5 Ways to SAVE Melting Aquarium Plants Before It's Too Late

‎ Live aquarium plants are awesome because they’re beautiful and they purify the water by absorbing your fish’s nitrogen waste, but like fish, they come with a learning curve if you want to keep them alive. In this video, let me cover a frequent beginner question we get: “Why is my plant dying or melting?”

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0:00 Why are my plants melting or dying back?
0:19 Reason #1: You have new, emersed plants that were grown out of water
1:57 Reason #2: The plant was incorrectly planted
3:21 Reason #3: Your plant is missing certain nutrients
5:13 Other reasons: frozen plants, anubias rot, and dud bulbs

[sporq]

With crypts, I float them in my tank for a day or two before planting. This gives them a chance to adjust to the new water while being able to pull gasses from the air at the surface. I usually don't have as many melting issues doing this. When I can't float a new crypt and it has to be planted right away, I drop an air stone at the base of it. The bubbles rising over the leaves seem to have a similar effect as floating, but not always as successful.

[TazawaTanks]

Great tips! I know that this is a frustration for so many people when they first get into aquarium plants.

[sarahwoodring]

Thanks so much for all the great blog articles! They're a great resource for specific questions or to get additional information that won't fit in a video.

[rick]

Irene is great! Don't let her go. This is a great presentation!

[patrickgould]

Thanks for the info! Melting plants are confusing when you’re new to planted tanks. This advice helps tremendously.

[nelsonbridgford]

Would love to see a video from Corey and the crew discussing the best ways to promote carpeting plant growth. Love the show guys and some great tips on here!

[AlexIsModded]

This is so helpful! I was able to identify what's causing my anubias petite's leaves to melt, which is that the plant was definitely grown in a farm out of water. The other plants in the tank aren't having any problems, therefore all the other reasons you listed here can be ruled out. Thankfully, this is a snail tank and the snails are making quick work of the melting leaves, and the rhyzome is fine so this anubias should hopefully bounce back in a couple weeks.

[jablastoff]

For me, a lot of the problems I had with plants at first was because I didn't have enough light. Once I got a more plant-appropriate light, they did much better.

[Qdub]

this is perfect timing. I knew about melting, but I always thought it was more of a melting. I have bought a few plants recently and the stems become soft and noodle-like... I thought it was some disease or algae and it was affecting only the new plants because they weren't protected by BB yet... now I'm pretty sure it's just melt. THANKS!

[marypaigeflynn]

Thanks for this Irene and aquarium co-op!! Best information 🌿🐟🌿💚

[revmaynard]

"Not too deep, but deep enough"...I've heard that before.

[abbyb]

Glad to be subscribed to you. This video helped me understand my plants more!

[talonshadows]

I am constantly buying a single new plant every time I have to buy more cat food and litter. My tank is an 85 gallon and as my nephew describes it "a rainbow exploded" because I stocked it with various guppy strains and just let them do what guppies do. Heavily planted and scaped out. I use black poster board as background on back of tank. I also use black substrate. Makes the colors of plants and fish really pop.

[angelmika]

Great timing. I just looked in my tank today and was noticing my anubias was melting. It was a pretty large plant so I'm sure it was emersed.

[chri]

Thanks for the great video! Wow Irene is so articulate! such a joy to listen to - keep up the good work

[kylefriend]

Great video and very concise. Thanks, Irene!

[StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Great video! Love watching thank you for sharing!

[alannabanana]

Thanks, Irene. You guys are the best.

[amymandeville]

Thanks for this video! My Anubias and Java Fern are doing fantastic, but my Red Sword has been having a lot of die off. I'm going to replant and get some food for them.

[zyrota]

I had the fluval flex and the light that came with it just wasn't strong enough to grow anything. I tried two of three times to get them to grow, but they always died within a month or two. The steams would melt away and I could find out why.
The other issue I had was purchasing plants that weren't truly aquatic. Some purple thing and a green one with white spots. They obviously died after a few months.
Just some things to be aware of that weren't mentioned.