Hello. I started planting around 2 weeks ago. But I'm getting lots of decaying plants and possibly algae.
1. Here are some plants which seems to be very dirty. I'm not sure if these are algae or decaying plants (could be a mixture of both?) how do I clean these? I tried a gravel vacuum pump but it cannot remove the stuff in the plants. also is there a way to make the tank squeeky clean without dismantling the current scape?
2. I planted 4 species on the tank.
- Nymphoides minima (similar to lotuses) where 4 plants died but the remaining 2 seems to be doing okay.
- Marsilea hirsuta - seems to be doing great. new leaves are sprouting all over except that the leaves seems to be goind up instead of growing prostrate? (not sure of the term).
- limniphila fagrans - some stems has died but I'm getting growth on the rest
- valisneria caulescens - seems to be doing okay except that I'm getting decay on some leaves. any thoughts?
3. I'm also getting lots and lots of surface film! it's probably due to all decaying plants. I've made some changes to my outlet so hopefully that will fix it.
4. I haven't bought a test kit so I cannot test yet. But I'm getting a "stagnant" water smell on the tank. The last water change was last Thursday (around 4 day ago). The smell I'm getting is the same smell when I decided to test the new bought canister. I just filled the tank with tap water (no conditioner was added) and run the filter. After a few day, the tank smelled. Any idea what could it be?
Thank you very much
1. Here are some plants which seems to be very dirty. I'm not sure if these are algae or decaying plants (could be a mixture of both?) how do I clean these? I tried a gravel vacuum pump but it cannot remove the stuff in the plants. also is there a way to make the tank squeeky clean without dismantling the current scape?
2. I planted 4 species on the tank.
- Nymphoides minima (similar to lotuses) where 4 plants died but the remaining 2 seems to be doing okay.
- Marsilea hirsuta - seems to be doing great. new leaves are sprouting all over except that the leaves seems to be goind up instead of growing prostrate? (not sure of the term).
- limniphila fagrans - some stems has died but I'm getting growth on the rest
- valisneria caulescens - seems to be doing okay except that I'm getting decay on some leaves. any thoughts?
3. I'm also getting lots and lots of surface film! it's probably due to all decaying plants. I've made some changes to my outlet so hopefully that will fix it.
4. I haven't bought a test kit so I cannot test yet. But I'm getting a "stagnant" water smell on the tank. The last water change was last Thursday (around 4 day ago). The smell I'm getting is the same smell when I decided to test the new bought canister. I just filled the tank with tap water (no conditioner was added) and run the filter. After a few day, the tank smelled. Any idea what could it be?
Thank you very much