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Nogauthi

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Hi I just add plants. I don't know the name for all of them. If you can help. And my java fern is turning black. And another kind is getting yellow leafs. What can I do?
 

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Tell us a bit more about your tank:

nitrate?
Phosphate?
Lighting (duration, type)?
Age of tank?
Stock of tank?
Are you adding any fertilizer supplementation?
How long have the plants been in there?

Some black spots on java fern is normal. The yellowing is a sign of either nitrogen or iron deficiency most likely.
 
fort384 said:
Tell us a bit more about your tank:

nitrate?
Phosphate?
Lighting (duration, type)?
Age of tank?
Stock of tank?
Are you adding any fertilizer supplementation?
How long have the plants been in there?

Some black spots on java fern is normal. The yellowing is a sign of either nitrogen or iron deficiency most likely.

My nitrate. Extremely high. Over 100 ppm. Was not told the right way to keep my tank. So now I'm doing a 25 pwc every second day to try and bring them down

Lighting is normally around 10 hrs. Got a tropic sun and ultra sun

I got the tank second hand about two months ago. It's four years.

I have 17 cichlids in a 65 gallon. With rapheal Pleco, Bushynose and golden Chinese algae eater

Got plants on oct 31

Using flourish excel daily and supplement 2 week and add iron twice

Yesterday added a java fern
 

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ok.

1 Other thing, the pic in the bottom right (onion looking plant) is not fully aquatic. It has to grow emersed to live.

Lets talk more about your lighting: What kind of light is it? How many bulbs?
 
fort384 said:
ok.

1 Other thing, the pic in the bottom right (onion looking plant) is not fully aquatic. It has to grow emersed to live.

Lets talk more about your lighting: What kind of light is it? How many bulbs?

Ok so onion plants must put all in subtract?

Light one is a tropic sun 5500K and other one is ultra sun 6500K
 
fort384 said:
Can u take a pic? That info is important.

I think I see the watts. Size is 36". Tropic sun 25 W and ultra sun is 25 W
 

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Ok, those are T8 bulbs. A 65 gallon tank is pretty deep - I think what we may be seeing here is a lack of sufficient lighting at depth. My recommendation would be to upgrade to either LEDs or at least a dual t5ho fixture.
 
fort384 said:
Ok, those are T8 bulbs. A 65 gallon tank is pretty deep - I think what we may be seeing here is a lack of sufficient lighting at depth. My recommendation would be to upgrade to either LEDs or at least a dual t5ho fixture.

Geez I just bought these. They told me it would bring out the color of my fishes.
What light should I look for
 
fort384 said:
Ok, those are T8 bulbs. A 65 gallon tank is pretty deep - I think what we may be seeing here is a lack of sufficient lighting at depth. My recommendation would be to upgrade to either LEDs or at least a dual t5ho fixture.

Those t5ho what I just buy a 36". And it will fit my cover? Are they expensive. And is their a special bulb I should get to get my colours out. And how long can I keep those lights on?
 
You would have to upgrade the fixture. You can't put t5ho bulbs in a t8 fixture. The ballast won't light the bulbs.

I light my planted tanks for 8-9 hours a day.
 
fort384 said:
ok.

1 Other thing, the pic in the bottom right (onion looking plant) is not fully aquatic. It has to grow emersed to live.

Are you thinking it's an actual "onion plant" or thinking it's something else? Crinums should be aquatic, or at least the ones usually sold for aquarium purposes usually are.
 
Do you think it is crinum? I was thinking it was o japonica. Looking at it again, it could very well be a crinum of some sort, especially given the way the leaves join at the base of the plant.
 
Crinum was my first thought, but it would need to get some more growth before I was confident about it.


Also, I would advise you to move it, as it looks like its being shaded where it's at now.
 
fort384 said:
Do you think it is crinum? I was thinking it was o japonica. Looking at it again, it could very well be a crinum of some sort, especially given the way the leaves join at the base of the plant.

Yes crinum
 
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