I have been having problems or apparent problems with these plants....
The plants will grow strong for a week or so.. but then the leaves shrivel on the gracillis and twist up and have black holes or spots develop on the senagalensis (lower leaves black dots a-plenty, and they tend to yellow a bit.. not red. The top leaves red out big time. ALSO.. I think the root system is not developed a lot. I hate to dig them up to find out, stems are delicate and snap off easily!
I also have ludwigia repens in the same tank and they look like pointsettias..if that helps.
I need some advice on how these plants tend to behave in other peoples tanks and water...
MY WATER (approximately.. I give ranges cause things can change)
in a 20L with 55watt of 9325K GE PC light.
Nh4---0
NO2---0
No3---5 to 10 (usually 10, I dose Kno3 to keep it 10 evey 4 days or 3days or as needed)
Po4--- from .5 to 1.0 (sometimes lower ...I dose this off and on now.. evey four days.. as needed to keep in this range)
Ph ~ 7.0 to 7.2 (DIY CO2.. change it out evey 7 to 10 days when bubble rate drops off)
Kh ~ 10 to 13 deg (depends on water that is changed)
GH ~ 11 to 16 deg (diddo)
Co2 ~ 20-30 ppm(DIY CO2..need I say more)
Fe (can't ever detect ANY..used to before tank balanced)
I think that is about good...
So I do dose Kno3 evey 3 to 4 days.. or when I test ..and it is low.. (no3 never below 5 ppm). I dose enema every 3 to four days.. it usally needs it... about 25 to 45units, depending on the needs (it is a 1ml seringe that is devided into 50 units). I dose 5 ml of K from seachem... every week... I think that is enough. I add a small pinch (about 1/64 tsp) of table salt for the shrimp and fish (iodine... they seem to be happier with it in the tank) every two weeks or so. I also add PMDD about 2ml every week in one day.. not daily. I am scared to dose this TOO much.. I JUST got the tank balanced and the only algae left is a little hair(staghorn looking stuff).. that doesnt attach to anything and pulls right out of the tank easily(about 5 inches in length and I remove it once a week.. not much at all now... tank is great looking now)
One fert calc said that the magnesium should be 5 o 10 ppm.. but the pmdd won't dose that high.. should i dose this seperately...???
my pmdd mix is 500ml (tad stronger than normal)
1.5 tb of plantex w/ boron
1 tsp KN03(I dose these seperate)
1 tsp PO4(I dose these seperate)
3 tb of MgSo4 + 7H20
the substrate is 10llbs of gravel and 15llbs of seachems flourite. There are a ton of platy babies.. two hiding otociniclus and maybe some shrimp..(i not sure anymore.. havent seen them in weeks).
The plants will grow strong for a week or so.. but then the leaves shrivel on the gracillis and twist up and have black holes or spots develop on the senagalensis (lower leaves black dots a-plenty, and they tend to yellow a bit.. not red. The top leaves red out big time. ALSO.. I think the root system is not developed a lot. I hate to dig them up to find out, stems are delicate and snap off easily!
I also have ludwigia repens in the same tank and they look like pointsettias..if that helps.
I need some advice on how these plants tend to behave in other peoples tanks and water...
MY WATER (approximately.. I give ranges cause things can change)
in a 20L with 55watt of 9325K GE PC light.
Nh4---0
NO2---0
No3---5 to 10 (usually 10, I dose Kno3 to keep it 10 evey 4 days or 3days or as needed)
Po4--- from .5 to 1.0 (sometimes lower ...I dose this off and on now.. evey four days.. as needed to keep in this range)
Ph ~ 7.0 to 7.2 (DIY CO2.. change it out evey 7 to 10 days when bubble rate drops off)
Kh ~ 10 to 13 deg (depends on water that is changed)
GH ~ 11 to 16 deg (diddo)
Co2 ~ 20-30 ppm(DIY CO2..need I say more)
Fe (can't ever detect ANY..used to before tank balanced)
I think that is about good...
So I do dose Kno3 evey 3 to 4 days.. or when I test ..and it is low.. (no3 never below 5 ppm). I dose enema every 3 to four days.. it usally needs it... about 25 to 45units, depending on the needs (it is a 1ml seringe that is devided into 50 units). I dose 5 ml of K from seachem... every week... I think that is enough. I add a small pinch (about 1/64 tsp) of table salt for the shrimp and fish (iodine... they seem to be happier with it in the tank) every two weeks or so. I also add PMDD about 2ml every week in one day.. not daily. I am scared to dose this TOO much.. I JUST got the tank balanced and the only algae left is a little hair(staghorn looking stuff).. that doesnt attach to anything and pulls right out of the tank easily(about 5 inches in length and I remove it once a week.. not much at all now... tank is great looking now)
One fert calc said that the magnesium should be 5 o 10 ppm.. but the pmdd won't dose that high.. should i dose this seperately...???
my pmdd mix is 500ml (tad stronger than normal)
1.5 tb of plantex w/ boron
1 tsp KN03(I dose these seperate)
1 tsp PO4(I dose these seperate)
3 tb of MgSo4 + 7H20
the substrate is 10llbs of gravel and 15llbs of seachems flourite. There are a ton of platy babies.. two hiding otociniclus and maybe some shrimp..(i not sure anymore.. havent seen them in weeks).