38G Planted Tank

[Marvin4o9]

Okay I need some help with some plants of mine, first of I got floramax substrate with diy root tabs and diy co2, also got a finnex planted+ led light along with my diy sliding glass top. Now that that information is out of the way.

I recently had ich in my tank and right now i have the temp at 90 degrees and about two weeks ago i put salt into the tank, but 5 50 pct water changes later the tank doesnt have anymore salt, but i do still have it at 90 degrees just as a precaution to kill any left over ich. My plants suffered from the temp and salt and some of the medicine i was using for the ich. The main plants that suffered were my st.repens which kinda melted off. Should i replant them and pluck off the dead leaves?

Now i have alternanthera reineckii which i bought at petsmart which were basically dead but a few weeks now they have come to life but im wondering how can i make them more red? Right now they are a dark brownish color and only the bottom are red, could it be the temperature? I do dose seachem iron and flourish and excel.

Now my bacopa caroliniana the bottom leaves seem to be doing better unlike the top ones which arnt growing as much as the bottom ones.

Any help will be appreciated thanks guys.

The pictures are of my tank 3 months to now.





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[Marvin4o9]

Here are my bacopa caroliniana and St.Repens and idk the ID of the plant on the left.

My water wisteria seems to be doing great so far

And in the picture you can clearly see the bottom leaves of the bacopa doing great but the top not so much



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[Marvin4o9]

Here is my tank before i took the rocks out.

And the S.Repens before i even dosed seachem iron,excel, and flourish and before the co2 with lower lighting, thats why i dont understand why they arnt regrowing \:

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[bcarl_10gal]

Could you take a closer picture of the melted s.repens leaf? Are they still melting?


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[Marvin4o9]

Yeah i can let me take it right quick

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[Marvin4o9]

Here they are

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[bcarl_10gal]

Take a look in my thread and see if the melt is similar. Brookster has long suspected salt from my water softener getting through my RO system. I have documented several pictures. Let us know if they are what you are seeing.


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[Marvin4o9]

Okay will do thanks c: was just hoping they would grow especially with the dosing and co2 n better lighting, i mean it did grow with the t8 and no dosing or co2 lol

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[Marvin4o9]

Beep

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[Marvin4o9]

Beep

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[Dallascowboys16]

I might see some pin holes however I can't really tell. If they are pin holes it could be a potassium deficiency. Might have some BBA starting up as well which points to co2 problems.

 

[Marvin4o9]

I might see some pin holes however I can't really tell. If they are pin holes it could be a potassium deficiency. Might have some BBA starting up as well which points to co2 problems.

Yeah they do have some plants do have some holes, so how would i fix that problem? And im thinking my co2 mix didnt go to good because im not using pure citric acid hmmmmm

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[Marvin4o9]

Cant seem to be able to upload anymore pics lol

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[Dallascowboys16]

What ferts are you using? If you are just using a simple liquid fert mix it won't be enough so I would look at the GLA EI fert pack. Its what many of us on this forum use. Its $15 and it will last you a year at the least. For the Co2 issue I would recommend a pressurized setup and if you can't afford that or don't feel like doing that right now I would start using high doses of Excel for co2.

 

[Marvin4o9]

What ferts are you using? If you are just using a simple liquid fert mix it won't be enough so I would look at the GLA EI fert pack. Its what many of us on this forum use. Its $15 and it will last you a year at the least. For the Co2 issue I would recommend a pressurized setup and if you can't afford that or don't feel like doing that right now I would start using high doses of Excel for co2.

Ferts as in root tabs? I got the diy root tabs with dynamite premium plant food and i dose seachem iron, flourish, and excel. Along with the little bit of api co2 booster that im just using to use up.

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[bcarl_10gal]

Did you compare the s.repens with my pictures?


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[Marvin4o9]

Did you compare the s.repens with my pictures?


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Haven't been able to find your post on darn mobile app

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[bcarl_10gal]

Just bumped it for you.


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[Marvin4o9]

Kk ty

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[bcarl_10gal]

How are you distributing/diffusing the CO2 in your tank?