hey all!
im adam and im new to this forum...been reccomended! looks a awsome site cant wait to have a good look about aswell!
anyway first off, i have a 64L tropical community fish tank and have a sand substrate and 2x15w daylight bulbs with are on from 3pm till 10:30pm daily.
about 3-4 weeks ago i decided i wanted to plant some nice background plants and a few small ones to add some colour and make the tank look nicer.the plants i added are as follows: moss balls, amazon swords, pygmy chain swords, dwarf hairgrass, valis torta, crypt wendtii and some bamboo sticks with moss on...planted them all iand and crushed up some flora tabs around the plants.
i started looking into dosing some ferst etc as i was reccomended but didnt really know what i needed to be honest so i just went for it and bought some easy life liquid carbo and easy life profito: http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/eas...-p-2424.html?zenid=tp7b3d39uguotskoqn5d17ua25
i started dosing 1ml carbo a day (product guidlines) and 5ml a week (product guidlines) of profito.
recently my plants started going like this:
now ive been told 2 things that could be wrong....no.1 crypt melt or non aquatic leaves dying off
no.2 nutrient deficency i was told i needed more phosphate and more nitrate as i was dosing any.......but i dunno what to think to be honest and was told you all are great so thought id post on here for some help!
hope all is ok!
look forward to the replies!
adam
im adam and im new to this forum...been reccomended! looks a awsome site cant wait to have a good look about aswell!
anyway first off, i have a 64L tropical community fish tank and have a sand substrate and 2x15w daylight bulbs with are on from 3pm till 10:30pm daily.
about 3-4 weeks ago i decided i wanted to plant some nice background plants and a few small ones to add some colour and make the tank look nicer.the plants i added are as follows: moss balls, amazon swords, pygmy chain swords, dwarf hairgrass, valis torta, crypt wendtii and some bamboo sticks with moss on...planted them all iand and crushed up some flora tabs around the plants.
i started looking into dosing some ferst etc as i was reccomended but didnt really know what i needed to be honest so i just went for it and bought some easy life liquid carbo and easy life profito: http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/eas...-p-2424.html?zenid=tp7b3d39uguotskoqn5d17ua25
i started dosing 1ml carbo a day (product guidlines) and 5ml a week (product guidlines) of profito.
recently my plants started going like this:
now ive been told 2 things that could be wrong....no.1 crypt melt or non aquatic leaves dying off
no.2 nutrient deficency i was told i needed more phosphate and more nitrate as i was dosing any.......but i dunno what to think to be honest and was told you all are great so thought id post on here for some help!
hope all is ok!
look forward to the replies!
adam