brown spots

[BlazedSaint]

Hey guys so my anubius arnt lookin so good some of the leaves have like brown spots(shadowish) roots seem to be growing well but leaves lookin a lil rough

 

[Rivercats]

A picture would help a lot as it's hard to say what the problem is without seeing it.

 

[BlazedSaint]

Apologize for slight cloudiness my tank is dealing with a bacteria bloom I was feeding to much and I think I did to many water changes and restarted my cycle

 

[BlazedSaint]

If that pic isn't good enough I will repost in a few from my PC

 

[Rivercats]

Are you dosing any types of ferts?

 

[BlazedSaint]

I'm using seachem flourish and will be getting some flourish excel next Friday but also been doing a every other day water changes all week due to bloom

 

[BlazedSaint]

Using 3 layer sub (sand, florite, and gravel)

 

[BlazedSaint]

Can't really see the spots well but they are like a brownish shadow spot

 

[20cc]

maybe potassium difficiency.

 

[BlazedSaint]

Flourish contains potassium tho so I'm already dosing for that

 

[aqua_chem]

Can you brush it off? Could it just be an algae on the leaves? It's not easy to tell from these pictures.

 

[Rivercats]

Flourish is pretty much all micro nutrients with a touch of macro's so it is easy to have a potassium deficiency when using that as a sole fertilizer.

 

[BlazedSaint]

Can you brush it off? Could it just be an algae on the leaves? It's not easy to tell from these pictures.

ya i know, HDMI Cell Camera my A%% : ) lol i need a real digital camera : ), but there is like algae on them and i brush it off daily or my platys eat it off, but there are like dark spots on(seems like in) the leaves that i cant brush off, i got some API Co2 Booster(Wanted Excel But literally no-one carries it), so ill dose the tank with it tonight, any other suggestions? the plants have been in tank for about 3 weeks, i got them from a creditable website(liveaquaria.com), tank has been set up for 4 weeks, however i think i had a cycle crash, as im getting ammonia readings, and no nitrite/nitrate, but im going to do a big water change, then use the safe start, will also dose with co2 booster and flourish

 

[Rivercats]

ya i know, HDMI Cell Camera my A%% : ) lol i need a real digital camera : ), but there is like algae on them and i brush it off daily or my platys eat it off, but there are like dark spots on(seems like in) the leaves that i cant brush off, i got some API Co2 Booster(Wanted Excel But literally no-one carries it), so ill dose the tank with it tonight, any other suggestions? the plants have been in tank for about 3 weeks, i got them from a creditable website(liveaquaria.com), tank has been set up for 4 weeks, however i think i had a cycle crash, as im getting ammonia readings, and no nitrite/nitrate, but im going to do a big water change, then use the safe start, will also dose with co2 booster and flourish

API CO2 Booster, Excel, and Glutaraldehyde are the same. I use the "generic" Glut as it's way cheaper.

What is your ph?

 

[BlazedSaint]

API CO2 Booster, Excel, and Glutaraldehyde are the same. I use the "generic" Glut as it's way cheaper.

What is your ph?

Right on, ill get some potassium to add to the tank, and i just like the excel because everything else im using is seachem( im a loyal brand kinda guy) but ill dose with flourish and co2 booster and see what happens, i know there is some potassium in flourish(atleast the bottle says so) so if nothing has changed ill look into some potassium, on a side note, i got some of the plant bulbs from walmart as a cheap experiment, and they are sprouting and looking great, could all this be the plants still getting settled in, or even a reaction to my cycle crash?

 

[Rivercats]

The reason I asked what your ph happens to be is because if ph falls to below 6.5 biological activity slows and if ph falls to 6 or below biological activity stops and BB slowly begins to die off.

 

[BlazedSaint]

The reason I asked what your ph happens to be is because if ph falls to below 6.5 biological activity slows and if ph falls to 6 or below biological activity stops and BB slowly begins to die off.

ooooo, sorry missed your "whats your ph question", ph stays between 7.4 and 7.6

 

[BlazedSaint]

Added Co2 supplement and algae immediately started subsiding, and my tall anubias "c" actually started to grow a few new big roots overnight!

 

[Rivercats]

Added Co2 supplement and algae immediately started subsiding, and my tall anubias "c" actually started to grow a few new big roots overnight!

I use it in all my tanks, even the one's with CO2. It can make a big difference when used daily. But also remember that when plants grow more they are going to need and use more ferts.

 

[BlazedSaint]

10-4 I agree its great stuff and I'll remember that right now I'm dosing with flourish 1x a week and treating for 20 out of 29 gallons for Co2 daily but will increase as my bulbs grow plants grow and I add more, I want another piece of driftwood with a few more anubias