Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
First plants oh dear!
I do believe that you should first try to wipe out the spot, it just could be brown diatoms, algae should be invading your tank much slower, in that case keep an eye on the water quality, and just wipe them down, gently.
Hope this help
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So don't have the name of the plant, thought I kept the name tag but no sign. Here are some pic though any idea what I have done to this poor plant?
Thx
Dec
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There could be a few reasons for the brown spots:
The plant could lack nutrients because the root system needs to develop and stabilize after the recent planting (that always somehow disrupt the roots and decrease absorption). In this case you have just to wait and cross your fingers, you have to give the plant time to adapt to new environment. No need to increase the fertilizer is you are using one.
The brown blotches on the leaves of sword plants could also be deposits of excess iron taken up by the plant when calcium is unavailable due to very soft water. Check the water parameter and add if necessary a source of calcium to fortify the water (i.e. dolomite or other).
There could be a viral infection, in this case you'll probably loose the plant, nothing you can do as far as i know, only time will tell.
Consider also that many times the plant dies and then grow back due to differences in growing condition between your tank and the original one...
Hope this help
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