Last week, I added a 'large' number of plants to my meager java ferns. (Anubias barteri & coffeefolia, Balansae, Wendtii (red & green), narrow leaf swords, some java moss, petite nanas, and 2 Tiger lotus)
To help them stay happy, I also setup a pressurized CO2 system and purchased the range of seachem ferts for use until I get a better handle on what I'm doing.
I would really appreciate any thoughts you might care to share, please help - I need guidance.
Ferts - I started adding them last week
Seachem potassium: 3x week 5mL
Seachem iron: 1x week 5mL
Seachem phosphorus: 1x week .5mL
Seachem comprehensive: 1x week 5mL
However, it looks like they might not be doing so well:
Anubia rotting on the edge. Should I be adding even more potassium:
Some leaves on the micro swords turned brown pretty quickly and the rhizome on the left anubia is white muck. When touched, it dissolved!
And the ever popular crypt rot... only this one seems to have dissolved, the others are maybe ok?
Should java moss be brown?
48G bowfront
96W coralife lighting
CO2: ~15 (by chart), 1bps through bubble counter
PH: 6.6
KH: 2.25
GH: 4.5
NO3: 20ppm (lowest indicator on test strip)
50% weekly water change
edit: PO4: 2.0
edit: NO3: 12.5
To help them stay happy, I also setup a pressurized CO2 system and purchased the range of seachem ferts for use until I get a better handle on what I'm doing.
I would really appreciate any thoughts you might care to share, please help - I need guidance.
Ferts - I started adding them last week
Seachem potassium: 3x week 5mL
Seachem iron: 1x week 5mL
Seachem phosphorus: 1x week .5mL
Seachem comprehensive: 1x week 5mL
However, it looks like they might not be doing so well:
Anubia rotting on the edge. Should I be adding even more potassium:
Some leaves on the micro swords turned brown pretty quickly and the rhizome on the left anubia is white muck. When touched, it dissolved!
And the ever popular crypt rot... only this one seems to have dissolved, the others are maybe ok?
Should java moss be brown?
48G bowfront
96W coralife lighting
CO2: ~15 (by chart), 1bps through bubble counter
PH: 6.6
KH: 2.25
GH: 4.5
NO3: 20ppm (lowest indicator on test strip)
50% weekly water change
edit: PO4: 2.0
edit: NO3: 12.5