High Phosphate

[Fishlover94]

Just added my 2nd plant an WINDELOV FRUN ON DRIFTWOOD, 1st one died, but using SeaChem Neutral Regulator so Phos is like 13PPM is that bad

[Colin_T]

Any chance you can provide more information about what you are talking about.
First one died. First one of what died?

What is windelov frun on driftwood?

What is Seachem neutral regulator?
Why are you adding it?

Have you checked the tap water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate?

[Fishlover94]

Originally Posted by Colin_T

Any chance you can provide more information about what you are talking about.
First one died. First one of what died?

What is windelov frun on driftwood?

What is Seachem neutral regulator?
Why are you adding it?

Have you checked the tap water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate?

1st plant died sword was all yellow and brown.

Java fern on dirftwood

Seachem lowers PH to 7 as my tap is 8
Tap has no Phos but neutral regulator does.

[Colin_T]

Originally Posted by Fishlover94

WINDELOV FRUN ON DRIFTWOOD,

Java Fern on driftwood. Gotta love typos and auto correct

The pH regulator is probably sodium biphosphate, which is where the phosphates are coming from. 13ppm of phosphate will encourage algae to grow if you don't have lots of plants. It's not the best for the fish either.

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What fish do you keep?

What is the GH (general hardness) and KH (carbonate hardness) of your water supply?
This information can usually be obtained from your water supply company's website or by telephoning them. If they can't help you, take a glass full of tap water to the local pet shop and get them to test it for you. Write the results down (in numbers) when they do the tests. And ask them what the results are in (eg: ppm, dGH, or something else).

If you have a high GH and KH, this will contribute to a high pH. Mixing distilled or reverse osmosis (r/o) water with tap water would reduce the GH, KH and pH.


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What sort of light is above the aquarium?
How long is the light on for each day?
Any idea what the Kelvin rating is on the globes (Kelvin is usually written as a K after some numbers, eg: 6500K).

Sword plants that turn yellow can be from low light or lack of nutrients. It can also be caused by plants grown hydroponically and then put underwater. The terrestrial leaves die off when the plant is underwater and new aquatic leaves grow in their place. The terrestrial leaves usually turn yellow as the plant draws the nutrients out of the leaf, and eventually the dead leaf turns brown and starts to rot.

[Fishlover94]

Originally Posted by Colin_T

Java Fern on driftwood. Gotta love typos and auto correct

The pH regulator is probably sodium biphosphate, which is where the phosphates are coming from. 13ppm of phosphate will encourage algae to grow if you don't have lots of plants. It's not the best for the fish either.

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What fish do you keep?

What is the GH (general hardness) and KH (carbonate hardness) of your water supply?
This information can usually be obtained from your water supply company's website or by telephoning them. If they can't help you, take a glass full of tap water to the local pet shop and get them to test it for you. Write the results down (in numbers) when they do the tests. And ask them what the results are in (eg: ppm, dGH, or something else).

If you have a high GH and KH, this will contribute to a high pH. Mixing distilled or reverse osmosis (r/o) water with tap water would reduce the GH, KH and pH.


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What sort of light is above the aquarium?
How long is the light on for each day?
Any idea what the Kelvin rating is on the globes (Kelvin is usually written as a K after some numbers, eg: 6500K).

Sword plants that turn yellow can be from low light or lack of nutrients. It can also be caused by plants grown hydroponically and then put underwater. The terrestrial leaves die off when the plant is underwater and new aquatic leaves grow in their place. The terrestrial leaves usually turn yellow as the plant draws the nutrients out of the leaf, and eventually the dead leaf turns brown and starts to rot.

Light is AquaSky 2.0 3000 - 25 000 K
I'm starting to use alkaline buffer witch has no Phosphat
On for 12 but from 6 to 8 it ramps from 0-100% and from 18 to 22 ramps from 100-0%
For nutrients I am using Fresh Trace and Flourish