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Aquarium Advice Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Chicago
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What is wrong with my plants?
Can someone tell me what is wrong with my plants? Is it some kind of the rot or just potassium deficiency?
Let me see if I can add my pic. |
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Looks like potassium and maybe magnesium. Are you dosing?
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It`s a 60 gallon tank. [acronym:124c93cc65="Watts Per Gallon"]WPG[/acronym:124c93cc65] is about 3.5.
[acronym:124c93cc65="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:124c93cc65] level is 19 [acronym:124c93cc65="Parts per Million"]ppm[/acronym:124c93cc65]. I use Chuck`s calculator to dose nutrients. K2SO4 - once a week 20ppm Plantex+B+[acronym:124c93cc65="Iron"]Fe[/acronym:124c93cc65] twice a week 1.5ml ( 1 TBS in .250ml of destilled water ) I checked nitrate level - 13 - 15 [acronym:124c93cc65="milligrams or magnesium, depending on context"]mg[/acronym:124c93cc65]/l [acronym:124c93cc65="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]PH[/acronym:124c93cc65] - 7.0 no clue about magnesium |
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You certainly have enough [acronym:131e1bf5e1="Kelvin or Potassium, depending on context"]K[/acronym:131e1bf5e1]. Do you know your [acronym:131e1bf5e1="General Hardness"]GH[/acronym:131e1bf5e1]? You may have seen this page already, but if you have not: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nutrient.htm Here is an example from a quick google search, but a terrestrial plant: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...deficiency.jpg
You can add 1 TBS MgSO4, Epsom Salt, to your trace mix bottle per Gregs Plantex howto. |
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[acronym:71a8c83a31="General Hardness"]GH[/acronym:71a8c83a31] is 5.
All those clear spots I see only on heavy root feeders. Two leaves in my pic is anubia and red sword. I got`em from my friend where they were doing great. For 10 days after I planted`em in my tank everything was OK. Just for the last 4-5 days I started noticing clear spots and tiny holes especially in anubia. I make my own root tabs ([acronym:71a8c83a31="Poor Mans Dosing Drops"]PMDD[/acronym:71a8c83a31] + clay) and I put one or two close the roots. I`m really confused - have no clue what is wrong. |
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I'd agrees with the lack of [acronym:8d95e3a7d4="Kelvin or Potassium, depending on context"]K[/acronym:8d95e3a7d4] and [acronym:8d95e3a7d4="milligrams or magnesium, depending on context"]mg[/acronym:8d95e3a7d4]. YOur Co2 is low also. Try to get it up to 30ppm. This will in the least keep algae at bay while your plants recover. I would also remove those leaves.
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Because of the appearing pinholes and since it are older leaves I would still say it's a potassium deficiency.
@simpte: if the whole plant looks like that, what do you want to remove - the whole plant? And why except for looks would you want to remove it? It's not a disease.
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OK. What do you suggest, guys? Anubias and red swords are root feeders.
Should I put more root tabs near roots or increase [acronym:28c5d00e14="Kelvin or Potassium, depending on context"]K[/acronym:28c5d00e14] in the water column? |
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[acronym:660ab2fe23="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:660ab2fe23], you shouldn't change anything. As you say, it's only the heavy root feeders that are suffering. These guys may only be showing a delayed response to being moved. I say prune back the badly damaged leaves and give them a couple more weeks to re-establish their root systems. From what I gather you've got gravel substrate? If so, give them a chance to get their root system over to your "pockets" of gravel heavily fertilised by your root tabs.
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