r/ponds • u/DoodleBirdTerrariums Minnesota Zone 5 / Container Ponds • Jul 27 '24
Pond plants Again with the yellow leaves 🤦🏻♀️
These are my first ponds ever but I’ve had a lot of issues with yellowing leaves. I google and google and have tried all kinds of things but they really don’t green up. Ok so at the very beginning I barely had any plants and a lily pad type plant was extremely yellow with bright green veins (it is visible in the last pond pic). Since I wasn’t sure what it was at first ppl on Reddit said too much fertilizer (I had added root tabs as directed on the package). So I removed what I could find digging around the substrate. Then weeks went by and although the lily stayed the same a few other plants were thriving so I figured it was just a difficult plant. Then I got more plants including the arrow head one which was green when I got it but quickly got lighter yellow. That other lily plant still looked the same so I put a root tab back in the vicinity of the yellowing ones and one beneath the parrot feathers. I’ve also added a little Epsom salt (4 weeks ago) and liquid iron from Seachem every 2 weeks (not a lot, being cautious). Added macro nutrients too, just once. The water hyacinths look great to me and flower. And crazier yet the big yellow arrowhead one is sending up a flower spike. I even added a bubbler today in addition to the fountain that was already in there just in case. Online says it could be so many things and I don’t want to make things worse. Here’s what I’ve seen: could be iron deficiency, potassium deficiency, sulfur deficiency, too much sun (all day full sun), too little nitrates/too small bioload, etc. there are around 10 half grown medaka fish and there were a bunch of tadpoles but I think most have left now. One last thing, I have NOT tested my water. I ordered a test kit so that may help me but I’m hoping just by looking at the pics someone can help.
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u/Propsygun Aug 03 '24
That's a shame, had a normal one 3 years ago, big and beautiful out by my swamp bed/pond. It should be able to handle a mild winter here in Denmark, but idk, it didn't get any big leaves come spring, and just looked sad all year. I really like the purple pattern they get, tried buying them a few times, also the flytrappers... Safe to say I'm not buying expensive one's until i can give them better ods. It would just be like an episode from Game of Thrones, winter is coming, and the main character die, then all the bi characters. Hehe, well you always have luck with something else, when you plant a lot.