Lohoyan
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi everyone, was hoping someone could tell me why my 45G plants are languishing while my 20G plants are doing so well. My 20G looks really nice and lush. It has a single 20 watt T8 life gro bulb and standard colored gravel. Its medium stocked and only recently added any liquid plant fertilizer.
My 45G doesn't look good at all. I recently replaced the single T8 power glo with a dual T5 HO life glo and added liquid fertilizer and was hoping for a huge improvement. Well it's been several weeks and nothing much is happening. The ferns are OK but everything else just seems dormant and ratty looking. Even the wisteria I had in there at one time completely disappeared.
The water parameters are about the same. The biggest difference is the gravel, the 45G has a natural beach gravel, larger in size, 10-12mm. It looks like little pebbles almost. I really like how it looks but is this stuff any good for plants?
I just bought a 65G vicenza bowfront tank and I'm going to tranfer everything from my 45G to the 65G. I'm just wondering if I should go with some better gravel as I would like to go toward a heavily planted tank. Should I use eco complete. I hear its great for plants and looks good too.
Thanks
My 45G doesn't look good at all. I recently replaced the single T8 power glo with a dual T5 HO life glo and added liquid fertilizer and was hoping for a huge improvement. Well it's been several weeks and nothing much is happening. The ferns are OK but everything else just seems dormant and ratty looking. Even the wisteria I had in there at one time completely disappeared.
The water parameters are about the same. The biggest difference is the gravel, the 45G has a natural beach gravel, larger in size, 10-12mm. It looks like little pebbles almost. I really like how it looks but is this stuff any good for plants?
I just bought a 65G vicenza bowfront tank and I'm going to tranfer everything from my 45G to the 65G. I'm just wondering if I should go with some better gravel as I would like to go toward a heavily planted tank. Should I use eco complete. I hear its great for plants and looks good too.
Thanks