i am far from an expert but i have had the same problem with my sword plants i found it was a nutrient deficiency roots tabs cleared that up for me some but i still had problems with them later on
another newb in need of help
Hi,
earlier I elaborated a little bit mroe but when I submitted it my many minutes of typing were lost to a server error so I'll going to try and be bried. I currently have three aquariums; a twenty gallon nano reef, a 55 gallon african cichlid, and a 30gallon planted tank. The planted tank has been giving me problems. It has been set up for two years as a fish only tank and I only started with the whole plant thing about four months ago, mimicking my deceased uncle's successful methods that he used on a 55gallon. My plants were healthy when I got them but now things are getting pretty ugly. I have pics to tell my story better. Can you please give me advice? I'll list my tank's specs and they're probably all bad, but please don't tear my apart for my mistakes.
30 gallons
lighting- T5 2X21w (6700k and 10,000k)
substrate- typical river gravel conditioned with Flourish
No CO2 added because I figured that this was low light
I supplement weekly with Plant Gro, a liquid fertilizer
religiously change water 5 gallons/ week
I have traces of Nh4 and NO2 but they are effects of plant die offs, not the causes.
problems- The plants are starting to wither away. I had a fish eating some of them but I found the culprit and it had been removed and I doubt it had a large impact because it was small. I read that you can plant the bunch plants in the soil, but the bases of them always rot away on me and they uproot and float all over the place. Can you please help me find the root(s) of my problem?
Thank you very much,
Dan
earlier I elaborated a little bit mroe but when I submitted it my many minutes of typing were lost to a server error so I'll going to try and be bried. I currently have three aquariums; a twenty gallon nano reef, a 55 gallon african cichlid, and a 30gallon planted tank. The planted tank has been giving me problems. It has been set up for two years as a fish only tank and I only started with the whole plant thing about four months ago, mimicking my deceased uncle's successful methods that he used on a 55gallon. My plants were healthy when I got them but now things are getting pretty ugly. I have pics to tell my story better. Can you please give me advice? I'll list my tank's specs and they're probably all bad, but please don't tear my apart for my mistakes.
30 gallons
lighting- T5 2X21w (6700k and 10,000k)
substrate- typical river gravel conditioned with Flourish
No CO2 added because I figured that this was low light
I supplement weekly with Plant Gro, a liquid fertilizer
religiously change water 5 gallons/ week
I have traces of Nh4 and NO2 but they are effects of plant die offs, not the causes.
problems- The plants are starting to wither away. I had a fish eating some of them but I found the culprit and it had been removed and I doubt it had a large impact because it was small. I read that you can plant the bunch plants in the soil, but the bases of them always rot away on me and they uproot and float all over the place. Can you please help me find the root(s) of my problem?
Thank you very much,
Dan
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