Looks good - what was the substrate again? (absent minded here).
Looking good! Exciting tank is this one.
Left and right is Eco complete but has some white normal gravel I struggled to get rid of and the center is fluval stratum.
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Thanks! How is the colour in real life? It looks ok - I see some threads where people find high intensity lights wash the colours out a bit.
My experience is pretty limited. I find curled leaves associated with a lack of potassium (but I tend to notice more holes in lower leaves at same time). I have tried increasing calcium and magnesium but increasing potassium I think gives most benefit. In mine I dry dose a spoonful or two of potassium each night. Shovel it in pretty much.
Leaves going from red to patchy red/green I did notice when I cut back micros / iron dosing. Seemed to fix itself when I increased dosing again.
Hmm interesting! I do have a big bag here of potassium. Maybe I'll dose abit.
Think I'll use my micros abit too. Does overdosing micros cause any issues at all?
I'm not sure. There was a small movement in the forums that believed it can cause toxicity but I think it got nullified somewhat. I wouldn't worry too much about it yet if I were to be stingey with any of the ferts it would be micros.
I'm not sure. There was a small movement in the forums that believed it can cause toxicity but I think it got nullified somewhat. I wouldn't worry too much about it yet if I were to be stingey with any of the ferts it would be micros.
Ah, interesting. I got a bit worried on the copper levels dosed in micro mix so picked up a bag of iron ferts to dose separately.
I think it was in a general order of ferts I made to make up weight. I used to dose a lot of iron but found some fine leaf plants like foxtail get a terrible brown muddy colour in my tank. Plant still looked fine, just didn't like the colour. So I've cut back dosing iron specifically to just a little pinch a week. Plus the iron that is in my normal PMDD dosing.
When I was dosing the micros specifically I was putting it all on one day (plus normal PMDD daily dosing). I never noticed any issues, it was just the copper level seemed to getting on the high side for dosing.
Do u use aquarium mix from Aquagreen by any chance?
Yes, everything from aquagreen for ferts and glut. Usually order once a year or so. Cheapest I've found.
Ah, interesting. I got a bit worried on the copper levels dosed in micro mix so picked up a bag of iron ferts to dose separately.
I think it was in a general order of ferts I made to make up weight. I used to dose a lot of iron but found some fine leaf plants like foxtail get a terrible brown muddy colour in my tank. Plant still looked fine, just didn't like the colour. So I've cut back dosing iron specifically to just a little pinch a week. Plus the iron that is in my normal PMDD dosing.
When I was dosing the micros specifically I was putting it all on one day (plus normal PMDD daily dosing). I never noticed any issues, it was just the copper level seemed to getting on the high side for dosing.
I've never seen any direct micro nutrient deficiencies in my tank (from the charts you see on the web. But I don't know where they come from) The only deficiency I see is other than co2 is a paler green leaf on some of the faster growing plants. At that point I put some micros in just in case but I always keep up with the macros.
Really starting to come along this. Let the grow in commence.