James France
Seedling
Hi guys
So I’ve joined the forum to hopefully solve this issue. I’ve been keeping a planted tank for about 18 months now, first I started with a 20L and now I’ve got a 120L.
I’ve got an Oase Biomaster 350, doing 50% water change weekly, loads of plants, dosing Aquascaper Complete daily, no CO2, not even flourish excel anymore. I’ve got healthy plants and fish, no disease, no deaths thus far, all good. Except now something is eating my Java Ferns, the mini, the large and the trident variety, never the old growth, only ever the new growth as I assume this is softer?
I’ve got 4 Amano Shrimp, a whole colony of RCS, 8 black neons, 8 harlequin rasbora, 4 otocinclus, 9 celestial pearl danios and 2 Siamesse Algae Eaters (flying foxes).
My thoughts are that something is going hungry as it’s only started this past few weeks once I’ve got the tank fully stocked. Now I’ve read all over the internet and people will say it’s a nutrient deficiency, but I’m certain it’s not. All my other plants are healthy, plus there’s new growth on the Java Ferns right next to the bits that are getting eaten! Also, I’ve seen new growth (the darker black parts of the leaf) there one minute and 2 hours later gone! I’m thinking Amano or flying foxes, but could it be the RCSs?
I’ll add some photos and you’ll see leaves just stop at a square end where the new growth has been completely eaten away and stopped the leaf reading full size!
Please help
So I’ve joined the forum to hopefully solve this issue. I’ve been keeping a planted tank for about 18 months now, first I started with a 20L and now I’ve got a 120L.
I’ve got an Oase Biomaster 350, doing 50% water change weekly, loads of plants, dosing Aquascaper Complete daily, no CO2, not even flourish excel anymore. I’ve got healthy plants and fish, no disease, no deaths thus far, all good. Except now something is eating my Java Ferns, the mini, the large and the trident variety, never the old growth, only ever the new growth as I assume this is softer?
I’ve got 4 Amano Shrimp, a whole colony of RCS, 8 black neons, 8 harlequin rasbora, 4 otocinclus, 9 celestial pearl danios and 2 Siamesse Algae Eaters (flying foxes).
My thoughts are that something is going hungry as it’s only started this past few weeks once I’ve got the tank fully stocked. Now I’ve read all over the internet and people will say it’s a nutrient deficiency, but I’m certain it’s not. All my other plants are healthy, plus there’s new growth on the Java Ferns right next to the bits that are getting eaten! Also, I’ve seen new growth (the darker black parts of the leaf) there one minute and 2 hours later gone! I’m thinking Amano or flying foxes, but could it be the RCSs?
I’ll add some photos and you’ll see leaves just stop at a square end where the new growth has been completely eaten away and stopped the leaf reading full size!
Please help