Hello. My Aponogeton Ulvaceous and Amazon Sword plant are continually putting out new leaves but they seem to start out damaged. They have tears in various areas and are very fragile. Eventually they just tear apart completely. I also have a val. plant th at seams get what I would call water spots or bruises on the leaves and they slowly turn yellow and break off. Help! The rest of the plants in the tanks seem fine - large group of cryptocoryne plants, rotala rotundifolia and water wisteria....
The facts...
My tank is 90 gallons and I have a Coralife Aqualight 6700K lamp with 4 65 Watt bulbs. I am going to be connecting a pressurized CO2 tank but have been using Excel in the meantime to provide carbon (about 26 ml per day). I also use Flourish liquid fertilizer and substrate tabs that are supposed to last a few months.
So as not to stress the fish, I have been changing the water by taking out 5-6 gallons 4 days a week rather than 20-30 gallons all at once. After each little change, I add 1 ml of the Flourish liquid to get to the weekly 4 ml recommended dose on the bottle. I admint I had let the tank go for a while and have started these regular changes and nutrient dosing within the last month. The bulbs were all changed out as well. Substrate is Eco Complete and is about 3 years old. Water chemistry - very soft water, PH about 7/7.5. Tested for PO4 and NO3 and readings were 0 ppm each... could this be causing part of the problem?
Hope to hear from somebody soon so I can get growing
Thanks a bunch!
The facts...
My tank is 90 gallons and I have a Coralife Aqualight 6700K lamp with 4 65 Watt bulbs. I am going to be connecting a pressurized CO2 tank but have been using Excel in the meantime to provide carbon (about 26 ml per day). I also use Flourish liquid fertilizer and substrate tabs that are supposed to last a few months.
So as not to stress the fish, I have been changing the water by taking out 5-6 gallons 4 days a week rather than 20-30 gallons all at once. After each little change, I add 1 ml of the Flourish liquid to get to the weekly 4 ml recommended dose on the bottle. I admint I had let the tank go for a while and have started these regular changes and nutrient dosing within the last month. The bulbs were all changed out as well. Substrate is Eco Complete and is about 3 years old. Water chemistry - very soft water, PH about 7/7.5. Tested for PO4 and NO3 and readings were 0 ppm each... could this be causing part of the problem?
Hope to hear from somebody soon so I can get growing
Thanks a bunch!