Hi! I recently decided to get into planted jars and finally got started w my first one! Bought the plants at a reputable lfs, and initially there wasn’t anything other than plants to start, but then these snails started showing up! They only stay near the top of the jar, but somehow my plants are getting eaten by something else? I’ve seen little white things around the jar, but nothing else besides that. Is there anything I can do to save my plants?
TLDR New to jars and something is eating my plants, but I’m not sure what. I don’t think it’s the snails but I really have no clue
by Spicyalmond16
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They don’t look eaten at all, looks like a potassium deficiency(edges rotting) or maybe even just a really bad nitrogen deficiency(yellow leaves), probably both. I don’t see any fish or anything producing much waste for them, are you using fertilizer at all?
Also, those snails probably will start eating the dead leaves, but won’t bother anything healthy.
I had this issue and started dosing seachem potassium once a week and it fixed my problem and things went back to normal after a couple of months. you could look into doing that!