DC634
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a couple of tanks going at the moment. One I have had running for about 2 years now (Black Gravel) and a second one that has been running for about 3 months now. I have various plants in both and was hoping someone can give me some advise or pointers on how to fix what looks to be nutrient deficiencies. I do not have all the parameters of each tank at the moment but I was hoping someone could give an educated guess based on a couple of pictures. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
In the tank with the sand (sub-layer of Seachem Flourite Black Clay Gravel) you can see some of the older leaves are turning black around the edges. I was wondering if this could be a magnesium deficiency? This is a 10 gallon tank.
Also in the other tank (Black eco-complete gravel), my cryps are growing weird and mis-shapen. A few leaves on my amazon swards are like this as well. But the swards are still growing nicely. This is a 29 gallon tank. I am wondering if this could be a calcium deficiency.
10 Gallon (With Flourit gravel topped with Sand):
Phosphate: 3ppm
Ph: 6.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 10 ppm
Light: Aqueon Aquarium Clip-On LED Light (Planted) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1
On the 10 gallon I have been dosing "NilocG Aquatics | Liquid NPK+M | 500ml Bottles | Highly Concentrated Aquarium Plant Fertilizer for Demanding Planted Tanks" I been dosing that for the past 3 weeks. 1 pumps twice a week per bottle (Monday and Thursday I do one bottle and Tuesday and Friday I dose the other bottle). I have not used any root tabs on this tank yet. I just started using pressurized co2 about 3 weeks ago now. The growth is MUCH faster now. I just have the issue of the older leaves turning the nasty brown collor. They do not quit seem to be deteriorating yet like i have had in the past with my 29 gal tank. But I could be wrong on that.
Here is the link for the ferts: https://www.amazon.com/NilocG-Aquati...8XAARBE1K2ZR2Y
29 Gallon (Black eco-Complete)
Phosphate:2ppm
Ph:6.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 15ppm
Light: BeamsWork DA FSPEC LED Aquarium Light Pent Freshwater (30")https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
On the 29 gal. tank I use excel everyday/every other day. I dose "NilocG Aquatics | Liquid NPK+M | 500ml Bottles | Highly Concentrated Aquarium Plant Fertilizer for Demanding Planted Tanks" I been dosing that for the past 3 weeks. 3 pumps twice a week per bottle (Monday and Thursday I do one bottle and Tuesday and Friday I dose the other bottle). I use DIY root tabs using osmocote plus. I have noticed when after I add these the Phosphate levels jump pretty high for the next 2-3 weeks then levels back out to what it is now. I do those about once ever 3-4 months.
Here is the link to the micros and macros ferts
https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-NPK-Aq...ZGSYN8K23K7XKJ
These are of right now. I do 50% water changes every weekend on both tanks.
In the tank with the sand (sub-layer of Seachem Flourite Black Clay Gravel) you can see some of the older leaves are turning black around the edges. I was wondering if this could be a magnesium deficiency? This is a 10 gallon tank.
Also in the other tank (Black eco-complete gravel), my cryps are growing weird and mis-shapen. A few leaves on my amazon swards are like this as well. But the swards are still growing nicely. This is a 29 gallon tank. I am wondering if this could be a calcium deficiency.
10 Gallon (With Flourit gravel topped with Sand):
Phosphate: 3ppm
Ph: 6.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 10 ppm
Light: Aqueon Aquarium Clip-On LED Light (Planted) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1
On the 10 gallon I have been dosing "NilocG Aquatics | Liquid NPK+M | 500ml Bottles | Highly Concentrated Aquarium Plant Fertilizer for Demanding Planted Tanks" I been dosing that for the past 3 weeks. 1 pumps twice a week per bottle (Monday and Thursday I do one bottle and Tuesday and Friday I dose the other bottle). I have not used any root tabs on this tank yet. I just started using pressurized co2 about 3 weeks ago now. The growth is MUCH faster now. I just have the issue of the older leaves turning the nasty brown collor. They do not quit seem to be deteriorating yet like i have had in the past with my 29 gal tank. But I could be wrong on that.
Here is the link for the ferts: https://www.amazon.com/NilocG-Aquati...8XAARBE1K2ZR2Y
29 Gallon (Black eco-Complete)
Phosphate:2ppm
Ph:6.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 15ppm
Light: BeamsWork DA FSPEC LED Aquarium Light Pent Freshwater (30")https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
On the 29 gal. tank I use excel everyday/every other day. I dose "NilocG Aquatics | Liquid NPK+M | 500ml Bottles | Highly Concentrated Aquarium Plant Fertilizer for Demanding Planted Tanks" I been dosing that for the past 3 weeks. 3 pumps twice a week per bottle (Monday and Thursday I do one bottle and Tuesday and Friday I dose the other bottle). I use DIY root tabs using osmocote plus. I have noticed when after I add these the Phosphate levels jump pretty high for the next 2-3 weeks then levels back out to what it is now. I do those about once ever 3-4 months.
Here is the link to the micros and macros ferts
https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-NPK-Aq...ZGSYN8K23K7XKJ
These are of right now. I do 50% water changes every weekend on both tanks.