marchmaxima
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Hi,
I need help figuring out a possible plant deficiency. I noticed this a few days ago. The tank has been running for 5 weeks now. The first 4 weeks was spent doing a fishless cycle and last weekend the cycle completed and I stocked the tank. The Hygro has been in the tank since the beginning of the cycle.
The tank is 15G with a low light setup (1.2 WPG). It has a single fluorescent 20W globe Aqua glo brand I think? I can look it up if needed. The light is on a timer and is set to output light for 12 hours a day. The light was off during the entire cycle, so this 12 hours of light a day has only been going on this week.
I now dose one a week with Seachem Flourish. Prior to last weekend I was dosing weekly with Wardley Sprout. I changed to the Seachem because I didn't know what was in the Sprout and Seachem Flourish seemed very highly favoured by aquarists here.
Here are the tank params, taken tonight.
Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 20, GH = 8 degrees, KH = 2 degrees, PH 6.8
Here are some pics of the affected leaves. Sorry they aren't great. The condition seems to be restricted to older leaves, so I'm guessing it's something like a deficiency of mobile nutrients
Those pinkish-looking areas are yellow.
Anyone have any idea what this might be and how to correct it. I'm guessing Potassium at this stage, but I am looking for a second opinion.
Edit; The Anubias Nana in the tank is not showing any signs of a deficiency. Under the sand is a substrate a lot like Eco-Complete (but a bit cheaper). You can't see it and I tried to get a photo , but I couldn't. Some of these leaves have transparent areas on them.
I need help figuring out a possible plant deficiency. I noticed this a few days ago. The tank has been running for 5 weeks now. The first 4 weeks was spent doing a fishless cycle and last weekend the cycle completed and I stocked the tank. The Hygro has been in the tank since the beginning of the cycle.
The tank is 15G with a low light setup (1.2 WPG). It has a single fluorescent 20W globe Aqua glo brand I think? I can look it up if needed. The light is on a timer and is set to output light for 12 hours a day. The light was off during the entire cycle, so this 12 hours of light a day has only been going on this week.
I now dose one a week with Seachem Flourish. Prior to last weekend I was dosing weekly with Wardley Sprout. I changed to the Seachem because I didn't know what was in the Sprout and Seachem Flourish seemed very highly favoured by aquarists here.
Here are the tank params, taken tonight.
Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 20, GH = 8 degrees, KH = 2 degrees, PH 6.8
Here are some pics of the affected leaves. Sorry they aren't great. The condition seems to be restricted to older leaves, so I'm guessing it's something like a deficiency of mobile nutrients
Those pinkish-looking areas are yellow.
Anyone have any idea what this might be and how to correct it. I'm guessing Potassium at this stage, but I am looking for a second opinion.
Edit; The Anubias Nana in the tank is not showing any signs of a deficiency. Under the sand is a substrate a lot like Eco-Complete (but a bit cheaper). You can't see it and I tried to get a photo , but I couldn't. Some of these leaves have transparent areas on them.
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