ojustaboo
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Hi all.
my new aquascape has been up and running since Wednesday, last night I noticed the tips of a few plants going brown.
126 litre (lidded) aquarium, 80cm wide, 45cm high and 35cm deep. Substrate volcanic ash, Tropica aquarium soil, Tropica aquarium soil powder.
Oase Biomaster Thermo 350, top tray left as it came with orange sponge, all other trays about 3/4 filled with Neo Media Soft except second to top which is half filled with Neo MedianSoft and also has Seachem Purigem in it.
Doing 75% water changes every morning, then putting in Seachem Prime, Seachem Stability and Ada Python Git Plus. (I appreciate many of you will think that’s an unnecessary expense, but the amount of money I’ve spent on tank, hard scape and plants, I thought I might as well go the whole way).
I put in TNC Complete plant food on both Wednesday and Thursday but didn’t put it in yesterday (says once a week on it, but as I’m changing 3/4 water each day I thought I’d do it every other day from Thursday). I’m now going to put this in every day during my 2 week daily water change.
My light is a Superfish Slim 74 (par 230, 7300k)
I have the filter inlet and outlet and the drop checker on the front left side of the aquarium, not using spray bar, I have the outlet pointing to the opposite (right) side. The CO2 diffuser is on the front right side of the tank.
No fish or shrimp in at the momen.
CO2 is coming on at 10am, lights come on at 2pm by which time the drop checker is a nice shade of green.
CO2 s going off at 8 pm by which time the drop checker is a very light green, on the verge of turning yellow, the lights go off at 10pm.
I think that’s about everything, I’ve emailed Aquarium Gardens about this and have no doubt they will get back to me with suggestion, I just wondered what the other experts here thought could be the problem?
I’m thinking 3 things.
1) not enough plant food
2) lights on too long
3) it’s simply the plant’s settling in to their new environmen?
Many thanks,
I’ve attached a vid and a photo.
(watch until end to see problem, only 23 secs long)
my new aquascape has been up and running since Wednesday, last night I noticed the tips of a few plants going brown.
126 litre (lidded) aquarium, 80cm wide, 45cm high and 35cm deep. Substrate volcanic ash, Tropica aquarium soil, Tropica aquarium soil powder.
Oase Biomaster Thermo 350, top tray left as it came with orange sponge, all other trays about 3/4 filled with Neo Media Soft except second to top which is half filled with Neo MedianSoft and also has Seachem Purigem in it.
Doing 75% water changes every morning, then putting in Seachem Prime, Seachem Stability and Ada Python Git Plus. (I appreciate many of you will think that’s an unnecessary expense, but the amount of money I’ve spent on tank, hard scape and plants, I thought I might as well go the whole way).
I put in TNC Complete plant food on both Wednesday and Thursday but didn’t put it in yesterday (says once a week on it, but as I’m changing 3/4 water each day I thought I’d do it every other day from Thursday). I’m now going to put this in every day during my 2 week daily water change.
My light is a Superfish Slim 74 (par 230, 7300k)
I have the filter inlet and outlet and the drop checker on the front left side of the aquarium, not using spray bar, I have the outlet pointing to the opposite (right) side. The CO2 diffuser is on the front right side of the tank.
No fish or shrimp in at the momen.
CO2 is coming on at 10am, lights come on at 2pm by which time the drop checker is a nice shade of green.
CO2 s going off at 8 pm by which time the drop checker is a very light green, on the verge of turning yellow, the lights go off at 10pm.
I think that’s about everything, I’ve emailed Aquarium Gardens about this and have no doubt they will get back to me with suggestion, I just wondered what the other experts here thought could be the problem?
I’m thinking 3 things.
1) not enough plant food
2) lights on too long
3) it’s simply the plant’s settling in to their new environmen?
Many thanks,
I’ve attached a vid and a photo.
(watch until end to see problem, only 23 secs long)
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