Hi
Details as requested....
1. Size of tank.
400l with sump (50l approx over 4 chambers)
2. Filtration.
Sump - 1. In chamber filter sponges 2. K1 and Airstones 3. Biohome 4. Return pump
3. Lighting and duration.
fluvial fresh & plant 2.0 and fluvial aquasky 9 to 2000 with 2 hour break
4. Substrate.
JBL Mando
5. Co2 dosing or Non-dosing.
Co2 approx 8 bps - drop checker showing pale blue/green
6. Fertilisers used + Ratios.
EI Dosing salts from AquariumPlantFood - Micro 75ml and Chelated Iron 25ml x 3 days a week. Macro x alt 3 days per week
7. Water change regime.
70% on Sundays - although this is a new regime. previously it would have been circa 90l every other week.
8. Plant list.
Hygrophila as per picture, crypts, java fern. Any attempts to try small leave and carpeting plants has seen them melt away/die off
9. Inhabitants.
Neon, Rummynose, Flying Fox, Clownloach,yoyo loach, Kooly loach, Bristlenose Alec, Boesemani Rainbow, Rainbow torpedo, Columbian and black widow tetras
10. Full tank shot below...
i wonder if the two LED lamps provide the required light to the bottom of the tank - though i would have thought they would be suffiecient. It is noticeable that the full setting of the plant 2.0 is only achieved by pressing the button on the lamp, if left to auto mode it does not reach full brilliancy, which is strange and picked up by others on forum. not keen to layout for new LED (fluvial 3.0?) unless this is the reason why my plants fail to turn into a jungle!!
Whilst the Flying fox can be seen scraping algae I'm not sure if they are wreaking havoc on the plants....
Thanks in advance for any advice for where I'm going wrong...
Keith