aquarium plants

About 3 months ago, a friend and fishkeeper called me to tell me of an abandoned fancy goldfish in his lobby. I've been taking in stray 'life' for years. First was a bearded dragon in college that was left behind by an associate. She stayed with me for about 5 years before passing on. Next...

Hello All, New here to the Forum, however not to the aquatic fish and plant keeping world!..lol. I have been keeping fish, off and on for over 30 years. I have no issues with my fish’s health and in keeping general water parameters in check and employ various methods to do so. I started keeping...

Recently bought the current usa serene sun pro le light fixture for my 75 gallon aquarium. There are glass covers on the top of the aquarium. There are medium/ highlight plants. Question is what should I set the light intensities on the ramp controller. I can control the white,blue,red and green.

Hi Folks, I am now learning about how to dose the Secondary Macros Calcium and Magnesium. I've read its 3:1 ratio between Ca:Mg. Also, im supposed to dose 1dGH worth after my weekly water change. So then its dosing 15ppm for Calcium and 5ppm for Magnesium. I am supposed to dose in CaCO3...

Hey folks, I made my own trace mix. I was able to obtain DTPA FE 11%. The rest of my mix is comprised of Manganese Sulfate Monohydrate, Zinc Sulfate Monohydrate, Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate, Boric Acid, Sodium Molybdate Dihydrate. The following table represents my percentage analysis: My...

I have 20x low tech tanks with various LED full spectrum lighting and various stocking and plants. All tropical temps. The only continuum is the water and fertilizer. I'm having plant death and issues with them every time I fertilize. The pic is a single example. It's black algae growing on...

Hello, My tank experiencing high temp around 34C around 2 months ago. It is now under control. Temp have never go above 30C since then. When temp spike, many of the leaves turn black. It is like a layer of black layer that is not easily scrape off. I noticed since temp is under control, the new...

Hi all, I have been dosing EI for a month. Liquid with traces and macros in separate bottles. The traces are pure Plantex CSM+B with 6.5% Fe, 65.4% EDTA. My new growth in my narrow leaf swords and micro swords is yellow. I tried overdosing K, P, and N separately (also to the roots in...

Renewd my interest in aquarium plants after finding native plants from my area of coastal North Carolina. I have collected some and adapted them to aquarium.

Hi my tank has been running now for 2 months. It is well planted with a small number of fish. The plants are mainly fast growing with three Amazon Swords. The algae problem that I had has mostly disappeared. The swords have had a black hair algae on a few leaves which I have cut off. That was...

For low tech with no CO2, btw. I'm using Zorfox on custom solution. My bottles are 500ml and each pump doses 2ml. At the tank size of 10 gallons (so a pump per every 10 gallons.) About 1-2x a week on low to medium light. No fancy PAR rated lights, just generic LED floods or shop lights or...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGXL56/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1GUMAJMT7VCF6&psc=1 Can you dose this for iron? It says it's 11% iron derived from Iron DTPA (is iron DTPA safe for fish use and will it benefit my iron deficient plants?)?

Hello friends The% w% rates in Tropica specialized fertilizer (green) fertilizer are as follows. It is given as 5 ml per 50 liters. When I use 5 ml for a 50 lt aquarium, I wonder about the ppm values, not the% values. If there are friends who can help in the calculation and know the ppm...

Hello, I know there are tons of threads about DSM HC. I've looked at countless threads but can't seem to get an answer for my particular scenario. I started a DSM in my 12g long. I've done a DSM with HC and EWC before and had outstanding results. The problem I'm having is if I mist too much I...

Sorry...I have a newbie question that I'm sure is a silly one but I am a bit confused. When I use the fert calculator for KNO3..... it gives an answer of how much K, N, & NO3. If I'm trying to figure out how much Nitrogen is in my dosage...... do I just take the amount of N in the result or do...

I have read so much on fertilisers that I am not sure where to start! I have bought.... 1/ Plantex CSM + B 2/ KNO3 3/ KH2PO4 4/ K2SO4 The question is can the ingredients be mixed together to make up a 500ML solution. If so, what amount for each ingredient. Thanks.

I have had this scape set up since last February with uns controsoil as the substrate and nilocg thrive as the liquid fertilizer I use! In the beginning I was dosing 2ml once to twice a week and things grew well. But in the last month all of my Ludwigia acruata has stunted or just melted. I’m...

hello I been dealing with srunted curling twisted growth on my Pogostemon Stallata, Pogostemon Helfiri, rotala macandra mini butterfly, limnophilia sessiflora, limnophilia aromatica,rotala sp green,A.R,mermaid weed,rotala nanjenson and blyxa japonica. I think that's it. Lol 40gallon breeder...

Hi everyone, I've spent the end of the summer and early fall here troubleshooting my tank, which is still suffering from stalled growth despite my efforts to troubleshoot everything. My major issue is that somehow, everything was growing great 8 months ago. I had a crappy cheap light and was...

Hello, i need some help dosing seachem comp. and seachem iron. How much should i dose in a high light tank with EI makros? Greetings Sebastian