Sanderguy777
Seedling
Ok, so I know this has probably been discussed before, but I need advice on what fert package to pick up from NilocG.
I have a 10g, a 55g, and a 60g tank. They all have some spattering of java moss, Christmas moss, java fern, anubius, amazon sword, and pogostemin stollatus octopus (the 55g has an unidentified sword, and some stemmed plant I like, but the salesman had no idea what it was LOL). All 3 tanks are planted about the same, but the 10g and 55g only recently got planted (2 months, and 1 month ago, respectively).
The issues are in the 60g. All of this started about 3 weeks, or so, ago, after I dosed Feran 2 for a sick platy, not sure if that was the cause or not. That was 2 or 3 50% WCs ago.
The anubius. Older leaves have holes and black spots/algae looking stuff on them. The black areas of the leaves eventually disappear and leave holes. Lately, new leaves look too light green, like almost yellow. I think they green up to the color of the old ones, but they look too light for a week or so before that. No leaves died exactly, but I usually snip them off if they are like half gone (which hasn't happened in months).
Java ferns. Same things. Black to holes, and really light green new leaves. Their old leaves DO die and fall off. Most of the mass of my large one is gone from a large die off of leaves a week or so ago)
Java and Christmas moss. Originally really dense and taking over, now thin and seeming not to grow as much.
Swords (specifically in the 60g, the one in the 55g is brand new, and doing fine so far). Dying off. leaves get 4" long, thin out to clear, then just die off. New leaves go up looking fine, then melt away. I think this is because I don't have any root tabs (I ordered them, but they haven't arrived), but I don't know if they NEED them, or just prefer them to column feeding.
Pogostemin. Massive die off. Bare stems up to 3" or 4" from the top of the plant, stunted growth (ie no growth).
Hair or string algae, mostly on the mosses. but also starting on the ferns and anubius.
I think the issue was/is the Furan 2, but also a shortage of potassium (which from this video () looks to me like the black/holey symptoms on the java ferns and anubius).
The solution: I think that the Easy Green I have been using, isn't helping, and since I am a poor college student, I want to start using dry ferts mixed into distilled water when the Easy Green is gone. I want to get NilocG ferts, but all the dosing stuff and package names are confusing me. The PPS PRO looks to be the most thorough, but I don't know what I NEED vs what I don't need.
I'm sorry this is so long, and round about, but I wanted to give as much info as possible.
I have a 10g, a 55g, and a 60g tank. They all have some spattering of java moss, Christmas moss, java fern, anubius, amazon sword, and pogostemin stollatus octopus (the 55g has an unidentified sword, and some stemmed plant I like, but the salesman had no idea what it was LOL). All 3 tanks are planted about the same, but the 10g and 55g only recently got planted (2 months, and 1 month ago, respectively).
The issues are in the 60g. All of this started about 3 weeks, or so, ago, after I dosed Feran 2 for a sick platy, not sure if that was the cause or not. That was 2 or 3 50% WCs ago.
The anubius. Older leaves have holes and black spots/algae looking stuff on them. The black areas of the leaves eventually disappear and leave holes. Lately, new leaves look too light green, like almost yellow. I think they green up to the color of the old ones, but they look too light for a week or so before that. No leaves died exactly, but I usually snip them off if they are like half gone (which hasn't happened in months).
Java ferns. Same things. Black to holes, and really light green new leaves. Their old leaves DO die and fall off. Most of the mass of my large one is gone from a large die off of leaves a week or so ago)
Java and Christmas moss. Originally really dense and taking over, now thin and seeming not to grow as much.
Swords (specifically in the 60g, the one in the 55g is brand new, and doing fine so far). Dying off. leaves get 4" long, thin out to clear, then just die off. New leaves go up looking fine, then melt away. I think this is because I don't have any root tabs (I ordered them, but they haven't arrived), but I don't know if they NEED them, or just prefer them to column feeding.
Pogostemin. Massive die off. Bare stems up to 3" or 4" from the top of the plant, stunted growth (ie no growth).
Hair or string algae, mostly on the mosses. but also starting on the ferns and anubius.
I think the issue was/is the Furan 2, but also a shortage of potassium (which from this video () looks to me like the black/holey symptoms on the java ferns and anubius).
The solution: I think that the Easy Green I have been using, isn't helping, and since I am a poor college student, I want to start using dry ferts mixed into distilled water when the Easy Green is gone. I want to get NilocG ferts, but all the dosing stuff and package names are confusing me. The PPS PRO looks to be the most thorough, but I don't know what I NEED vs what I don't need.
I'm sorry this is so long, and round about, but I wanted to give as much info as possible.