Plant leaves Curling up?

[Lopaka]

I have had cheap broad leaved plants in my 20G for 2
years, they grow and multiply but the leaves curl up after
a week or so. (not pretty) I added some Iron fertilizer, but that only
gave me some filament algae..grr <lo

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20G 15 watt flourescent, Under gravel filter
aquaclear 150 filter
2 clowns
3 black skirt tetras
9 neons
1 albino cat
1 opihi pleco

[Cris]

Curling, malformed leaves usually means there's a Calcium deficiency.
Cris


On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:09:25 GMT, "Lopaka" > wrote:

>I have had cheap broad leaved plants in my 20G for 2
>years, they grow and multiply but the leaves curl up after
>a week or so. (not pretty) I added some Iron fertilizer, but that only
>gave me some filament algae..grr <lo
>
>--------
>20G 15 watt flourescent, Under gravel filter
>aquaclear 150 filter
>2 clowns
>3 black skirt tetras
>9 neons
>1 albino cat
>1 opihi pleco
>
>

[Lopaka]

"Cris" > wrote in message
s.com...
> Curling, malformed leaves usually means there's a Calcium deficiency.
> Cris
>

Hey, that makes sense..Thanks!

[Lopaka]

"Lopaka" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Cris" > wrote in message
> s.com...
> > Curling, malformed leaves usually means there's a Calcium deficiency.
> > Cris

There does not seem to be an easy solution to adding calcium frrom what I
found?
Why can't I toss eggshell/oyster shell/calcium tabs/coral or something in
the tank?

Aloha! <Lo

[Dave Millman]

Lopaka wrote:

> There does not seem to be an easy solution to adding calcium frrom what I
> found?
> Why can't I toss eggshell/oyster shell/calcium tabs/coral or something in
> the tank?

Actually, all four items you mentioned are great, easy sources of Calcium
Carbonate. Crushed coral, the more crushed the better, is quite popular.