Ash
Seedling
- Joined
- 2 Nov 2008
- Messages
- 6
Hello all, this is my first post here but I have been silently reading the forums. I hope you can help me
Well I started my planted tank in October. I seem to have no problem with growing ludwigia repens (although it is mostly green than red), hornwort, christmas moss, and pennywort.
However I am having problems with my sword. It had long stems when I bought it but the new leaves started to stay short but were big and round. Now the new leaves are thinning out and stems are still short. I added CO2 and that didn't seem to help. I added one flourish tab under it two days ago so that is why roots are sticking out in the picture. Not sure if that is the problem.
Before:
Middle:
Now:
I'm not sure how my java fern is doing either. It has made little plantlets and I took some off. Parts of the leaves are see through and I don't think they grew much. The main plant is making shorter leaves as well that are see through.
Do you think these plants are growing good for their type? Or will they have the same problem as my sword, staying short? They are mostly crypts, wendtii balansae, And anubia barteri (I don't think this is doing good and was pretty bad when shipped)
First received Nov 26th:
Now:
And I have a little problem with GSA and I think it is black hair algae. I was told maybe I don't have enough substrate covered. I left the GSA alone on the glass because I read it might burn itself out and never come back but I still see newer patches of green on the glass in small areas. The rest is brown from dead algae. I see hairs on the crinum calamistrium and pennywort. I try to cut off the infected pennywort but not sure what to do about the crinum. Any suggestions about it all?
Before (Nov 12):
Current picture:
108W over 55gal tank, 54W 12,000K and a 54W pink light (I don't know the K on it as it doesn't say)
co2 started an hour before lights, lights on for 9 hours
temp is 76-78F
ferts are trace 1/8 tsp 3x a week and khpo4 1/8 tsp 3x a week. No no3 added because my fish make enough waste, keeping around 20ppm on their own.
HOB filter, no idea how to calculate turnover and another pump on the other side of the tank to move water around
co2 is on a bubble ladder, the bubbles start out big and progress to very tiny at the top, I assume they are being diffused into the water. I'm still looking for a ceramic diffuser.
water changes once a week about 40%
Well I started my planted tank in October. I seem to have no problem with growing ludwigia repens (although it is mostly green than red), hornwort, christmas moss, and pennywort.
However I am having problems with my sword. It had long stems when I bought it but the new leaves started to stay short but were big and round. Now the new leaves are thinning out and stems are still short. I added CO2 and that didn't seem to help. I added one flourish tab under it two days ago so that is why roots are sticking out in the picture. Not sure if that is the problem.
Before:
Middle:
Now:
I'm not sure how my java fern is doing either. It has made little plantlets and I took some off. Parts of the leaves are see through and I don't think they grew much. The main plant is making shorter leaves as well that are see through.
Do you think these plants are growing good for their type? Or will they have the same problem as my sword, staying short? They are mostly crypts, wendtii balansae, And anubia barteri (I don't think this is doing good and was pretty bad when shipped)
First received Nov 26th:
Now:
And I have a little problem with GSA and I think it is black hair algae. I was told maybe I don't have enough substrate covered. I left the GSA alone on the glass because I read it might burn itself out and never come back but I still see newer patches of green on the glass in small areas. The rest is brown from dead algae. I see hairs on the crinum calamistrium and pennywort. I try to cut off the infected pennywort but not sure what to do about the crinum. Any suggestions about it all?
Before (Nov 12):
Current picture:
108W over 55gal tank, 54W 12,000K and a 54W pink light (I don't know the K on it as it doesn't say)
co2 started an hour before lights, lights on for 9 hours
temp is 76-78F
ferts are trace 1/8 tsp 3x a week and khpo4 1/8 tsp 3x a week. No no3 added because my fish make enough waste, keeping around 20ppm on their own.
HOB filter, no idea how to calculate turnover and another pump on the other side of the tank to move water around
co2 is on a bubble ladder, the bubbles start out big and progress to very tiny at the top, I assume they are being diffused into the water. I'm still looking for a ceramic diffuser.
water changes once a week about 40%