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About three weeks. Maybe I'm just impatient. I'll give it more time and tweak the flow and KH like you suggested. Appreciate the help, guys.

Hornwort's sketchy like that, man. I had the same issue in my 30-gallon. Try lowering the flow a bit, mine chilled out when I switched from a HOB to a sponge filter. Also, check your KH, it's weird but soft water seems to make it shed more.


Thanks, I'll try adjusting the flow. My KH is around 4 ...

My hornwort keeps shedding like crazy, and it's making a mess in my 20-gallon tank. I've got it planted in sand with moderate lighting, and the water params are good, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate. Anyone know how to stop it from dropping needles everywhere?

My mate just got a firtideflow and it was the same thing, didn't come out for the first couple of days, just hid under a rock, all we could see was the tail, and at one point it vanished for a couple of hours. I've been reading up on these fish and they need a lot of time to settle in, they're ...