My some red root floaters seem to be dying. No pump, water at 25c/78f with a heater, a small grow light is keeping them lit during the day. Would tannins from driftwood potentially make them unhappy?

@Wahots · 7 months ago

My some red root floaters seem to be dying. No pump, water at 25c/78f with a heater, a small grow light is keeping them lit during the day. Would tannins from driftwood potentially make them unhappy?

@Wahots · 7 months ago

I needed fertilizers! I got some co2 + other stuff that frees up iron (flourish excel) and the RRFs exploded happily. They went from dying to sending out new leaves like crazy in about a week. Quite the turnaround. I think the water was just nutrient-poor for floating/non soil plants.

@blueday@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Great to hear!!

@Wahots · 7 months ago

Yeah! I’m really happy with them now. I actually had to remove a few just because they were taking over, haha. The tank needs at least a little light to filter down to the bottom.