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totziens · 06-28-2009, 06:09 PM

The reason I post this in NPT section is ...like I said before I have multiple tanks and this is just one example of my list of tanks. I have NPT that faces the same problem. The main reason I pick this tank is it has more ferns than any other tanks and yes, it's a medium tech tank. Regardless, NPT or not, the problem is the same in all the tanks. I expect this medium tech tank to be less problematic as NPT but that's not the case. One thing I see similarity in all the tanks are high temperature and amount of light. CO2 or no CO2, fertiliser or no fertiliser, the ferns are still in a bad shape. Just like Tanan, the high temperature from our countries are hard to lower unless you use chiller which is very costly to run - this is not something that I want.

What I mean by "bald" is the leaves drop and never grow back. So only rhizome remains.

Diana, thanks for pointing out about the amount of light. I will try it out. I am willing to try anything to resolve this problem. That's the main reason I have tried all kinds of fertiliser whenever someone gives me an idea.

06-28-2009, 06:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
totziens Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 62 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 3600	Re: How To Keep Ferns? The reason I post this in NPT section is ...like I said before I have multiple tanks and this is just one example of my list of tanks. I have NPT that faces the same problem. The main reason I pick this tank is it has more ferns than any other tanks and yes, it's a medium tech tank. Regardless, NPT or not, the problem is the same in all the tanks. I expect this medium tech tank to be less problematic as NPT but that's not the case. One thing I see similarity in all the tanks are high temperature and amount of light. CO2 or no CO2, fertiliser or no fertiliser, the ferns are still in a bad shape. Just like Tanan, the high temperature from our countries are hard to lower unless you use chiller which is very costly to run - this is not something that I want. What I mean by "bald" is the leaves drop and never grow back. So only rhizome remains. Diana, thanks for pointing out about the amount of light. I will try it out. I am willing to try anything to resolve this problem. That's the main reason I have tried all kinds of fertiliser whenever someone gives me an idea.