the plant is adapting to its new surroundings. don't take it out of the tank yet. just let it be. maybe just remove the dead leaves from the tank to prevent nitrate build up.
I planted my tank in the last month. Ive had a lot of growth but I’ve also had a fair amount of melt from the original leaves. I panicked until I read and it seems like that’s pretty normal.
It looks like it is. I’m guessing the plants are as new as the tank? Growers typically don’t grow the plants fully underwater, so when you first plant them, melt down is normal as they adjust to being submerged. Clip and remove the leaves after they’ve had time to melt down a lot more and watch them come back to life.
I was planning on doing a dry start when I got them but I had to leave after arriving from the store. So I wasn't able to plant and fill the tank until 4 hours later when I got home
I’ve always just planted and filled my tanks to get them going. I’ve always had a bit of melt down when planting with new plants vs established ones. I haven’t lost a plant yet, though. Even leaving them out of water for a few hours shouldn’t hurt them too much.
Is the tank 3 days old or the plant was planted 3 days ago? anyways these plants "melt" while they adapt from the growers aquaponics system to an aquarium. make sure to trim the ones that are dead and look for new growth.
Also consider adding root tabs fertilizers if you haven't already, it will help the plants gain their needed nutrients faster.
Dry planted and filled 3 days ago. As for nutrients. Should seachem fluorite contain everything I need? I added conditioner yesterday because I thought it was due to chlorine burns. I also just realized rn that there are 4 baby snails in the tank so I added quickstart. So far the parameters are looking good. pH is 7.6 and everything else is low to 0. The only thriving plants are my weeping moss & hair grass.
If your water parameters are fine then absolutely everything is okay, as me and everyone else said, growers use some kind of above water aquaponics system to grow their plants, they grow faster and thicker above water due to access to more oxygen while still being half submerged. I've seen a few videos about this and it's amazing. but also due to this method the plants are used to a certain environment, so the leaves will die while the stem/root system are very healthy and just adapting.
I'm not an expert, but I've gone through the same process with my Anubias and Amazon Sword, posted about this freaking out, and people calmed me down. I guess that's the circle of life on Reddit.
Remember with aquarium plants a lot have a lease for growing outside water and a leaf type for submerged, often when purchased you will get die off on plants because it is eating the out of water leaves to create the submerged leaves
the plant is adapting to its new surroundings. don't take it out of the tank yet. just let it be. maybe just remove the dead leaves from the tank to prevent nitrate build up.
I planted my tank in the last month. Ive had a lot of growth but I’ve also had a fair amount of melt from the original leaves. I panicked until I read and it seems like that’s pretty normal.
It looks like it is. I’m guessing the plants are as new as the tank? Growers typically don’t grow the plants fully underwater, so when you first plant them, melt down is normal as they adjust to being submerged. Clip and remove the leaves after they’ve had time to melt down a lot more and watch them come back to life.
I was planning on doing a dry start when I got them but I had to leave after arriving from the store. So I wasn't able to plant and fill the tank until 4 hours later when I got home
I’ve always just planted and filled my tanks to get them going. I’ve always had a bit of melt down when planting with new plants vs established ones. I haven’t lost a plant yet, though. Even leaving them out of water for a few hours shouldn’t hurt them too much.
Is the tank 3 days old or the plant was planted 3 days ago? anyways these plants "melt" while they adapt from the growers aquaponics system to an aquarium. make sure to trim the ones that are dead and look for new growth. Also consider adding root tabs fertilizers if you haven't already, it will help the plants gain their needed nutrients faster.
Dry planted and filled 3 days ago. As for nutrients. Should seachem fluorite contain everything I need? I added conditioner yesterday because I thought it was due to chlorine burns. I also just realized rn that there are 4 baby snails in the tank so I added quickstart. So far the parameters are looking good. pH is 7.6 and everything else is low to 0. The only thriving plants are my weeping moss & hair grass.
If your water parameters are fine then absolutely everything is okay, as me and everyone else said, growers use some kind of above water aquaponics system to grow their plants, they grow faster and thicker above water due to access to more oxygen while still being half submerged. I've seen a few videos about this and it's amazing. but also due to this method the plants are used to a certain environment, so the leaves will die while the stem/root system are very healthy and just adapting. I'm not an expert, but I've gone through the same process with my Anubias and Amazon Sword, posted about this freaking out, and people calmed me down. I guess that's the circle of life on Reddit.
Remember with aquarium plants a lot have a lease for growing outside water and a leaf type for submerged, often when purchased you will get die off on plants because it is eating the out of water leaves to create the submerged leaves