kakkoii

For some reason my plants look all wimpy and leggy. what is wrong and what should I do? I just did a trim and they look even worse (typical). They still look bad before trims.

Symptoms: small leaves, spaced out leaves, slight melting on the HM, glosso grows up, has tiny, yellow leaves, and then rots, stemmed plants don't spread. I dosed every fertilizer that the plants needed and still no change. Anymore advice?

cs_gardener

How much light do you have, what size tank, and do you have CO2? My plants tend to get leggy when they aren't getting enough light, but it would help to know your tank specifications.

kakkoii

ok! 10 gallon tank, 4 wpg of screwin compact fluor., pressurized co2, ADA AS, PS.

Roy Deki

How long have the plants been in your tank?

kakkoii

3+ months

kakkoii

anyone?

arto

you can try several thing maybe some ligjt fixture, co2, ph,nitraltes and just little things that you might think wont matter.. for plant growth personallyi like kent.. hope i helped!!

Roy Deki

What kind of ferts are you using?

How long is your photo period?

Do you know what ppm co2 you have towards the end of you photo period?

What pH?

What kH?

What is your plant list?

aquaquang

Make sure the amount of CO2, light and fertilizers are equivalents.
Did you notice if they pearled? before and after you have trimmed?

ryzilla

Being leggy with spaced out nodes would meen your light is a little low. Screw in flourecents at 4wpg is not enough for those higher light plants in a 10g. If you got an AHS 36w kit that would be plenty of light becasue of the great reflector they have and the lower restrike then the spirals you are using.

Screw-ins have a ton of restrike and I would go as far to say you probably are putting medium amounts of light into your tank. Either upgrade the size of the lamp or upgrade your fixture to a pin compact.