glasscanvasart
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I set up a pond in a bowl inspired/copied from James Wong and I’ve encountered a few issues. It’s not heated, not filtered, not got additional CO2 and I don’t use fertiliser. For maintenance I do a 100% water change at least once a week, but whenever I feel like it. The plants are Micranthemum Umbrosum, Eleocharis Acicularis ‘Mini’, Nymphaea Pygmaea ‘Helvola’ and some Bucephalandra and Anubias.
1. I get a lot of surface scum which I remove at twice a week with paper towels.
2. I get small amounts of Cyanobacteria around the edge of the bowl, which I remove when I feel like it. At first there was a larger outbreak, which I associated with decaying plant matter as the plants adapted.
3. The water lily has not grown any new leaves, though I have seen new roots, and it has lost all its old leaves. Its been at least 3 months since it was removed from a cup with the same lighting that it recovered under after losing leaves (I bought it from a garden centre in autumn 2019, so it was in the process of dying back).
4. The Monte Carlo is displaying some mild deficiencies pictured below, but I can’t identify it.
Thanks in advance,
1. I get a lot of surface scum which I remove at twice a week with paper towels.
2. I get small amounts of Cyanobacteria around the edge of the bowl, which I remove when I feel like it. At first there was a larger outbreak, which I associated with decaying plant matter as the plants adapted.
3. The water lily has not grown any new leaves, though I have seen new roots, and it has lost all its old leaves. Its been at least 3 months since it was removed from a cup with the same lighting that it recovered under after losing leaves (I bought it from a garden centre in autumn 2019, so it was in the process of dying back).
4. The Monte Carlo is displaying some mild deficiencies pictured below, but I can’t identify it.
Thanks in advance,