hi tom,
the BGA has not returned sofar, so I decided to open a new topic. I want to discuss my setup, show you some deficiencies and things that are going right.
so here is my setup again:
Tank: 100x40x40
Pomp: eheim professional 2224 (containing just white foam)
CO2: pressurized, I use the mist method
Substrate: amtra plant depot (2 years old)
Light: 1x Philips 840: 13.00-23.00
1x Philips 830: 13.00-23.00
1x Philips 830: 18.30-22.15
1x Philips 840: 19.00-22.00
1x Philips 830: 19.15-22.00
liquid fertilzer: 8 ml flourish per day, 12 ml flourish iron per day
pH: 6.35
KH: 3
GH: 5.5
Ca: ~20 mg/l (+10 mg/l after waterchange by CaCl2)
Mg: ~ 3-5 mg/l (+2.5 mg/l after waterchange by MgSO4.7H2O)
PO4: 0.6 mg/l is added daily (+1 mg/l after waterchange)
K: ~20 mg/l
NO3: 4 mg/l is added daily (+10 mg/l after waterchange)
Conductivity: 600-700 µS
Water change: 80 litres per week, 50 litres of RO water and 30 litres of tap water (pH 8, KH 5, GH 8, 660 µS, NO3 10, PO4 0)
So I add a lot of seachem products and I hope more than enough PO4/NO3. However, I measured that my PO4 was 0.25 on one day this week. Two days before it was around mg/l. so I encountered a short time of a PO4 deficiency.
my tank
the stems of some of my didiplis diandra turned black and died. It resembles symptoms that I have seen when I was low on PO4.
the pros. looks good but some stems have now again red tops.
the old tissue of the tonina melts. this is also the case for some new growth. the rate is about 3 stems that melt per week. I haven't got a picture of it, I threw them away before I took a picture...
some of the new growth looks good. especially the longer stems. something to do with light intensity?
the wallichii still looks ratty. no newgroth is observed at this moment.
Taken together, some of the plants are doing really well, some of them not. Do you have any suggestion about how to improve my setup?
greets,
yme
the BGA has not returned sofar, so I decided to open a new topic. I want to discuss my setup, show you some deficiencies and things that are going right.
so here is my setup again:
Tank: 100x40x40
Pomp: eheim professional 2224 (containing just white foam)
CO2: pressurized, I use the mist method
Substrate: amtra plant depot (2 years old)
Light: 1x Philips 840: 13.00-23.00
1x Philips 830: 13.00-23.00
1x Philips 830: 18.30-22.15
1x Philips 840: 19.00-22.00
1x Philips 830: 19.15-22.00
liquid fertilzer: 8 ml flourish per day, 12 ml flourish iron per day
pH: 6.35
KH: 3
GH: 5.5
Ca: ~20 mg/l (+10 mg/l after waterchange by CaCl2)
Mg: ~ 3-5 mg/l (+2.5 mg/l after waterchange by MgSO4.7H2O)
PO4: 0.6 mg/l is added daily (+1 mg/l after waterchange)
K: ~20 mg/l
NO3: 4 mg/l is added daily (+10 mg/l after waterchange)
Conductivity: 600-700 µS
Water change: 80 litres per week, 50 litres of RO water and 30 litres of tap water (pH 8, KH 5, GH 8, 660 µS, NO3 10, PO4 0)
So I add a lot of seachem products and I hope more than enough PO4/NO3. However, I measured that my PO4 was 0.25 on one day this week. Two days before it was around mg/l. so I encountered a short time of a PO4 deficiency.
my tank
the stems of some of my didiplis diandra turned black and died. It resembles symptoms that I have seen when I was low on PO4.
the pros. looks good but some stems have now again red tops.
the old tissue of the tonina melts. this is also the case for some new growth. the rate is about 3 stems that melt per week. I haven't got a picture of it, I threw them away before I took a picture...
some of the new growth looks good. especially the longer stems. something to do with light intensity?
the wallichii still looks ratty. no newgroth is observed at this moment.
Taken together, some of the plants are doing really well, some of them not. Do you have any suggestion about how to improve my setup?
greets,
yme