Soooo, i have a tank running which is month and a half old. There is one echinodorus (probably grisebachi) which has been doing bad since the start. You can see it in the picture below.
Some plants have completely vanished, rotala green, and hygrophila pinnatifida have just vanished. Most other plants seem to be doing quite allright. Most crypts are making new leaves.
I want to figure out why that echinodorus is not happy. I'm a complete newb. This is my second tank, the first is a nano tank which is doing 'fine' all things considering.
Tank is 180 liter, tap water.
Tap water has a ph of 7.6. german degrees of hardness is 11.20 to 24.64. I also found out all of the other stats of which it is comprised but i don't know if this information is of use.
I just tested tank water. Since i ran out of fert mix yesterday, i havent added any since. I'm awaiting delivery of 1000ml dosing bottles to make a new batch. Ammonia, nitrite and nitrite all zero. Ph 7,5. I do 50% water changes once per week.
Soil is dennerle deponit. Topped off with a gravel layer.
Lights are two t5 size LED tubes by Sera. One has white and red led's, 6000 to 8000 kelvin. The other has red led's, has around 3000 kelvin. Both are equivalent to 45 watts, so i have 0,5 watts per liter. This is low light, so i've put them to 100% only yesterday, i had them at lower setting before while figuring out their strength. They run 8 hours now with 1 ramp up and ramp down included.
Fertilizer is a EI kit by plantedbox (Belgium). I followed the recipe, but had to adjust the portions for 100ml bottles so had to work with tiny spoons so mix might have been off. The recipe just says x spoons of this, x spoons of that. No mention of ppm or weight. The recipe mentions to add a third of the standard EI dosage for low tech conditions so that's what i did.
This echinodorus is planted under my floaters. Could the shadow be the issue? Does it need more light?
If it needs more light, i can move it, i'd need to find another background plant then, that would do better in those circumstances.
And for further reference, the condition of my floaters:
I guess i need some pointers, because i have trouble just focusing on one possible issue and going from there. I've done a lot of reading but threads sometimes get complicated quickly, while also not knowing if what i learn can be used to fix my own issue.
I realize that questions like these get asked daily. So i apologize before hand if it seems as if i'm not doing my research but trust me, i'm trying. I'm just a bit of a chaotic mind and get distracted easily.
Thank you all in advance!
Some plants have completely vanished, rotala green, and hygrophila pinnatifida have just vanished. Most other plants seem to be doing quite allright. Most crypts are making new leaves.
I want to figure out why that echinodorus is not happy. I'm a complete newb. This is my second tank, the first is a nano tank which is doing 'fine' all things considering.
Tank is 180 liter, tap water.
Tap water has a ph of 7.6. german degrees of hardness is 11.20 to 24.64. I also found out all of the other stats of which it is comprised but i don't know if this information is of use.
I just tested tank water. Since i ran out of fert mix yesterday, i havent added any since. I'm awaiting delivery of 1000ml dosing bottles to make a new batch. Ammonia, nitrite and nitrite all zero. Ph 7,5. I do 50% water changes once per week.
Soil is dennerle deponit. Topped off with a gravel layer.
Lights are two t5 size LED tubes by Sera. One has white and red led's, 6000 to 8000 kelvin. The other has red led's, has around 3000 kelvin. Both are equivalent to 45 watts, so i have 0,5 watts per liter. This is low light, so i've put them to 100% only yesterday, i had them at lower setting before while figuring out their strength. They run 8 hours now with 1 ramp up and ramp down included.
Fertilizer is a EI kit by plantedbox (Belgium). I followed the recipe, but had to adjust the portions for 100ml bottles so had to work with tiny spoons so mix might have been off. The recipe just says x spoons of this, x spoons of that. No mention of ppm or weight. The recipe mentions to add a third of the standard EI dosage for low tech conditions so that's what i did.
This echinodorus is planted under my floaters. Could the shadow be the issue? Does it need more light?
If it needs more light, i can move it, i'd need to find another background plant then, that would do better in those circumstances.
And for further reference, the condition of my floaters:
I guess i need some pointers, because i have trouble just focusing on one possible issue and going from there. I've done a lot of reading but threads sometimes get complicated quickly, while also not knowing if what i learn can be used to fix my own issue.
I realize that questions like these get asked daily. So i apologize before hand if it seems as if i'm not doing my research but trust me, i'm trying. I'm just a bit of a chaotic mind and get distracted easily.
Thank you all in advance!