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I was hoping Darrel is around as well as that's kind of his method.
Basically I have a low tech soil tank. The journal is on the following link: The "Disaster" | UK Aquatic Plant Society
The tank is setup since mid April and is doing well. The plants are growing somewhat lush and there's no algae that I can see at all, no stunted or damaged plants. However, I've noticed for a good while my floating salvinia minima isn't in great shape. In fact it wasn't doing as good soon after the very start. The tank has never been dosed with anything yet. It's just grows pale and small. Besides that it still multiplies fast. I never had luck with floaters in my other tanks either and they eventually died despite not getting any algae or issues with the rest of the plants.
So the question is what should I dose with this tank now? This is a total low tech so far not dosed with anything. I also have tropical plants emersed like calathea and peace lilys which show no deficiencies that I can see.
Here are a few pictures below of how it always looked/looks:
This one is about 3 weeks after setup. You can see some of the new leaves growing paler than the initial ones already.
This one is two months after setup. Almost all have gone pale now and some browning but that could be because they got caught under water.
And this is from 3 months after setup, salvinia still growing fast. I remove handfuls of it daily but not looking great.
And from today 4 months after
Now the rest of the plants for that period of time have really grown lots and well. I'll just post a couple of shots to give you an idea but it's all in my journal.
From this state below taken two weeks after setup. Most of the plants initially melted and one can't even see on the picture I've got vallis or aponogeton crispus or stem plants like ludwiga, mexican oak leaf, bacopa which I had to start over from just some couple of melted stalks each.
To this 4 months later(last night) I managed to propagate a lot of them. There are no deficiencies that I can see. So what is the salvinia telling me?
And my other emersed plants are looking fine and have grown lots:
Basically I have a low tech soil tank. The journal is on the following link: The "Disaster" | UK Aquatic Plant Society
The tank is setup since mid April and is doing well. The plants are growing somewhat lush and there's no algae that I can see at all, no stunted or damaged plants. However, I've noticed for a good while my floating salvinia minima isn't in great shape. In fact it wasn't doing as good soon after the very start. The tank has never been dosed with anything yet. It's just grows pale and small. Besides that it still multiplies fast. I never had luck with floaters in my other tanks either and they eventually died despite not getting any algae or issues with the rest of the plants.
So the question is what should I dose with this tank now? This is a total low tech so far not dosed with anything. I also have tropical plants emersed like calathea and peace lilys which show no deficiencies that I can see.
Here are a few pictures below of how it always looked/looks:
This one is about 3 weeks after setup. You can see some of the new leaves growing paler than the initial ones already.
This one is two months after setup. Almost all have gone pale now and some browning but that could be because they got caught under water.
And this is from 3 months after setup, salvinia still growing fast. I remove handfuls of it daily but not looking great.
And from today 4 months after
Now the rest of the plants for that period of time have really grown lots and well. I'll just post a couple of shots to give you an idea but it's all in my journal.
From this state below taken two weeks after setup. Most of the plants initially melted and one can't even see on the picture I've got vallis or aponogeton crispus or stem plants like ludwiga, mexican oak leaf, bacopa which I had to start over from just some couple of melted stalks each.
To this 4 months later(last night) I managed to propagate a lot of them. There are no deficiencies that I can see. So what is the salvinia telling me?
And my other emersed plants are looking fine and have grown lots: