Advice - hornwort and frill

[Ook]

I have 15 gal tank that is about 2 months old. Stable, water is clean, fish
happy. Java fern is nice and green. Lillys seem to grow good. However,
hornwort and frill will grow for a bit and then turn brown and die back. Is
this normal for this plant? I've grown hornwort before, and it grew like a
weed, but I'm not having much luck now. I've put plant fertilizer in the
water, maybe I need to setup a co2 bubbler? Is there any type of water test
that might help?

[js1]

On 2004-11-12, Ook > wrote:
> I have 15 gal tank that is about 2 months old. Stable, water is clean, fish
> happy. Java fern is nice and green. Lillys seem to grow good. However,
> hornwort and frill will grow for a bit and then turn brown and die back. Is
> this normal for this plant? I've grown hornwort before, and it grew like a
> weed, but I'm not having much luck now. I've put plant fertilizer in the
> water, maybe I need to setup a co2 bubbler? Is there any type of water test
> that might help?
>

If by frill you mean Myriophyllum (aka Parrots Feather), it requires
bright light. If it grows out of the water (as in a pond), the leaves
almost look plastic. In the wather, it's a bit frilly. I've never had
any luck with hornwort. They just die in my tank.


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