java fern blotches?

To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com (Aquatic Plants list)
Subject: java fern blotches?
From: William.Keith.Brummett at att_com
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 17:20:20 -0400 (EDT)
Original-From: "Keith Brummett, AT&T" <wkb at hercules_cb.att.com>


    I've got a whole buncha java ferns in a small tank.  Some of the larger
    ones have big maroon-brown blotches on them.  Sorta' look like dead
    spots, but they've been there for a while.  These blotches seem to be
    on only the bigger, three-lobed leaves.  Some other single-lobe leaves
    have a fine brown speckling over their entire surface, looking kinda'
    like an old piece of fruit.  Still other larger leaves, and all of the
    smaller plants, are a uniform vivid green.  Should I worry about the
    speckles and blotches?  Dispose of those particular leaves?  Are these
    diseases, natural coloring, or just "age spots"?

    Thanks.  -- Keith

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