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I have a 79G planted tank. It is running almost 3 months now and most of the plants are going great. Still, some of my red plants are yellowish in their appearance and the reason is a mystery to me, so I thought maybe you could help me on that ! To be exact the plants wich are whitish are: Proserpinaca palustris, Ludwigia repens, Eusteralis stellata and Rotala macrandra.
I will give you as much informations as I can :
Lighting :216W, 4x54watts , T5,Sylvania gro-lux.
Photoperiod: 11h 2X54 and 3h 4X54
CO2: 3b/sec at ext. filter input
PH 6.8
KH 7
DH 9 (I am using plain tap water)
NO3 10-15ppm
PO4 0.5-1
Livestock: 20 Harlequin rasbora, 10 Threadfin rainbows,5 CPDs and 8 Yamato shrimps.
I am dosing 5ml IRON every day , 5ml Seachem TRACE 3 times a week and 5ml POTASSIUM every day. I believe this is a havy dosing but still my plants are yellow! As a result some algae started to appear the last 2 weeks, it looks like Spirogyra or green thread algae ??
Also I have difficulty and find it challenging to keep my Myriophyllum tuberculatum healthy and it has stunned lately..
Some photos of my tank and my plants may help:
Thank you in advance .
I have a 79G planted tank. It is running almost 3 months now and most of the plants are going great. Still, some of my red plants are yellowish in their appearance and the reason is a mystery to me, so I thought maybe you could help me on that ! To be exact the plants wich are whitish are: Proserpinaca palustris, Ludwigia repens, Eusteralis stellata and Rotala macrandra.
I will give you as much informations as I can :
Lighting :216W, 4x54watts , T5,Sylvania gro-lux.
Photoperiod: 11h 2X54 and 3h 4X54
CO2: 3b/sec at ext. filter input
PH 6.8
KH 7
DH 9 (I am using plain tap water)
NO3 10-15ppm
PO4 0.5-1
Livestock: 20 Harlequin rasbora, 10 Threadfin rainbows,5 CPDs and 8 Yamato shrimps.
I am dosing 5ml IRON every day , 5ml Seachem TRACE 3 times a week and 5ml POTASSIUM every day. I believe this is a havy dosing but still my plants are yellow! As a result some algae started to appear the last 2 weeks, it looks like Spirogyra or green thread algae ??
Also I have difficulty and find it challenging to keep my Myriophyllum tuberculatum healthy and it has stunned lately..
Some photos of my tank and my plants may help:
Thank you in advance .



