Erk, back at work.
I think I will have to start again with it. Will let it get a bit better if I can. The plants have been looking off for several weeks, maybe going away and having less ferts dosing and the CO2 bottle running low was the final straw. I find it loves high light and high potassium dosing but is probably the fussiest plant in the tank. Back to a steady program of light, ferts and CO2.
I'll test nitrates at end of week and see what it says. Generally I know API test kits aren't great but I've always found the answer made sense. Tap water of 0 and tank around 40 to 80 with no plants. I looked back and had been running around 20ppm nitrates planted, then recently in the last few months it dropped down to 5ppm to 10ppm. It is possible the reading is false, will see if nitrates lift with dosing.
I think I will have to start again with it. Will let it get a bit better if I can. The plants have been looking off for several weeks, maybe going away and having less ferts dosing and the CO2 bottle running low was the final straw. I find it loves high light and high potassium dosing but is probably the fussiest plant in the tank. Back to a steady program of light, ferts and CO2.
I'll test nitrates at end of week and see what it says. Generally I know API test kits aren't great but I've always found the answer made sense. Tap water of 0 and tank around 40 to 80 with no plants. I looked back and had been running around 20ppm nitrates planted, then recently in the last few months it dropped down to 5ppm to 10ppm. It is possible the reading is false, will see if nitrates lift with dosing.