Sad plants?

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BearMitten

Discussion Starter · Dec 23, 2016

I've got these deficiencies? In some plants. I'm having trouble getting a solid answer of what I need to dose. I have osmocote root tabs, dose flourish excel every 2 days, flourish comprehensive once every 2 weeks. Substrate is flourite and a current satellite plus light. Tank is a 40gallon tall. This is actually my father in laws tank and he's asking me cause I got him into live plants....and now his tanks look nicer than mine...

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AquaLady86

· #2 · Dec 23, 2016

Any nutrition in the substrate?

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BearMitten

Discussion Starter · #3 · Dec 23, 2016

The flourite itself doesn't have a whole lot of nutrients. Some iron and clay but the osmocote tablets that are in the substrate have a lot of nutrients.

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John Wong

· #4 · Dec 24, 2016

What kind of dosing scheme you using? It definitely is deficiency, K perhaps?

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sharambil

· #5 · Dec 24, 2016

They look a little sad

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Opare

· #6 · Dec 25, 2016

Yea probably lacking in Macro nutrients (NPK). Just dose a little and you should start seeing stuff getting better.

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HannahFergusonFan

· #7 · Dec 25, 2016

Since you have tons of fish Nitrogen and Phosphorous is not a problem....I suspect they are lacking potassium. I am no expert but NPK is basic things that needed for avg growth since you are having holes in Leaves that means the plant tissue is breaking.

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Mattb126

· #8 · Dec 25, 2016

I'd shy away from using flourish and just use dry fertilizers from GLA or NilocG aquatics. Cheap, efficient, and will last a long time.

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