Johnnyseed27

Using the fertilator I made a new dosing schedule. It is not based on the 'beginner' doses, it is based on how much I'm adding in ppm. Since I started after I changed the new bulbs on the tank, and wiped of some algae, that algae has not noticeably grown back I made alot of moneywort cuttings by cutting under of the growing roots that come out of the stem and cutting off the lower leaves. After I just planted the new stem. The water sprite made a few smaller baby plants.
Since it has only been 2 days I can't guarantee it's working, but only hope because so far it is!

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Here it is
Day 1 50% pwc
Day2 micros
Day3 NP, 2 caps potassium
Day4 micros
Day5 NP, 2 caps potassium
Day6 micros
Day7 0.5 cap NP, full cap Potassium

1 cap nitrogen-----3.49ppm.
1 cap phosphorus----o.24 ppm.
1 cap potassium-----3.63 ppm.
1 ml iron-----0.11 ppm.--------not going to use unless I end up needing it.
1/2 cap Micros---???

Johnnyseed27

So far the waterspirte is doing amazing. Dwarf sags haven't budged and are still covered in algae. I want it to grow so fast it's almost invasive to my tank. Lol.Anubias, well too soon to tell since they grow slow. Swords, not growing still, don't understand why I added a root tab in the group of 3 to help. Still have fuzz algae, but not so much thread or hair. Moneywort hasn't grown since I got it, and some still keep uprooting. It's really annoying. I'm just letting a stem float.

Can anyone please help? Pwc today and dosed half recommended dose. Will not dose tommorrow,
Monday np and 2 caps k, Tuesday micros, Wednesday is the same as Monday, Thursday micros,Friday same as Monday and I'll see from there.

Like I said can anyone please help? I've been trying to get this to work for at least 5 months probably over 6

jseyfert3

First off, I'm in the process of setting up my first planted tank. Nothing in it, I have no experience, and only know what I've read. But, isn't 48W of light an awful lot if you don't have CO2 or another form of carbon, such as Seachem Excel? I mean, plants need three things, light, food, and carbon to grow, right? And they like 30 ppm CO2, but you can only get a max of about 3ppm from the atmosphere, and you don't even have a filter to aid in getting CO2 in your tank by mixing the water at the surface. Random thought, what do I know?

Johnnyseed27

The filter doesn't help with co2 as far as I'm aware, just with oxygen.
Yesterday I got the filter running again. AC70 with an AC20 motor.

Today I decided to do 2 caps of excel and will do 1/2 cap every other day in addition to the fert schedule I made yesterday.

Johnnyseed27

Okay to the new dosing with the exel has gotten a bit of growth out of my dwarf sags, but hardly noticeable. Today for whatever reason I have alot of fuzz algae and hair algae. The moneywort isn't growing up, it's shooting roots everywhere and trying to make small plants. I want it to grow not send all the baby plants. I have hardly any room to plent them. Swords haven't budged.

I still need help, anybody? Like I said I've been trying forever. I want my plants growing before i get my fish. I need them growing so I can start cycling and get my fish. Anybody there?

Johnnyseed27

Hello?




Did a pwc




Anyone there?

Johnnyseed27

Saturday-pwc 3caps excel, 1/2 cap flourish comp
Sunday-1 cap n, 1 cap p, 2 caps k
Monday-1/4 cap excel,1/2 cap flourish comp
Tuesday-1/4 cap excel,1 cap n,1 cap p,2 caps k
Wednesday-1/4 cap excel,1/2 cap flourish comp
Thursday-1/4 cap excel,1 cap n,1 cap p, 2caps k
Friday 1/4 cap excel,1/2 cap flourish comp

Dosing schedule this week
I think the excel does help quite a bit. I might change this next week to a 1/2 cap excel n and p group and a 1/2 cap flourish comp and 2 caps k grouping alternating. This way excel is dosed when the more likely nutrients to cause algae are dosed. But for now this is the current schedule this week.





Anyone want to help?

Aquaticz

Which nutrients cause algae?

Johnnyseed27

Well you know, it's an imbalance between light nutrients and co2, but I heard that nitrogen and phosphorus are real killers.

Johnnyseed27

Posted this on a different forum and got some help, problem solved, I need co2 or lower lighting.
Thanks for anyone who helped.