Sudden plant death

[Finlee]

Heya does anyone have an idea as to why my plants suddenly started to brown and die? I added more root tablets to see if that would help but no such luck. The only change has been using a solution to get rid of algae.

 

[Fishfriendof315]

The algaecide in the bottles, most say not to use on planted or inverts. Double check. To get rid of unsightly algae turn back lights and cut back on fish feeding and ferts. Youre plants look like theyre diing well besides that. Algae is good

 

[Ksway]

Hi, algaecide can make plants melt back a little as they kill the alagae, say if a leaf has a lot of algae on it it will probably just die off. DONT cut back on lighting and fertilizer this will just allow the algae to out compete the plants because you are starving them of nutrients. If you want to get rid of it do large water changes everyday or every other day for a week and see where you lie. Also add a couple of algae eaters to help combat future issues.

 

[Finlee]

Hi, algaecide can make plants melt back a little as they kill the alagae, say if a leaf has a lot of algae on it it will probably just die off. DONT cut back on lighting and fertilizer this will just allow the algae to out compete the plants because you are starving them of nutrients. If you want to get rid of it do large water changes everyday or every other day for a week and see where you lie. Also add a couple of algae eaters to help combat future issues.

Thanks so much! This really helps

Hi, algaecide can make plants melt back a little as they kill the alagae, say if a leaf has a lot of algae on it it will probably just die off. DONT cut back on lighting and fertilizer this will just allow the algae to out compete the plants because you are starving them of nutrients. If you want to get rid of it do large water changes everyday or every other day for a week and see where you lie. Also add a couple of algae eaters to help combat future issues.

Thankyou

The algaecide in the bottles, most say not to use on planted or inverts. Double check. To get rid of unsightly algae turn back lights and cut back on fish feeding and ferts. Youre plants look like theyre diing well besides that. Algae is good

Thankyou for the advice!

 

[NearMeBettas]

8 hours of light a day, keep your tank out of direct sunlight, and do some 15% water changes. You could get a snail. Nerites and mysteries are good. If you don't want a lot of babies- go with a few nerites.

 

[Linda1234]

I think you answered your own question. You added a bit of this and that immediately started to happen. You might try a water change to remove the this and hopefully that will help the that to recover.