Yellow leaves

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Yellow leaves
From: RTalukdar at mail_utexas.edu (Roni Talukdar)
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 17:34:20 -0500

w tank
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>I got my new 75 planted 3 weeks ago and all appeared fine 
>until today. Anyway I use tetra tablets in the substrate,
>and Flourish fertilizers. The water parameters are as follows
>ph=6.8
>No3=0
>Po4=.4ppm
>Fe=.1ppm
>gh=7 dgh
>kh=4 dkh
>I use 2 175 watt halides, 250 watt cable heat, yeast Co2,
>and a trickle filter. Temp is at 80 degrees.
>Anyway my contortion (?) val has turned greyish and will
>probably be removed and some of my other plants have yelow
>spots. 

I would guess either magnesium or nitrogen deficiency (though I'm not sure).
I've had the same problem with fungus.  At first I tried removing the fungus
but it just grew back.  I finally took the driftwood out, stuck it in a pot,
and boiled it for an hour.  Rinsed in water and stuck it back in.  No
problems afterward.

Hope this helps,
Roni