| No one likes losing the plants in their freshwater fish | | | | your aquarium, losing plants may be a signal that your |
| tanks to diseases. Fortunately, most plants that live in | | | | vegetarian fish are feeding well. However, plants that |
| freshwater fish tanks are rarely affected by | | | | fall apart after the holes appear, are usually suffering |
| diseases. Still, forewarned is forearmed, if you know | | | | from root rot. Which is caused by an excessive |
| how to spot the telltale signs of foliage problems, | | | | amount of nitrates in the aquarium. Change the water |
| then you can attempt to cure them before they get | | | | to fix this problem. |
| too severe. | | | | - Yellowing plants leaves - An iron deficiency will |
| These are some of the warning signals you should be | | | | often cause the leaves to change to a yellowish |
| watching for: | | | | color. Fixing this problem is as simple as buying aquatic |
| - Some of the plants are dying, and the rest are | | | | plant fertilizer with iron. |
| thriving - an insufficient supply of CO2 will often | | | | - Brown or black plant leave - this colors signifies that |
| cause the soft-water plants in the fish tank to die | | | | decay has begun, and is usually caused by an excess |
| off. Meanwhile the hard-water plants are better | | | | of iron. Again, change the water in the fish tank to |
| suited to extract CO2 from the water, allowing them | | | | correct this problem. |
| to survive low CO2 levels. To save your soft-water | | | | The best way to avoid plant problems is keep plants |
| plants increase the level of CO2 in the aquarium. | | | | with similar requirements together. If you have plants |
| - Holes in plants - plant diseases does not usually | | | | with too many different water condition |
| cause holes in plants, it is often caused by fish eating | | | | requirements, then you are setting yourself up to fail. |
| some of the leaves. Depending on the type of fish in | | | | |