A couple of weeks ago we found out that Mikey was a little sick. It was due to an improper balance of chemicals in his water. We corrected the problem by removing all the river rocks (except a few in some Tupperware to hold the plants) and keeping the water incredibly clean. We haven't had to revert to adding chemicals to fix it, but we have some on hand if we can't maintain the proper levels. He just got an upgrade to an XP3 (he had two separate, smaller filters before). And he got two air stones, which he loves, and some fresh anacharis, which he is already munching down on. All in all it cost around three hundred dollars to upgrade everything. But it's well worth it to make Mikey happy.
This might be a dumb question being that it's an aquatic plant, but how long can anacharis stay in the tank before it goes bad? Or does it even go bad? Anybody have any other good experiences with other types of aquatic plants?
I've got some on each side of his tank, but there's light on both sides. I'll keep an eye out for browning. As soon as it starts to brown, do I need to take it out?