Plant deficiency or high light?

[Sprayman60]

Hello

can anyone help with this rotala green please. Its been growing fine for a long time, I've cut it all out and replanted with root tabs and dosing water column everyday and the new growth is large yellow/red looking and the leafs are crinkled or just messy looking.

Does anyone know if this is a deficiency maybe iron or could it be high lighting?

Tank:70L
Tropical root tabs
Fertiliser:APT complete 2ml per day

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

is large yellow/red looking and the leafs are crinkled or just messy looking.

It is back to iron (Fe), mainly because it is new leaves and the plant is <"Rotala rotundifolia"> cultivar.

cheers Darrel

 

[Sprayman60]

Hi all,

It is back to iron (Fe), mainly because it is new leaves and the plant is <"Rotala rotundifolia"> cultivar.

cheers Darrel

Thanks do you recommend extra fertiliser or just dose iron separately?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

or just dose iron separately?

Probably just iron (Fe) separately at the moment. Iron is a <"bit of a funny one">, because it goes out of solution so easily. I'll cc in @KirstyF and have a look at <"Frogbit taken a turn">. Unless you have very hard water? This will probably do.

<"Amazon product ASIN B00M48LGKO">

cheers Darrel

 

[hypnogogia]

Ironically it says:

• Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.

 

[keef321]

Thanks do you recommend extra fertiliser or just dose iron separately?

In agreement with @dw1305 my rotala had similar issues, I am currently separately dosing TNC Iron that is working in my hard water. If that improves things, but you feel like you are still lacking something, then it might be worthwhile upping your all in one fertiliser also. I have a similar size tank to you (60l) and was also using the recommended amount APT Complete, now I am dosing full EI levels with 105ml a week of TNC complete but I am now turning a corner and am getting very positive changes .

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.

Just ignore the first bit and go with <"long lasting effects">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Sprayman60]

In agreement with @dw1305 my rotala had similar issues, I am currently separately dosing TNC Iron that is working in my hard water. If that improves things, but you feel like you are still lacking something, then it might be worthwhile upping your all in one fertiliser also. I have a similar size tank to you (60l) and was also using the recommended amount APT Complete, now I am dosing full EI levels with 105ml a week of TNC complete but I am now turning a corner and am getting very positive changes .

Thanks I've added so seachem iron which I already had for now. I've gone back for the tnc myself just to get the plants going again after the trim then once I've got them to size ill try the apt complete again but I don't really want to up the dose of apt with the cost of it. With the price of it you would expect the recommended dose would be enough.

I'm looking to get all plants back to health and I think once I've mastered that it will be rescaped and plants reused. I've had this scape going for a while and whilst there's been good times of growth the rotala has never been close to how I'd like it.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

but I don't really want to up the dose of apt with the cost of it. With the price of it you would expect the recommended dose would be enough.

I'd really recommend looking at <"Solufeed 2 : 1 : 4"> (below), it will work out a <"lot cheaper"> in <"the long run">. This is the <"cost breakdown">, and it is now incorporated into the <"IFC calculator as well">.

cheers Darrel