More info on Newbie with plant problems

[Jeff F]

Hi everyone,
A little more info on my plant problems:
I have a 15 Watt tri-chromatic light. I believe the ph is at about 7.4
(LFS tested it for me). I got several types of plants, including
various swords, vals, and moneyworts (wish I could be more specific, but
that's as much as I remember). I try to keep the temperature at about
79 degrees (for the fish), and I do not add any CO2 (didn't know that I
should till I saw some of your replies). Oh, and I try to keep
carbonate hardness at about 8 degrees. To recap, after several weeks in
my 10G, about half the plants (more or less equally affecting all
species) are slowly turning brown and dying off. Any ideas? Any advice
is greatly appreciated!!

-Jeff

[Justin Boucher]

See post below for additional replies.

"Jeff F" > wrote in message
...
> Hi everyone,
> A little more info on my plant problems:
> I have a 15 Watt tri-chromatic light. I believe the ph is at about 7.4
> (LFS tested it for me). I got several types of plants, including
> various swords, vals, and moneyworts (wish I could be more specific, but
> that's as much as I remember). I try to keep the temperature at about
> 79 degrees (for the fish), and I do not add any CO2 (didn't know that I
> should till I saw some of your replies). Oh, and I try to keep
> carbonate hardness at about 8 degrees. To recap, after several weeks in
> my 10G, about half the plants (more or less equally affecting all
> species) are slowly turning brown and dying off. Any ideas? Any advice
> is greatly appreciated!!
>
> -Jeff
>

[Victor Martinez]

I bet your problem is the light. It's too little light for a tank that
size. Stick to low-light plants like anubias and java fern. Or improve
the lightning.


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[Dick]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:13:50 GMT, Victor Martinez >
wrote:

>I bet your problem is the light. It's too little light for a tank that
>size. Stick to low-light plants like anubias and java fern. Or improve
>the lightning.

I agree. Low light plants are good tank mates. Grow slowly so less
up keep, pruining, etc. I don't feed my plants, I let the fish do
that. No CO2 either.