Added a small fragment susswassertang about 5 days ago, but kept the larger ball in the NICU.
Added some frogbit 4 or so days ago. 4 or 5 plants.
Ammonia levels peaked at ~2ppm and are slowly going to 0.
ammonia is either 0 or 0.25
pH is 7.8
Nitrites are through the roof at 3-4ppm
Nitrates are about 10ppm
The frog-bit isn't taking off like I expected some of them have really nice white roots with tiny filaments, others the leaves are looking pale yellow sickly with some browning on the edges of the leaves and the roots have gone varying shades of brown, are these toast?
The small fragment of susswassertang is a much paler yellow green than that portion in the NICU.
could the high nitrites be killing the plants?
Added some frogbit 4 or so days ago. 4 or 5 plants.
Ammonia levels peaked at ~2ppm and are slowly going to 0.
ammonia is either 0 or 0.25
pH is 7.8
Nitrites are through the roof at 3-4ppm
Nitrates are about 10ppm
The frog-bit isn't taking off like I expected some of them have really nice white roots with tiny filaments, others the leaves are looking pale yellow sickly with some browning on the edges of the leaves and the roots have gone varying shades of brown, are these toast?
The small fragment of susswassertang is a much paler yellow green than that portion in the NICU.
could the high nitrites be killing the plants?