Why Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo' Turns Brown

Today we discuss why monte carlo will turn brown #FISHFAM
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[@jjaquariums]

Forgot to mention that you need to also check your dosing bc it's very possible that your mc isnt getting enough ferts #FISHFAM

[@YusufHadiwinata]

Have you figure out why mc getting brown on some leaf? Iam facing sam issue

[@jjaquariums]

@@YusufHadiwinata is it a new setup

[@YusufHadiwinata]

@@jjaquariums yes iam also on new setup, got brown leaf on 20 days after setup

[@jjaquariums]

@@YusufHadiwinata does the brown wipe off the leave?

[@xiaomitakahara188]

Same here. Month after start it’s getting melt.

[@chag6349]

What is the fish list in this video? I’d be happy to know

[@carwabear5316]

I was just about to give up on my Monte Carlo cuz it's been over a month and I see minimal growth. Hearing you say it took you three months for it to grow in convinced me to be more patient haha. Thanks!

[@jjaquariums]

Yes patience is the most important thing in this hobby

[@Brock-Lesnar-WWE]

I ordered some live monte carlo but the problem is theres a lot of un eaten food and fish waste inside the gravel I cant clean it it's too hard. Can i grow it on the gravel so it eats up all the waste and co2

[@jjaquariums]

You could

[@Angrypolack]

Water looks pristine. Video quality is great. What camera are you using?

[@jjaquariums]

My phone.. note 10 plus

[@keanonadres9224]

Whats that fish with high stripe dorsal?

[@masonsmith4456]

Do you think I could grow it with high light. And fert dose. But with gravel with root tabs

[@jjaquariums]

As long as you replenish your root tabs yup

[@nayandhir5910]

Yess the problem is light I was having trouble with eagle so from 60% light I lowered it to 35% the white, cold white, warm white all at 35% did the same thing to make carpet. now I bring it up to 50% let's see what happens

[@alexsarullo3753]

What are those long tube like fish?!!

[@tivo3720]

I have 3.7g tank.. I plant monte Carlo in it.. It has both soil and tiny gravel substrate , I dose little amont of micro and macro fertilizer daily as well as liquid co2... Do I need to add extra CO2 diffuser in it? Or it will be ok... I recently plant it... Tank is below the window... It get some indirect sunlight... I aslo have 11watt light for it... Will it be ok?

[@jjaquariums]

Need to be dosing actual co2 into the tank carpets won't do to well without it

[@tivo3720]

@@jjaquariums thanks❤

[@domeee11]

hey. im just starting doing planted aquariums about 3 weeks in.. im experiencing diatoms all over. and tried planting cuba carpet also but theyre kinda turning brown and dies easily for the most part. its in 45cm tank using eheim canister with bio medias, CO2 injection via yeast and sugar at around 1 bubble per 3 secs. what am i doing wrong? I also dose ferts every morning and add nitrifying bacteria also.

[@jjaquariums]

Yah its so early in your setup that when your tanks not fully cycled plants tend to react that way and for the diatoms thats perfectly normal for new setups the only way to stop it is your water changes or get some otocinclus

[@domeee11]

​@@jjaquariums im doing 30-40% water changes every 2 days now. sometimes if i see a lot of wastes in it i could change the water every 1 day. most of my cuba plants are browning and the roots are dying.. about 20% seem to manage well. any specific tips i should try? is there any way i can send you some of my tank's pics and have you judge what i should do? i recently started doing this and i caught on so bad lol now its mostly what i spend my free time on.. thanks!

[@jjaquariums]

@@domeee11 if you have instagram mines jjaquariums

[@minagica]

@@jjaquariums omg, that's what I should post about on IG, my tanks! How have I not though of this before, like duh, but I didn't' 🤦‍♀️ Thanks!

[@ryanpatterson7292]

Love the scape! What kind of stones are you using?

[@jjaquariums]

Seryui stone

[@nextgenpotato4525]

Great vid! My tank has strong light, consistent with co2 7 hrs a day with tropica soil. I also dose ferts after every water change. My monte carlo is growing fast, but some new leaves are turning pale and white. Why is this happening and how do i fix it? Tank is 2 months old. I do not have a heater tho, water is around 71 or 72 F

[@jjaquariums]

I would up your fert dose a little bit and watch it

[@nextgenpotato4525]

@@jjaquariums thanks for the fast reply! Will up the ferts

[@jjaquariums]

Ya when monte carlo starts turning yellow or white its bc its not getting enough so ya I would try that, don't dose a bunch more bc you don't want algae but slowy up the dose until you see change

[@nextgenpotato4525]

@@jjaquariums thanks! Will let you know how it goes.

[@arrowsmith-p5256]

@@nextgenpotato4525 how did it go we have been waiting for ages

[@tthimsel]

May I ask what are those gray fish with black & whilte/yellow fins? Some type of tetras?

[@jjaquariums]

Back neons

[@tthimsel]

@@jjaquariums I think I am asking another one. Right at 2.16 :)

[@jjaquariums]

@@tthimsel sorry that is a Priscilla tetra

[@tthimsel]

@@jjaquariums Thank you :)

[@tivo3720]

Hello... Can i add horned nitrate snail in a monte Carlo carpet tank

[@jjaquariums]

Yes

[@Ryin88]

What other plants are around the Monte Carlo?

[@jjaquariums]

S.Rens, bacopa, anubis petite, java fern narrow

[@Brock-Lesnar-WWE]

Do I have to bury the monte carlo under the gravel for it to grow or leave the top half above the gravel

[@jjaquariums]

I bury about half the plant

[@Brock-Lesnar-WWE]

@@jjaquariums what if i buried the whole thing under the gravel will it still grow out and come out of the gravel

[@jjaquariums]

If you have very strong light and co2

[@hypexzombie7908]

Buying MC in bulk would speed up the process of carpeting right?

[@jjaquariums]

Yes the more Dense you plant the less the MC has to fill in

[@Max-zk7qn]

I'm having an issue with Monte Carlo growing under the substrate and not coming through. I swept away the substrate and had a complete carpet underneath that was nice and healthy. What could be causing that and fixes?

[@jjaquariums]

What substrate do you have and what light

[@Max-zk7qn]

@@jjaquariums aquavitro black humate and a fluval 3.0

[@Max-zk7qn]

Put some root tabs in as well to give some extra nutrition

[@jjaquariums]

@@Max-zk7qn what's the size of tank and are you fertilizing

[@Max-zk7qn]

@@jjaquariums it's a 55 and I dose daily. All my other "high light" plants are doing amazing but just struggling with the Monte Carlo. I'm running c02 as well.

[@daquariums535]

Great video! Good info

[@jjaquariums]

Thanks #FISHFAM

[@underwaterHD]

That tank of yours is one of my favorite...i am actually working on get one aQuascaping just like that one. Simple, but elegant

[@jjaquariums]

waters thanks just wait till the new tanks coming its gonna be awesome.. ones a 114g rimless

[@JayeVee]

Is it true if your led light is bright the plant will stay short forever?

[@jjaquariums]

It'll still grow thick without trimming but when stay lower and carpet better under stronger light

[@bradley6380]

did you do a dry start? if so, how did you plant it? I see people sprinkling trimmings of Monte-Carlo, but I also see people planting it like other plants.

[@jjaquariums]

No dry start on this setup just planted it like any other plant but I wish I would of dry started if I had to restart

[@jjaquariums]

Both ways will work and turn out the same but it's kind of a headache at first if you just plant it bc they just wanna pop up and it takes a while for them to finally fully root into the substrate

[@bradley6380]

thanks a lot, i appreciate your reply. Really helpful.

[@naikodimama9700]

Interesting, I found a cuber

[@jjaquariums]

Lol

[@filiplaskovski9993]

Finally bro an issue I’m facing and a video on it :/ it’s shit to have my Carlo browning

[@jjaquariums]

Yah it sucks but keep me updated if you cant get it to come back

[@filiplaskovski9993]

JJ Aquariums update: I got it to bounce back 😁😁 what brought it back was trimming off the browned leaves and cranking up the light on Max based on my findings Monte Carlo need high lighting

[@jjaquariums]

@@filiplaskovski9993 yah I should have said it in this video but yes trimming the dead leaves off and letting the new grow back will do the trick.. I didnt go up on my lighting bc it was at the highest it needed but I did dose a little extra ferts to help

[@filiplaskovski9993]

JJ Aquariums yeah but the main thing that really accelerated the growth was the increase of lighting! :)

[@filiplaskovski9993]

JJ Aquariums but I do like how your carpet looked in ur video the short trim and slight browning makes it look like more realistic the whole scape looks like an entrance to a Forrest !! 🙂

[@mahdanzz]

How much wattage of your light?

[@mahdanzz]

I think monte carlo become brown cz the leaf at the bottom didnt get a lighting. Maybe

[@jjaquariums]

@@mahdanzz no it's not the light, the light it's the best you can get way more power than I need, the problem was the lack of ferts so I upped my dosing and everything back to normal

[@yhamshan4288]

@@jjaquariums what kind of fert i use.same problem:(

[@jjaquariums]

@@yhamshan4288 I use tropica ferts

[@YusufHadiwinata]

So the problem is need more fert on high lamp?

[@arthurgiannakis2156]

My comment is very late but wanted to touch on this. You used to do 2 x 50% water changes every week which means you changed 100% of your water weekly? Why? Besides Monte Carlo is a root feeding plant. Dosing liquid ferts in the water column does very little to nothing in helping MC but would be really good at blooming your algae. I clearly understand why your MC was turning brown.

[@Griefer255]

What are the plants around the rock?

[@jjaquariums]

S. REPENS

[@Griefer255]

wow u respond quick

[@Griefer255]

@@jjaquariums thx and ur work is absolutely amazing and congrats on 5k

[@xGurlnxtDoor]

Can co2 tablets work?

[@jjaquariums]

There really just a gimmick, they technically release co2 but you need consistent co2 8 hrs a days and a tablet just doesnt do that

[@jlo0125]

Are you using tap water or RO?

[@jjaquariums]

RO

[@jlo0125]

@@jjaquariums Thanks! Awesome tank

[@rauldiaz9356]

Where’s your amazon puffer

[@jjaquariums]

Had to give it away bc I'll be moving into a new house we are building and I didnt want to move a lot of fish so lowered my stock for the time being until my next setups

[@mshahad1]

My Monte Carlo is dying I just planted one week before 😭

[@jjaquariums]

What substrate you got

[@lukeho283]

Should use a syringe to dose it into the soil. Try it

[@jjaquariums]

Been doing that for 10 years now works good

[@lukeho283]

Great

[@jjaquariums]

Talking about excel

[@meganmena8347]

That current is strong. It’s blowing your fish all over the place

[@jjaquariums]

Those ac have adjustors on the top

[@lukeho283]

Should use seachem flourish excel

[@jjaquariums]

Yes have used excel for the whole life of this setup

[@lukeho283]

JJ Aquariums ohh

[@minagica]

Gorgeous tank!

[@user-pe4xd6pr1d]

damn sorry I have no patience why did this why did it turn brown.

[@jjaquariums]

Substrate is losing is nutrients so plants are getting the food they need

[@underwaterHD]

Video quality good. Camera shots....needs improvements

[@jjaquariums]

Thanks I'm just a aquarist using technology isnt my thing 😂😂😂

[@underwaterHD]

@@jjaquariums you doing good dont worry. The thing is that a pic says a thousand words. Sometimes is better to show than it is to explain it. I love your work you doing well...trust me. You can leave the camera on a frontal semi-wide angle and explain everything from there rather than the camera movements, that tank of your speaks for itself. Kudos from Boston

[@jjaquariums]

@@underwaterHD thanks brother

[@matt79hz]

@@jjaquariums I agree. Just pop the camera on a tripod, zoom just a touch, and sit back and chat :)

[@jjaquariums]

@@matt79hz that's what I did for years and people hated it so much and I got dislikes so much for it bc they wanted to see the tank up close and see what I'm talking about

[@cristianchan5402]

osmocote fert plss...

[@jjaquariums]

Thats not a aquarium fert

[@dizzyguy7423]

bruh why does this vid have 30 dislikes i see nothing wrong with it

[@jjaquariums]

Can't satisfy everyone all good Definitely check out the channel now thanks

[@dizzyguy7423]

@@jjaquariums yeah will do! i’m sure you’ve already said it somewhere in a vid but how long did it take your monte carlo to become a nice lush carpet? and was it a dry or wet start?

[@jjaquariums]

@@dizzyguy7423 it was just a normal wet start , but this was a low tech series I made so I didn't use co2 to show people its possible but without co2 it did take about a year but that was planting very lightly, with co2 about 2 to 3 months

[@astorytotell5019]

Having a dam hard time listening to you struggling to talk omg