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Thanks, I've read the BBA threads on here before and it appears to be a maintenance issue mostly. We have Armano shrimps in the tank so I think I need to be careful with easycarbo

Thanks, its seems to be on the edge of most leaves in the tank, even the leaves in strong flow.

Can anyone advise on this for me?

Having a few issues with what I think it's BBA, can someone confirm from the photo attached please? If it is I've read that easy carbo is a good way to kill it.

A quick update, still not getting any growth from the Hygrophila mini, its just about hanging on with a few leaves left :( Maybe these plants dont like water at 11 dGH?

Looking at this site I think the issue may still be Iron deficiency "Leaves yellowing from the tip then become transparent - Iron deficiency" https://www.ratemyfishtank.com/blog/diagnosing-problems-with-aquarium-plants

The plants still seem to be struggling, the Hygrophila mini is melting way in the foreground and the repens now has some small leaves on the stalks, but its not growing very fast (looked the same for a a few weeks now). Could I be dosing too much?

Seems that Bandit cories are very illusive, as I called my local fish shops again yesterday and still no Corrydoras metae, so none since I started this tank 2 months ago :(. WHERE ARE YOU CORIES :arghh: Seems these things are seasonal from what I have heard, so does that mean they are not...

1 week from Monday to Monday, so thought dose as normal on Sunday, then make up some bottles for neighbour to pour in for each day from Monday to Thursday. Thinking should we do water change when we get back or keep dosing for the second week as per routing and do the water change the following...

Cheers, hopefully it will look better soon :). What do your do when your go away as far as dosing goes as we are going away soon? Thinking of asking neighbour to dose as they will be feeding the fish anyway.

A quick update, 1.5 weeks into EI I can see some changes now in the Hygrophila, the new leaves look much better, still some brittle, yellow, glass like leaves on the Hygrophila mini at the front of the tank though, so hopefully time will improve this plant. The Staurengen Repens stalks now...

Thing is the s repens are right in the flow Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Just took some photos of the drop checkers, both with the same water and reagent, what do you think, does the JBL look bluer or is it a optical illusion?

RB only states N, to get NO3 from that multiply N by 4.4. When I put in "Results for my dose" and entered 16.8ml (which is my total dose for the week) I get 2.251ppm, so multiply this by 4.4 which equals 9.9ppm of NO3 for the week from Tropica Specialised. Also I think 10:1 ratio is between...

Okay so after a bit of research, I think for EI I should be aiming for the following NO3 range 5-30ppm PO4 range 1.0-3.0 ppm K+ range 10-30ppm Fe 0.2-0.5ppm or higher I think we are putting in the following Dry mix a week NO3 - 15ppm PO4 - 4.68ppm K - 11.01ppm Mg - 1.8ppm Tropica...

Going to work out my dosing and see how much I'm putting in. I'll do some research on ei as well to see what quantities of each I should be putting in.

Yes just thought about that and was just going to post on that.

Our yes Rotala Butterfly, I have looked on there as well but as I don't want to follow EI so I've been doing about half of what it tells me for EI, so for 100L (125L - substrate etc) it says 28.6ml, so divide 2 = 14.3ml which is a bit less than we are dosing of N + P. Interesting though is we...

I noticed some BBA on a crypt leaf towards the middle of the tank, which I think is sign of low / fluctuating Co2, so I'll go back to make sure that is correct as well. I've added KN03 and MgS04 to our dry fert mix as well.

Where did you find this advice ? When I look for dosing guidelines all I find is what it basically says on the bottle, so for a 100L tank, it would be 10 pumps a week. We are dosing 14 pumps of Specialised and 7 pumps of Premium a week. Ta.

I'm still wondering if the cause is a lack of iron. I've been doing some research and glass like new leaves with green/yellow tips seems to be a sign of iron deficiency. My Hygrophila has glass like new leaves with green tips. Also the Staurengen Repens is going from bad to worse, attached...

We have only used and 30ml of it, so I think I'll just add to that and see how I get on. To start with this week I'll add 1/2 a TSP now and upon water change on Sunday start using the bottle. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

So if I put in 6 TSP into 500ml, each dose of 10ml will give me 4.41ppm. So over the week id get 13.23ppm as I'm dosing 3x a week, is that a good starting place?

Brilliant analysis and very informative reply, thanks very much. I do have kno3, so 1/2 TSP a week would be what ppm a week as I'm thinking I could add it to the kh2po4 solution which I dose 30ml a week?

None on top of what is in the Tropica solution. Although when last tested it was between 5ppm and 10ppm.

some more specifics about the dry ferts... Used this http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/calculator.htm to get 1.84ppm Phosphate and 0.76ppm of potassium. To get that I put 2 teaspoons of KH2PO4 in 500ml water and am dosing 10ml 3 x a week.

well... 2.4 ml (2 squirts) of Tropia Specialised daily, and just started 1.2ml (1 squirt) of tropica premium daily. Co2 is now at ph6.8 (water is 8.2 after 24h) when lights on (lime green in drop checker) We dose the dry 3 times a week.

A quick update on the goings on in the coryless tank. Having a few problems with the Staurogyne repens, they lost all their lower leaves (just floated) off. The Alternanthera Cardinalis is still getting holes in its leaves. Now dosing 2.4ml Tropica specialiseddaily + 1.8 ppm of po4 and 0.76 of...

Ringing around local fish shops, finding it hard to find some Bandit Corys :( Damn as this scape is for Cory's.. oh well patience.

Planted Hygrophila Compacta and Staurogyne repens at the weekend.

Alternanthera cardinalis cut back yesterday and tops replanted, leaves with holes in removed. Reading a bit more on this plant it seems fairly common for it to get holes in its leaves. PH read 7.4 this morning, hoping to get 6.8 (which I believe is the sweet spot) when the lights come on and...

Well funny you should day that as 2 x pots of Hygrophila compact and Staurogyne repens arrived yesterday. Pots placed in tank for now ready for Saturday. Thinking these can go around the back with maybe a clump on the left? Also thinking of removing the brown cryptocoryne, any suggestions for...

So in a effort to get the co2 under control I borrowed a digital ph meter from a friend. First days use its been really helpful. Before co2 started read 7.04, 2.5 hours after co2 started read 7.2, so slightly adjusted, 3.5 hours later read 6.97 when co2 stopped. Tomorrow want to try and see...

Yesterday added JBL inline diffuser in a horizontal position as this worked with two lengths of old filter pipe, meaning I did not need to cut the existing pipe (just in case I want to remove the inline diffuser). Took the Java fern to my local Maidenhead aquatics for some credit and whilst I...

Thinking of adding more plants to the right hand side, any suggestions (i'll take a picture tonight without the java fern in the way)? I have the Echinodorus rubra just in front the inlet, is the best place for it?

We had Bandit Corys a number of years ago, they must of been happy as they had lots of offspring, we even found a few in the filter when we cleaned the filter (they were alive)

Thanks :) Waiting for my local fish shop to get Bandit Corys, hopefully they will get them next week. Maybe the same, the link to the plant is https://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/hygrophila-rosae-australis-p-5092.html?cPath=255_447&zenid=1925b16bca946f492d6f27f61fc761c6 It looks like it's taller.

Noticed some pin holes in Alternanthera cardinalis, so upped co2 to 1 bpm, also added Hygophila Rosae Asutralis. Also will be buying an inline diffuser to replace in tank diffuser.

Looks impressive, can't wait to see it planted.

oh, I'll check, what do you see the broken image icon? Just updated the sharing details on the images, can you see them now?

Nine days in and so I've added a few pictures showing added Lemons, the vallis in the back right corner (small at the moment). Noticed some GSA on 2 Anubias leaves in the middle of the tank so will monitor that, leaves have been removed.

Just picked up some Vallis for the rear of the tank and 12 lemon tetras and 6 Amano shrimp :-)

After losing a number of fish and shrimp during the tank swap due to the shock of the move, I think its time to repopulate this weekend so current thinking is to start with the following 12 x Lemon tetras 6 x Amano shrimp to make a total of 9 Then the follow weekend 4 x Harlequins to make a...

Can anyone recommend what if any ferts I should be dosing at this stage as I done want algae to appear.

We did have sandy area in our old setup (about than 10mm) over gravel. We found they lost their barbels and did not last very long, although that may have been because the gravel we had then may have been coarse rather than smooth. A number of years ago we had Bandit Corys in a small Jewel...

I guess so, you mean just to the right of the middle?

Plants in the aquarium are:- Cryptocoryne (various) Echinodorus (rubra and ozelot) Narrow leaf Java fern Anubias (various) Alternanthera cardinalis Lighting now set to 6 hour period as plants need to establish. Should I be dosing any ferts at this stage?

Hi, After a few years away, we thought we should start anew tank to replace our existing Roma 125 tank which has a nice long scratch along the front. After a trip to our local Maidenhead Aquatics shop we returned with a new Roma 125 LED. Opened the box on Sunday to find Hagen had changed the...

Thanks again Clive, I'll start to double dose and turn up the C02 (going to get 2kg bottle to go with this tank now). To boost bio mass in this tank a bit, I kept some cuttings of Hygrophilia Polysperama and Rotala Rotundifloria from the other tank and planted those last night. I also cut...

That’s exactly the issue I get, I use tweezers to plant the stem plants, but the tweezers just compress the soil and plant just floats back to surface when I let go of it !! :? Cool thanks for information Clive I really appreciate the feedback. I've reduced the photoperiod to 6 hours, do...

mmm, still having issues with what I think is Rhizoclonium algae growing in the tank. I've also noticed that new leaves on the Ludwigia arcuata seem to be small and shrivelled up - Does anyone know what this could be a lack of? The Rotala sp green is growing nicely and the glosso is happily...

Well done, I'l have to watch out for the next issue :D Did you find the SLR could do a much broader range of photos than your compact camera?

Thanks Matt, Yeah I think the problem is my dosing, I'll dose daily amount of trace and macro after each water change from now and monitor what goes on in the tank. There is plant growth in there though, just noticed some of the Tenelus have grown 6cm long runners already :) and the glosso is...

Hi, I have the following dry powders from AE; KN03,KH2P04,MgS04, and trace We put the following into 400ml of water and are dosing 20ml 3x a week 3 3/4 tsp of KN03 1 1/4 tsp of KH2P04 10 tsp of MgS04 We put 1 1/4 tsp of trace (CSM +B) into 200ml and are dosing 10ml 2x a week. This should be...

Hi Matt, Yes the filter is brand new, I am doing full EI on this tank, with 70 l and are following the calculator quantities (20ml of macro 3xweekly and 10ml trace 2 x weekly). However I have not been dosing both macro and trace after each water change. I removed most of the algae and then did...

Thanks for the reply saintly, I'm going to start using only 2 lights at at time and will try your advice of 6 hours a day for lights, however what about dosing, how do you dose? Any suggestions / help on dosing anyone? Thanks

Well thought I post an update.... News is not good having issues with algae :evil: The tank has now been running for just over 1 week now and I have been doing daily 50% water changes, last Thursday then I started to do a 50% change every other day. Lighting was on for 10hours (2x24w T5)...

Andy, Just looked at the Rhinox and invoice from AE and it is the 1000 version I have (not sure why I thought it was the Rhinox 2000) :?

Thanks for the replies guys, I had a few algae issues with my other tank that I have seem to have gotten on top of now thanks to Clive's advice, just hope I can keep the algae at bay this time. Steve you are dead right, however I kind of like the tension between the words structured and jungle...

Hi, After posting many questions throughout the forum I’ve decided to start this journal to document the life of my second planted tank! Tank: 60cmx30cmx46cm Juwel Rekord 70 Substrate: ADA Amazonia 2 Lights: 4x 24w T5 Aracdia luminaire Photoperiod: 2 x 6hours with a 2hour overlap Filter...

Hi Planter, I like the way you have done the first picture - A real sense of grandure!! Excellent sense of space and composition again!

Great thanks for the picture Planter - It's nice to see how plants look in an aqurium as they tend to look a lot different to when they are in a pot. Cheers

Hi Planter, I can't make this weekend, I'll be there next Sunday (hope there is some rock, wood and plants left after LondonDragon's been there!) Excuse the ignorance, but plants have you got that tank? Cheers

Cool, I must say I think MA at Morden is a great place, they always have good stock of plants and equipment. I'll make sure a go along and have a look cheers Planter.

The cube looks great Planter, I love the composition of the plants and the hardscape - Well done :D Where did you get the rock?