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Leafs Folding Over

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#1 ·
Hello,
I have two Wisteria plants that are now submersed. They were subjected to emersed conditions and have the spear like leaves when I purchase them through mail order. They appeared fine as I planted them but within a few days, the older leaves have turned over.
I suspect not enough liquid fertilizer is being added ( once weekly ).
I wonder if its the same reason my Ozelot Swords have developed black marks or marbling?
My lighting is two aqua-ray grobeams 1000 over a 75 gallon long tank and are 9 inches above the water line and 13 inches above the tops of the wisteria and swords. Could it be a combination of both of not strong enough light and need of more fertilizer? The plants have been in the tank for 3 weeks now.
I also have 3 Anubias that were planted the same time and appear ok.
Your thoughts?
 
#3 ·
I have two Wisteria plants that are now submersed. They were subjected to emersed conditions and have the spear like leaves when I purchase them through mail order. They appeared fine as I planted them but within a few days, the older leaves have turned over.
I suspect not enough liquid fertilizer is being added ( once weekly ).
If the leaves were the emersed form, they will yellow and die off when planted submersed. New leaves will be the submersed form.

This plant does need nutrients, being a fast grower, but it also needs lots of light.

I wonder if its the same reason my Ozelot Swords have developed black marks or marbling?
This may be the natural leaf patterning. A photo would help.

My lighting is two aqua-ray grobeams 1000 over a 75 gallon long tank and are 9 inches above the water line and 13 inches above the tops of the wisteria and swords. Could it be a combination of both of not strong enough light and need of more fertilizer? The plants have been in the tank for 3 weeks now.
I also have 3 Anubias that were planted the same time and appear ok.
I am not familiar with this, so maybe a link to some data on it?

Byron.
 
#4 ·
Byron,
Listed below is the only data for my AquaRay grobeams 1000 nd as available from "Tropical Marine Centre". Their company is located in England I believe.

<Sealed, water-resistant casing and a low voltage DC power supply makes AquaRay easy and safe to use in all conditions.
Future-proofed. Unlike most fluorescents and metal halides, AquaRay light units have the capability to be digitally controlled and are suitable for use with the AquaRay Control and PowerControl units as well as other upcoming products.
Designed and manufactured by Tropical Marine Centre in the EU.
5 year guarantee.
MMS Modular Mounting System compatible, offering an extensive range of mounting options for your AquaRay light unit!
The GroBeam 1000 uses 6500K natural daylight CREE® XP-E Compact PowerLEDs* emitting over 800 lumens, making it especially suitable for planted aquariums and for enhancing the colours of your tropical fish.>

This evening as I went over my water parameter data sheet which also has my dosing instructions; I noticed a big mistake.
I was not dosing the liquid fertilizer correctly as per instructions. (Sometimes the metric system gets me confused).
I was only dosing 1/3 of the amount weekly or 10 ml, when it should have been 30ml once a week.
Thanks for responding and I'll try not to make big mistakes again.
 
#5 ·
I'm very unfamiliar with LED lighting, but those numbers look good. I'd leave the lighting as is. And increase the fertilization per instructions. If problems occur or persist, post and I'll take a look.

Byron.
 
#6 ·
As a comparison (since I've looked into the LED lighting thing) an 18" T8 6500K fluorescent bulb is 700 lumens.

So with two of those LED fixtures giving you 1600 lumens I'm thinking could be low light for a 75 gallon. Unfortunately, lumens don't exactly mean a whole lot in aquarium lighting. You would need a PAR meter, which are extremely expensive. So really, all we can do is guess.

I have Wisteria though, and when bought it too was the emersed form. The curling of the leaves is exactly what mine did. At three weeks though, have you seen new growth on the top? And roots coming out of nodes? You should see at least some, even in low lighting (like I had).

The submerged form of Wisteria is pretty much completely different, they almost look absolutely nothing alike.
 
#7 · (Edited)
Yes, there are roots growing out of the nodes. When you said curling, I think you meant your plant leaves folded over and not up; correct? I believe theres a differance when leaves fold up or down as to what may be wrong.
In my case, I am suspecting shock along with insufficient fertilizer.
 
#10 ·
Well, like I said, mine was the emersed form too so given time, yours will switch over like mine have. I had bought mine at Petsmart.

The reason they grow it that way is it grows much faster out of water since it is far easier for the plants to take up CO2 from the air than water, not to mention brighter lighting and not having to worry about algae. In short, it's easier and faster.

If they didn't say it was emersed and showed pictures of the submerged form though, I'd probably have issues as they were kind of misrepresenting it.
 
#11 ·
yes many stem plants are sold in emersed forms. Its not only faster growing that way, stems only reproduce sexually when above water. Most stem plants like Hygrophilia species actually produce flowers, but never underwater. I have have an emersed tank and pennywort is probably the easiest stem plant to get to flower.
 
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