S. Repens recovery

[puopg]

Hey All,
Wanted to ask a question regarding S. Repens and its ability to "come back". I have been told and read that it can melt during the transition but as long as the stem is stiff and green, it will come back. Anyone else have experience with this to be verified? Thanks!

 

[Gerryd]

Hi,

Given some good conditions and time it will recover fine. I have had sections melt due to poor c02 but it grew back fine. If the stem and roots are okay, you should be fine.

 

[puopg]

Awesome thanks. Hopefully the next week these will root and not die on me haha. Hows that UG Gerry?

 

[dtang21]

How's the staurogyne? I've had a melt too but I see new growth. Hoping that my fish aren't eating the plants.

 

[puopg]

meltin like crazy. also i got other algae issues like diatoms, hair algae, stag horn. ive decided to just do a blackout and then keep co2 higher and more consistent.

 

[dutchy]

In the past I had Staurogyne melt, which I suspected to be a plant disease. It started with a 2 inch patch which started to melt and then progress slowly through the entire carpet, like plants were infecting each other.

I assume that if it was CO2, the whole carpet would melt at the same moment.

The other algae issues you have point in the direction of CO2 though.

 

[puopg]

My theory on this is, Not enough CO2, and when i did get enough CO2, plants were already in rough shape and algae was in better, made it real hard for the plants to get the better end. Diatoms covering their leaves didn't help plants do better and the hair algae on some plants also didn't. What i am doing is Blackout for 3 days, then 50% WC, then up CO2 + dose ferts and add in fast growing plants like water wisteria. Hopefully the wisteria can solo the algae and allow other plants to regain their strength after teh blackout.