FishKeeper55
Member
Hello
I'm having a bit of plant problem in both of my tanks, not sure why at this stage but over last few months both of them was doing fine, weekly water changes and daily dosing of liquid ferts, all of a sudden I'm having lot of GSA in both tanks also plants started to suffer, over the last 2 weeks I'm getting on top of the GSA slowly by removing as much as possible but I'm sure I'm not out the woods just yet. To me feels like something has crashed and very quickly.
Both tanks what I would consider low tech, lights on for 7hrs a day, and daily dosing of Evolution Aqua Ferts, I do have high Nitrate due to tap water, 60-80ppm tested with API kit, ammonia and nitrite 0. My only way to reduce this is to purchase RO water from local shop so hoping to avoid this unless I have to.
Now the problem, some plants leaves going bit yellow, others have developed tiny holes, some Java Fern turning bit black and is not the nodes, I'm not expert when it comes to all this water chemistry and plant ferts so could do with your help. Not sure at this moment if using ferts that have Nitrogen is good for me due to high Nitrate in tanks, wonder if my plants lucking a bit of Potassium?
I will upload later today more pictures but for now, any help appreciated.
Many Thanks
I'm having a bit of plant problem in both of my tanks, not sure why at this stage but over last few months both of them was doing fine, weekly water changes and daily dosing of liquid ferts, all of a sudden I'm having lot of GSA in both tanks also plants started to suffer, over the last 2 weeks I'm getting on top of the GSA slowly by removing as much as possible but I'm sure I'm not out the woods just yet. To me feels like something has crashed and very quickly.
Both tanks what I would consider low tech, lights on for 7hrs a day, and daily dosing of Evolution Aqua Ferts, I do have high Nitrate due to tap water, 60-80ppm tested with API kit, ammonia and nitrite 0. My only way to reduce this is to purchase RO water from local shop so hoping to avoid this unless I have to.
Now the problem, some plants leaves going bit yellow, others have developed tiny holes, some Java Fern turning bit black and is not the nodes, I'm not expert when it comes to all this water chemistry and plant ferts so could do with your help. Not sure at this moment if using ferts that have Nitrogen is good for me due to high Nitrate in tanks, wonder if my plants lucking a bit of Potassium?
I will upload later today more pictures but for now, any help appreciated.
Many Thanks