Co2 neccessary for crypts and anubias?

[Kristian Tombs]

As above ^

 

[Old Scales]

No. Not for those med/low light plants. Saying that, I know that dosing liquid carbon some will make them grow a little nicer. Crypts also need root fertilizer tabs put in the substrate near them as they are root feeders. You could dose Excel or Metricyde 14 at about 1 ml per 5 gal. for these plants. OS.

 

[Fishlover3578]

Anubias can it go without the liquid stuff and just be in a fishtank with lowlights and sand

 

[Kristian Tombs]

The tank is 40L (10 US Gallons)

In the tank I have:

Jbl Aquabasis Plus Substrate (Soil)
With mixed with Jbl Kugeln (Clay Balls)
Capped with Jbl manado substrate (fired clay)

The soil provides nutrients such as iron and potassium the manado is CEC but has no nutrients and the clay balls provide loads of iron and CEC.

API Root Tabs they're in there aswell. So in total I have 4 substrate products.

Fertilisers: I dose Jbl Ferropol weekly and Jbl Ferropol 24 daily. So that's two liquid fertilisers.

Carbon: I dose API Carbon Booster daily. To provide the plants with a bit of co2. Even though its not co2 it's glut but oh well.

Lights: High power Led light tile 25 watts.

Plants: Java moss
Java Fern
Anubias barteri var. nana
Anubias barteri var. nana bonsai
Anubias Lanceolata
Cryptocorne Moelhmanni
Crypticorne Nevilli
2x Unknown Cryptocorne
Elodea Densa otherwise known as Egeria Densa or Anacharis

Fish: 5x Hengeli Rasbora
5x Small Cardinal Tetra
3x Corydoras Julii

Overall I am happy with tank performance. I have no algae and no Ammonia and NO2 and 5ppm NO3 and I have minimal tank maintenance.

I will be purchasing more crypts and was wondering whether the investment in pressurized co2 would be worth it and whether such system needs a solenoid?
Can't you just turn it on and off manually?

 

[Rivercats]

For that plant list I personally wouldn't run CO2 as the liquid carbon is fine. I am shocked the liquid carbon hasn't melted the Anacharis tho as it is very sensitive to it. How much are you dosing daily? Just curious. I run all but 2 of my planted tanks with liquid carbon.

 

[Kristian Tombs]

For that plant list I personally wouldn't run CO2 as the liquid carbon is fine. I am shocked the liquid carbon hasn't melted the Anacharis tho as it is very sensitive to it. How much are you dosing daily? Just curious. I run all but 2 of my planted tanks with liquid carbon.

When I first started dosing I was dosing the recommended amount 7 days a week and it started melting so I cut down to half the amount 6 days a week and it stopped melting then after a few weeks I went back the recommended amount 6 days a week and occasionally some stems do die but I have so much it doesn't matter.

 

[Kristian Tombs]

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