Hi everyone,
I converted my 10 gallon to a NPT a few weeks ago. Since then, my little echinodorus ozelot has totally melted. All the leaves are now gone, and I have no idea whether anything is alive at all. I haven't uprooted the plant, because I'm hoping that it'll spring back from the dead somehow, but I'm starting to doubt that will happen.
The only major change in the tank was the addition of the soil layer. Otherwise the lighting is the same, the water chemistry is nearly the same (PH, KH, GH all constant, but there is a lot more phosphate in the water, because that comes out of the soil I used). There is now less water movement, but I don't think that would kill it.
I was very careful when uprooting the plant from the gravel and planting it into the soil, but I am sure there would have been some damage. I didn't think it would die, though.
Has anyone else experienced total meltdown of a similar plant when adding a soil underlayer?
I'm not sure whether I should consider getting another of these or not. I do like the plant, but if there is something about the current conditions it can't tolerate, I won't bother.
Any suggestions or similar experiences?
I converted my 10 gallon to a NPT a few weeks ago. Since then, my little echinodorus ozelot has totally melted. All the leaves are now gone, and I have no idea whether anything is alive at all. I haven't uprooted the plant, because I'm hoping that it'll spring back from the dead somehow, but I'm starting to doubt that will happen.
The only major change in the tank was the addition of the soil layer. Otherwise the lighting is the same, the water chemistry is nearly the same (PH, KH, GH all constant, but there is a lot more phosphate in the water, because that comes out of the soil I used). There is now less water movement, but I don't think that would kill it.
I was very careful when uprooting the plant from the gravel and planting it into the soil, but I am sure there would have been some damage. I didn't think it would die, though.
Has anyone else experienced total meltdown of a similar plant when adding a soil underlayer?
I'm not sure whether I should consider getting another of these or not. I do like the plant, but if there is something about the current conditions it can't tolerate, I won't bother.
Any suggestions or similar experiences?