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NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:37:15 -0600
From: "Steve Danhof" 
Newsgroups: fidonet.aquarium
Subject: Help Whats wrong with this plant???
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:37:15 -0500
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I just started keeping fish after about a 10 year
hiatus.  The 20 gallon tank, fish and plant are all about a week and a half
old and have began cycling well.  The fish are showing no ill effects.

PH is 8.0 (perfect for the 2 cichlids I have in it)
Ammonia is coming down (currently at approx 2.0 PPM)
Nitrites are of course rising now(.25 ppm).

Anyway, that's the good part, my problem starts in that I have never raised
live plants before.  I put one in the tank as a starting point until I can
learn more and it seems as though there is a great deal more I need to
learn, the plant is turning strange colors.  The tank has a 15 Watt
flourescent full spectrum aquarium light and a temp of 75 Degrees.  I have
been "feeding" the plant once a week with a product called "Leaf Zone" by
aquarium pharmaceuticals, INC..  Since I am color blind I cannot really
describe what the plant looks like but they say a picture is worth a
thousand words so hopefully these pictures will help.


Higher res pics available at http://home.comcast.net/~shdanhof/PlantPics.htm

Anyone have any ideas what could be done to save this plant?

Thanks for your help,
-Steve