gimmethatfish
Aquarium Advice Activist
So I got some bunches of hornwort from my LFS. Bought them all at the same time out of the same tank. I distributed them among my 3 tanks and put them in the tanks about a month ago.
I have a desktop tank at work - a 4 gallon fluval view with 1 betta - where the hornwort is doing great. It's nice and bright. The fluval view just has a little bank of LEDs. A lot of the review said you can't grow anything in it, but all the plants I have in it are doing great - 1 java fern, 1 anubias, and the hornwort. I am not dosing with any ferts or carbon, mainly because I keep forgetting to bring some to work.
I have a 10 gallon tank at home also with 1 betta, and the hornwort is turning dull and brown around the fringes. In this tank, I also have some stalks of pennywort which look okay (not growing that fast) and a java fern and anubias which are both flourishing. I have a hood with a decent bank of LEDs (at least all the reviews said would grow plants fine). I dose with Flourish and Excel.
I have a 55 gallon tank where the hornwort is just totally crapping out. It is not heavily planted, but I do have quite a few other plants - amazon sword, moneywort, jungle val, java ferns, anacharis. All the other plants are doing well. I have a pretty decent compact fluorescent light which does need to be replaced soon but it's doing well for now. I dose with Flourish and Excel and will be getting some root tabs when I rescape.
The only difference is the ferts. Does hornwort just not do well with ferts? I really didn't think it would do well in the 4G tank because of the lighting, but it's doing the BEST there. What the heck?
I have a desktop tank at work - a 4 gallon fluval view with 1 betta - where the hornwort is doing great. It's nice and bright. The fluval view just has a little bank of LEDs. A lot of the review said you can't grow anything in it, but all the plants I have in it are doing great - 1 java fern, 1 anubias, and the hornwort. I am not dosing with any ferts or carbon, mainly because I keep forgetting to bring some to work.
I have a 10 gallon tank at home also with 1 betta, and the hornwort is turning dull and brown around the fringes. In this tank, I also have some stalks of pennywort which look okay (not growing that fast) and a java fern and anubias which are both flourishing. I have a hood with a decent bank of LEDs (at least all the reviews said would grow plants fine). I dose with Flourish and Excel.
I have a 55 gallon tank where the hornwort is just totally crapping out. It is not heavily planted, but I do have quite a few other plants - amazon sword, moneywort, jungle val, java ferns, anacharis. All the other plants are doing well. I have a pretty decent compact fluorescent light which does need to be replaced soon but it's doing well for now. I dose with Flourish and Excel and will be getting some root tabs when I rescape.
The only difference is the ferts. Does hornwort just not do well with ferts? I really didn't think it would do well in the 4G tank because of the lighting, but it's doing the BEST there. What the heck?
