imissmytruck
Aquarium Advice Regular
- Joined
- May 8, 2012
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- 96
Anything I plant dies. My broad leaf plants and grasses appear to dry out and crack. Anything "whispy" just turns brown. My peacock moss is not spreading and my Java moss just sits there.
I have a flourite substrate. I use the Flourite cubes. I use Flourish Excel. And Aqueon "plant food". My tap water is a bit acidic, so I use an acid buffer by seachem that says it is safe for planted tanks. No I do not use a co2 diffuser. I want to but cant afford the set up yet.
My water changes are very frequent. All chem levels are great with the minor exception of my Nitrate level. I cant seem to get it below 5ppm. And that is using the seachem Purigen AND a Nitra-zorb.
My lighting is odd. Bulbs are expensive, so on half the tank I have a coralife twin bulb. Using the colormax and a 6700k. The other half has just a standard fixture with a floramax bulb. Now these are almost six months old. So I do need new ones.
I have not tested the hardness of the water. Is that an issue?
Can any one help?
I have a flourite substrate. I use the Flourite cubes. I use Flourish Excel. And Aqueon "plant food". My tap water is a bit acidic, so I use an acid buffer by seachem that says it is safe for planted tanks. No I do not use a co2 diffuser. I want to but cant afford the set up yet.
My water changes are very frequent. All chem levels are great with the minor exception of my Nitrate level. I cant seem to get it below 5ppm. And that is using the seachem Purigen AND a Nitra-zorb.
My lighting is odd. Bulbs are expensive, so on half the tank I have a coralife twin bulb. Using the colormax and a 6700k. The other half has just a standard fixture with a floramax bulb. Now these are almost six months old. So I do need new ones.
I have not tested the hardness of the water. Is that an issue?
Can any one help?