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Hi aqua-chem, Welcome back! :thumb: Let me clarrify. According to that Seachem community post Freshwater Aquarium Plant Growth & Nutrient Deficiency Issue... - Seachem Support Forums it's not actually a defficency it's more like an inhability for the plants to properly use/break down the high...

Look what I found > Freshwater Aquarium Plant Growth & Nutrient Deficiency Issue... - Seachem Support Forums Actually makes sense because today I used the flourish in the Ludwigia tank and Flourish (non-C02 version) is mainly Iron and magnesium... I live in Florida so my PH is usually around...

Added 2 DIY C02 setups, one for each 10gal. Added Mopani and Malaysian drift wood. Using API C02 Booster Daily (ROCKS! SAVED MY TANKS) Seachem Floruish (non-C02 version) and API Leafzone twice a week. Left 10gallon species: Leftside = L. Repens (Red Ludwigia) Right Side (from left to right) Bacopa

Ok well I just tested and the Phosphates are at 2.0 ppm and the Nitrates are at 40-80 ppm (honestly looks more like 80). That tank always runs high in Nitrates cause of Florida water I think. I do have a separate phosphates test kit and it says 2.0.. That is kind of low. It was at 10.0 once...

Thanks again meegosh. Both the Red and Green Ludwigia were vining out over half the tank and natural rooting was flowing down but the leaves were heavily shaded on the Red Ludwigia side so I took your advice and cut them down. Thanks for the advice!. Now the light is hitting them better and they...

Erueka Ok, well that's kind of what I was thinking. I have been bubbling at night just to not risk fish death because I have had 2 deaths since the DIY C02. However, none of the fish are gasping or rapid fins so the deaths could be unconnected. I moved the nano filters to the right side...

UPDATE: Well good news and some so so. Well first off, I did get rid of most that hair algae mechanically and the L. Repens tank is looking much better in that respect. Also, THAT API Co2 BOOSTER ABSOLUTELY ROCKS!! Man you won't believe the difference in my tanks just after a month or two...

Well, the saga continues in the Repens tank... it now has a very dark green thin hair like algae (thought it was aquarium cotton strings at first) all over a bunch of leaves and it's starting to spread. It's on the filter as well. I'm going to do thurough clean but was wondering if you might...

Hey Meegosh, Thurough reply man thanks... that about sums up what I needed to know. Yea the MTS I heard are wonders for, something like, bacteria gas pockets and root health in substrate?... If so, that's wonderful because it would kill the need (and added expense) for heat cables in a sandy...

I may have to agree with you on the Eco Complete idk yet. This is my first tank with it (Wisteria tank) and it's ok but I did notice some bad PH and Nitrite spikes at first I think because I used the bio-organism bacteria in the liquid goop that comes with the bag after the tank had already...

PS seperate posting meegosh! Your Geophagus tapajos are GORGEOUS! ... that thread is awesome and the video is awesome too. I love that song.. I have a 55Gal with just a single convict in it right now... Could I put Geophagus tapajos in with him if I make the right habitat? I'd really like...

Yep! I was planing on buying a bunch more L. Repens before I put the DIY Co2 and new lights on that's why I am gonna wait a bit till work improves. Question, any guidelines to prevent L. Repens from getting mushy stalks ? Seems like that's their normal mode for a bit when newly planted. I've...

Thanks AC, Well, I was thinking of doing peat for the black water tank but what dry ferts are you suggesting? OH WAIT! I totally forgot, I have a phosphate test kit! I got it when I went through a bad bought of BGA in the Repens. Yeah that tank has been through the wringer lol. I did learn a...

PS... posting seperate. Here is how both tanks look today and all things considering what happened to them, I think they are finally starting to bounce back 100% and look the way they did prior to the lighting fiasco.... I'll keep them stable for now and maybe get one more good month of growth...

Hi Meegosh, Thanks for the great reply and thurough information. :) :thumb::thanks:.. I totally see what you mean by a balancing act... I totally get that now. It's like mixing beaker solutions in chemistry glass, just the right combination and viola! The wrong combination and boom! I can see...

The lights in the L. Repens tank are Sylvania Ultra-mini CFL 6500K 13watt x2 bulbs with incandescent hood. The lights on the Wisteria is a single 15w T8 6500k Coralife Nutri Grow... Previous attempts have been: 1. a 36" Dual t5 strip with 2x21 6700K Daylight lamps from Aqueon. That was ok...

Those bottom leafs yes they look discolored ... I did stop using the leaf zone in lue of the Flourish so they may have the problems your talking about now with low potassium and phosphates as I believe that potassium is the main ingredient in Leaf Zone and Flourish has the other stuff... Is it...

Ps... separate posting so I don't loose the question in the last wall of text... For a 1:19 ratio what is that in terms of gallons ? 2.5 gallons of water and maybe 1 tsp ? I'd like to try that the next time I buy plants.. also, you just dip them in for say 5 seconds then pull them out ?

Yea... they look like snail holes cause the rest of leaf is still green. maybe lighter green cause of newer leafs but not yellow or brown .. also, I see the snails on the Repens right now as a matter of fact.. .there is one small one and one really tiny one. I have Malaysian trumpet snails in...

YO Aquachem! ... sorry for the late follow up. Have been busy on home front tremendously and job front has had a bad turn but I'm ok just late in updating... So o.k. update. 10gal Wisteria tank looks very good... it's starting to really bounce back. I took two pictures of the two separate...

Yeap they are. Let's hope with good reason :)

The filters I have rare older Aquael Aqua-thrust units in all my tanks. You can click my avatar to see a bigger picture of them... In the 10gals I have 60-100GPH internal canister units with 3 stages including external bio sponge and then a canister filled with aqua cotton, bioceramics, and...