Hi
I would like to find out what is causing the leaves to drop off at the lower end of my Limnophila aromatica 'hippuroides' plant. I have taken some photos yesterday. I had shown this photos to a few guys and they say it due to either lack of light or potassium.
I had posted in the forum a few months back when I started my tank about my foreground and carpet plants melting. ceg4048 (Clive) had mentioned that it was due to poor Co2 and flow in the tank. I had followed his valuable advice and now the plants are doing great.
Apart from Limnophila aromatica 'hippuroides' plant, shedding it leaves near to the substrate as shown in the photo, all the other plants are doing very well.
I'm now forced to do heavy plant trimming on alternate weeks to keep the demand for Co2 in check.
I have taken a ph reading using a ph pen today for Co2. Is the level of Co2 sufficient in my tank?
I had bought this morning some DRY Potassium Sulphate(K2SO4) at 98% pure grade.
It say to use 2 grams of K2SO4 for every 100 litres of water.
So much total grams do I dose for my 255 litres of tank water for 3 times a week ( now dosing EI with 50% PWC) for optimum level?
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/PHprofilereading_zps50aeddd4.png
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7834_zps67becf8a.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7833_zps146e73d0.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7832_zpsf26e3f8f.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7831_zps888e53e2.jpg
Currently I dosing EI as shown in the photo below but instead of dry Potassium Nitrate, I'm using liquid form.
I use 84 ml of this liquid and mix with the other dry salts to prepare a 500ml stock solution.
(Please see photos below for details)
My photo period using LED lights is total 6 hours ( although my tank is now more than 80 days old).
3 hours full brightness and 3 hours with 50% brightness.
Can increasing the photo period ( meaning more of full brightness ) help witht eh shedding?
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums...4-7289-4EE1-BB10-6615E5F8CD3F_zpsjcqcqzaq.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/photo1_zpsb880f267.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums...7-8B35-4A47-8C2B-E79A40AC97B7_zpsvscdry8y.jpg
http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/carpet-plant-and-mid-ground-plants-melting-kindly-advice.34009/
Cheers
Raffik
I would like to find out what is causing the leaves to drop off at the lower end of my Limnophila aromatica 'hippuroides' plant. I have taken some photos yesterday. I had shown this photos to a few guys and they say it due to either lack of light or potassium.
I had posted in the forum a few months back when I started my tank about my foreground and carpet plants melting. ceg4048 (Clive) had mentioned that it was due to poor Co2 and flow in the tank. I had followed his valuable advice and now the plants are doing great.
Apart from Limnophila aromatica 'hippuroides' plant, shedding it leaves near to the substrate as shown in the photo, all the other plants are doing very well.
I'm now forced to do heavy plant trimming on alternate weeks to keep the demand for Co2 in check.
I have taken a ph reading using a ph pen today for Co2. Is the level of Co2 sufficient in my tank?
I had bought this morning some DRY Potassium Sulphate(K2SO4) at 98% pure grade.
It say to use 2 grams of K2SO4 for every 100 litres of water.
So much total grams do I dose for my 255 litres of tank water for 3 times a week ( now dosing EI with 50% PWC) for optimum level?
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/PHprofilereading_zps50aeddd4.png
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7834_zps67becf8a.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7833_zps146e73d0.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7832_zpsf26e3f8f.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/IMG_7831_zps888e53e2.jpg
Currently I dosing EI as shown in the photo below but instead of dry Potassium Nitrate, I'm using liquid form.
I use 84 ml of this liquid and mix with the other dry salts to prepare a 500ml stock solution.
(Please see photos below for details)
My photo period using LED lights is total 6 hours ( although my tank is now more than 80 days old).
3 hours full brightness and 3 hours with 50% brightness.
Can increasing the photo period ( meaning more of full brightness ) help witht eh shedding?
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums...4-7289-4EE1-BB10-6615E5F8CD3F_zpsjcqcqzaq.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b631/Zak_Rafik/photo1_zpsb880f267.jpg
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums...7-8B35-4A47-8C2B-E79A40AC97B7_zpsvscdry8y.jpg
http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/carpet-plant-and-mid-ground-plants-melting-kindly-advice.34009/
Cheers
Raffik