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Originally Posted by Simpte
Carbon removes trace elements from the water column. Low light plants won't be affected by this but more difficult species can starve.
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I have one of those filters that came in the walmart aquarium kit.
I can't seem to keep any of my plants alive. They all seem to stay alive and green for a maximum of maybe a couple of months. Then after that they slowly start to brown and yellow until the leaves are dead and no new ones ever grow back. I usually only buy plants from the LFS and I even bought a plant bulb to replace the bulb that came with the tank. I also use "flourish" once every 2 weeks as instructed on the bottle.
Can it be possible that the carbon that is inside the cartridges in the filter is starving the plants? The only plant that has seemed to survive so far for the longest is an onion looking plant. Most of the plants in my tank are from the "easy to care" list.
Could i be doing something wrong here?