Hi guys, So I've had a couple of tubs of Helferi growing emersed and everything was going great. They looked really healthy and strong but I had some algae issues in their containers and the substrate got completely covered in a black hair algae/mold. So I decided to replant them, cleaning any of the algae/mold off as I took them out. When I repotted I potted them in a mix of riversand and potting soil, with some osmocote mixed in. They were previously growing in some old aqua soil. A day or 2 later I noticed that many of the plants had started to melt. Some of the plants were a decent size, say a R5 coin size, others were a bit smaller, and they all had roots. After repotting they went back into the same conditions they had been growing in, which is a tank with T5s and cling film. Any ideas what could cause the melt down after repotting? I've lost over half the plants now, about 20 or so, which is quite a bummer. I've got this same algae starting in another tub I have but now I'm worried to clean and repot.
Ya must be. Weird though cos I originally planted it in this substrate before the Aqua soil and it grew fine then.
I've moved the surviving plants back to aqua soil. Will see if they make it. Every day another couple that looked fine the day before just start to melt. So some of them took over a week before they started melting. Very weird. Seems a finicky plant to grow emersed as this isn't the first time I've had it looking great and then all of a sudden start melting.
Yeah ... also a plant that for me at least, does not want to be moved around. Once day I might crack it. Hope some survive. Later Ferdie
So after losing most of the plants in that tray I moved what was left back to aqua soil and all the ones that hadn't already started to melt are now growing happy.