Hello all,
Been adding CO2 for the past 4 months and addng EI'ing along for the past 3 months -- keeping records for the past 2. Overall my tank is better than it's ever been. I'm creating a salad bowl of clippings every Sunday night during my weekly water change and anything I plant (so far) grows -- nothing dies. Here is a photo from a few weeks ago:
Here is my regimen:
Sun:
50%+ H2O Change
+ 1/8 tsp KNO3
+ 1/4 tsp Equilibrium
+ 1/4 tsp K2SO4
Mon, Wed, Fri:
+ 1/2 oz Flourish
Tue, Thur, Sat:
+ 1/8 tsp KNO3
+ 1/4 tsp K2SO4
My Lamotte kits typically register plenty of NO3 and PO4 when I test so I imagine I am dosing enough. So much PO4 that I stopped dosing it all together. My tap registers 0 so it must be coming from the fish and shrimp poop.
The thing that concerns me and leads me to this post is that my Glosso and Anubias both have dark green veins (not so easy to see on the Glosso) and yellow in between the veins. Here is an example:
All the new growth (since I added CO2 and EI) Anubias leaves look like that. Looks like something is deficient but I cannot determine what it might be. According to some posts here and on other forums the symptoms would indicate that Iron is lacking but I would think that the EQ and Flourish I am adding would take care of that. I have added Flourish Iron on occasion but it clouds my tank water which leaves (no pun intended
) me to believe that (based again on some things I have read around the forums) it may be unavailable to the plants once the water is cloudy.
Any prognosis or thoughts from the public? I greatly appreciate any advice.
Thanks,
Adam
Been adding CO2 for the past 4 months and addng EI'ing along for the past 3 months -- keeping records for the past 2. Overall my tank is better than it's ever been. I'm creating a salad bowl of clippings every Sunday night during my weekly water change and anything I plant (so far) grows -- nothing dies. Here is a photo from a few weeks ago:

Here is my regimen:
Sun:
50%+ H2O Change
+ 1/8 tsp KNO3
+ 1/4 tsp Equilibrium
+ 1/4 tsp K2SO4
Mon, Wed, Fri:
+ 1/2 oz Flourish
Tue, Thur, Sat:
+ 1/8 tsp KNO3
+ 1/4 tsp K2SO4
My Lamotte kits typically register plenty of NO3 and PO4 when I test so I imagine I am dosing enough. So much PO4 that I stopped dosing it all together. My tap registers 0 so it must be coming from the fish and shrimp poop.
The thing that concerns me and leads me to this post is that my Glosso and Anubias both have dark green veins (not so easy to see on the Glosso) and yellow in between the veins. Here is an example:

All the new growth (since I added CO2 and EI) Anubias leaves look like that. Looks like something is deficient but I cannot determine what it might be. According to some posts here and on other forums the symptoms would indicate that Iron is lacking but I would think that the EQ and Flourish I am adding would take care of that. I have added Flourish Iron on occasion but it clouds my tank water which leaves (no pun intended
Any prognosis or thoughts from the public? I greatly appreciate any advice.
Thanks,
Adam