Hello everyone. I have a broad leafed plant in my molly tank that seems to be melting or something. The leaves on the plant look like they are decaying, and I am not sure if I should lip them off, or if this is a sign of somethin else. The tank has black grael and that sand/mud substrate that is supposed to be great for plants. It's a 20 long tank that's about a month old with two mollies in it. The mollies have not caused this because I let the tank sit for the few weeks and then added the plants about 2 weeks before adding the fish.
My worries: The room it is in is a WARM room. It's a florida room, and it doesn't have blinds up right now. I've felt the tank water and it's probably 74-78 degrees F. I do not have any lighting on the tank because of two reasons, 1. the room gets a lot of light, and 2. I can't decide if a t8 bulb would be good enough for a heavily planted tank. BTW, I do plan on putting blinds in, which will substantially decrease the light and heat going into the room, but it will always be warmer that the rest of the house.
Right now I have a java fern, some white and green acorus, what I thnk is a pygmy chain sword, another mystery plant, and this one with the problem. It has a peppery look to the leaves as well. I chose it hoping that it's be a type of lotus, but I really am not an expert and wonder if the temperatures are too high for what I have right now. I'll include a couple of photos of the plant and tank for you guys.
Sorry the last one is so big, I wanted the plant to be identifiable.
My worries: The room it is in is a WARM room. It's a florida room, and it doesn't have blinds up right now. I've felt the tank water and it's probably 74-78 degrees F. I do not have any lighting on the tank because of two reasons, 1. the room gets a lot of light, and 2. I can't decide if a t8 bulb would be good enough for a heavily planted tank. BTW, I do plan on putting blinds in, which will substantially decrease the light and heat going into the room, but it will always be warmer that the rest of the house.
Right now I have a java fern, some white and green acorus, what I thnk is a pygmy chain sword, another mystery plant, and this one with the problem. It has a peppery look to the leaves as well. I chose it hoping that it's be a type of lotus, but I really am not an expert and wonder if the temperatures are too high for what I have right now. I'll include a couple of photos of the plant and tank for you guys.
Sorry the last one is so big, I wanted the plant to be identifiable.