be from flourish fertilizer? I'll show s here. The last one shows how my water has a layer is something.. looks thick.. thicker than water. My fish seems unharmed

 

I think the issue is getting out of hand... any Help ? my tank also has this odd layer on the top almost like oil .. can this be from flourish fertilizer? I'll show s here. The last one shows how my water has a layer is something.. looks thick.. thicker than water. My fish seems unharmedView attachment 462937View attachment 462938View attachment 462939View attachment 462940

The brown algae aka diatom will eventually sort itself out. If you find it unsightly, you can remove it any way you remove algae, be it with an algae scrubber or your hand.

The film on top of your water is called biofilm, mostly made from protein that comes from food and not having any surface agitation. What you can do is point the output nozzle up or at a slight angle to agitate the water surface. To remove it immediately, you can get a cup, that has never had soap on it, and skI'm the surface with it.

 

The brown algae aka diatom will eventually sort itself out. If you find it unsightly, you can remove it any way you remove algae, be it with an algae scrubber or your hand.

The film on top of your water is called biofilm, mostly made from protein that comes from food and not having any surface agitation. What you can do is point the output nozzle up or at a slight angle to agitate the water surface. To remove it immediately, you can get a cup, that has never had soap on it, and skI'm the surface with it.

I just did a quick water change, I haven't done one in three days or so. The brown algae did seem to come off by just smoothing the leaf with my finger. I wiped the interior walls with my hands using the aquarium Water and used my syphon to drian 50% I added prI'm to new water and my tank seems to not show biofilm. I adjusted my outake nozzle a little to have the current going towards the surface it looks just how you described (agitates the water surface) over all the brown algae is Normal?

 

I just did a quick water change, I haven't done one in three days or so. The brown algae did seem to come off by just smoothing the leaf with my finger. I wiped the interior walls with my hands using the aquarium Water and used my syphon to drian 50% I added prI'm to new water and my tank seems to not show biofilm. I adjusted my outake nozzle a little to have the current going towards the surface it looks just how you described (agitates the water surface) over all the brown algae is Normal?

That’s good. Yes, brown algae is normal in newly set up aquariums.

 

That’s good. Yes, brown algae is normal in newly set up aquariums.

Okay, thanks for the reply. I'm am new to fishkeeping so I am learning lots! I like it learning as I go forward

 

That’s good. Yes, brown algae is normal in newly set up aquariums.

Is there a fix for this?

 

Is there a fix for this?

It’ll eventually fix itself once the tank begins to create a balance.

 

Diatoms are totally normal and can show up right around the time your tank finishes cycling. It is like the next evolutionary step in a tanks life. lol

 

Diatoms are totally normal and can show up right around the time your tank finishes cycling. It is like the next evolutionary step in a tanks life. lol

Nice I must be doing something right I think

 

Horned nerite snail. They are small enough to go up and down hairgrass.

 

It’ll eventually fix itself once the tank begins to create a balance.

Update:
My plants are still brown ish colored.. look like the color came back after a water change... Here is how they are looking the brown is showing on gravel. The brown algae is over the roots and there looks like a cobweb like substance on the leaves and roots
well I caught a glimpse of a weird looking worm... Speck... What can it be? It squirms around like a worm