Re: Completely stumped - the saga continues
Well I thought I have everything sorted. But its happening again. The old leaves are turning brown again. As you can see...
I've done nothing different from the last set of photos when I had thought I'd finally sorted it. I'm getting rather chuffed off with this now.
My two thoughts are that it could be either the cold water that I'm using from refills, from my rainwater butt which must be 1-2C at the moment, but I add 20lt of hot water from the tap gradually during the process to counter the cold and the tank only drops a few degrees as a result of the water change. So this possibility seems unlikely and is what Ive always been doing. My second thought would be that the lighting level is too high. I have reverted to 2x54w tubes, as the 3x54w could be forcing the plants to work to hard and so the old leaves burn out quickly. This also seems odd as its affected all the plants in the same way and apparently at the same rate.
My only other thoughts are that it has to be something that affects the whole tank, as all the plants are affected. Could it be a toxin? I don't recall washing my hands before doing a water change or anything like that?
ANY thoughts or help would be really really appreciated, as I said, I'm getting rather annoyed with this tank and planted tanks. It not meant to be this difficult and its not as if I don't put in the time and attention (rant over).
Thanks
Sam
Well I thought I have everything sorted. But its happening again. The old leaves are turning brown again. As you can see...
I've done nothing different from the last set of photos when I had thought I'd finally sorted it. I'm getting rather chuffed off with this now.
My two thoughts are that it could be either the cold water that I'm using from refills, from my rainwater butt which must be 1-2C at the moment, but I add 20lt of hot water from the tap gradually during the process to counter the cold and the tank only drops a few degrees as a result of the water change. So this possibility seems unlikely and is what Ive always been doing. My second thought would be that the lighting level is too high. I have reverted to 2x54w tubes, as the 3x54w could be forcing the plants to work to hard and so the old leaves burn out quickly. This also seems odd as its affected all the plants in the same way and apparently at the same rate.
My only other thoughts are that it has to be something that affects the whole tank, as all the plants are affected. Could it be a toxin? I don't recall washing my hands before doing a water change or anything like that?
ANY thoughts or help would be really really appreciated, as I said, I'm getting rather annoyed with this tank and planted tanks. It not meant to be this difficult and its not as if I don't put in the time and attention (rant over).
Thanks
Sam