evercl92
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Every other plant seems to be doing ok. I'm having issues with the amazon sword. Some of the (older) leaves are becoming transparent, starting at the tips. I think I read somewhere that this is likely K deficiency? I find this quite odd, since the ozelot, melon, and 2 other sword plants (I don't know the species) don't have these issues at all. I haven't dosed anything for a week, nitrate has been constant 40ppm for about 4 days. It was 80ppm before a 50% wc a week ago.
water parameters, checked 5 mins before this post:
pH 7.0
kh 4
nitrate 5ppm
iron 1.0 ppm
I added 1/2 tsp of KNO3 after testing. Potassium test kits look to be expensive, so unless necessary, I'd rather not purcahse one. Some of the leaves have holes in them, kinda like they've been chewed.
1) Could this be because of the yoyo loaches?
2) Is the sword leaf transparency due to K deficiency or something else?
water parameters, checked 5 mins before this post:
pH 7.0
kh 4
nitrate 5ppm
iron 1.0 ppm
I added 1/2 tsp of KNO3 after testing. Potassium test kits look to be expensive, so unless necessary, I'd rather not purcahse one. Some of the leaves have holes in them, kinda like they've been chewed.
1) Could this be because of the yoyo loaches?
2) Is the sword leaf transparency due to K deficiency or something else?