HiJaC
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi,
After getting rid of all my algae issues again (whoops i set the lights to 12 hours and the heater broke) i've been noticing lackluster growth in my new setup.
More alarmingly alot of the plants that were growing without issue have been developing holes in the leaves, white/yellow scar's or spots, and some green spots. The holes and leaf issues are the worst.
Here are some pics.
Healthy Top New Growth
Trouble down below
Urg
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Lights are on for 9 hours a day with roughly 2 wpg in old money.
Using a cut down version of the EI.
Monday - 50% water change, 11ppm N, 7 ppm K.
Tuesday - Trace Mix + Magnesium (its not in the trace mix)
Wednesday -
Thursday - 11ppm N, 7 ppm K.
Friday - as Tuesday
Sat -
Sun -
I was working on some fuzz algae issues a few weeks ago, thinking it was potentially a lack of phosphate in my dosing (which i dont dose as my tap water is SKY high, 5ppm+), and potentially there could be variabilities in the ppm of the tap water per season (with farming etc).
So was adding it for a couple of weeks on my macro days.
But since then I have spoken to scottish water whom told me the phosphate in the water is actually added by them to counteract the effect of lead in the pipes in edinburgh.
So i'm happy to discount the fuzz algae as an effect of my light timer messup. Its cleared up now anyway, and i'm going to stop dosing phosphate again.
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The leaf issues I think are potentially something to do with my trace mix. The new batch i made up is alot darker then the previous batch and I've been dosing less accordingly. But it could just be a colouration thing, and the time it occured there were several other factors (mentioned above) unbalancing things.
Is the leaf damage above related to trace dosing issues?
Thanks,
John
edit - forgot to mention CO2 is pressurised, with a ph probe regulated which i recalibrated again yesterday and was only slightly out, set to ph 6.3. Drop checker with KH4 solution shows me happy at 30ppm.
After getting rid of all my algae issues again (whoops i set the lights to 12 hours and the heater broke) i've been noticing lackluster growth in my new setup.
More alarmingly alot of the plants that were growing without issue have been developing holes in the leaves, white/yellow scar's or spots, and some green spots. The holes and leaf issues are the worst.
Here are some pics.
Healthy Top New Growth
Trouble down below
Urg
---------------------
Lights are on for 9 hours a day with roughly 2 wpg in old money.
Using a cut down version of the EI.
Monday - 50% water change, 11ppm N, 7 ppm K.
Tuesday - Trace Mix + Magnesium (its not in the trace mix)
Wednesday -
Thursday - 11ppm N, 7 ppm K.
Friday - as Tuesday
Sat -
Sun -
I was working on some fuzz algae issues a few weeks ago, thinking it was potentially a lack of phosphate in my dosing (which i dont dose as my tap water is SKY high, 5ppm+), and potentially there could be variabilities in the ppm of the tap water per season (with farming etc).
So was adding it for a couple of weeks on my macro days.
But since then I have spoken to scottish water whom told me the phosphate in the water is actually added by them to counteract the effect of lead in the pipes in edinburgh.
So i'm happy to discount the fuzz algae as an effect of my light timer messup. Its cleared up now anyway, and i'm going to stop dosing phosphate again.
------------
The leaf issues I think are potentially something to do with my trace mix. The new batch i made up is alot darker then the previous batch and I've been dosing less accordingly. But it could just be a colouration thing, and the time it occured there were several other factors (mentioned above) unbalancing things.
Is the leaf damage above related to trace dosing issues?
Thanks,
John
edit - forgot to mention CO2 is pressurised, with a ph probe regulated which i recalibrated again yesterday and was only slightly out, set to ph 6.3. Drop checker with KH4 solution shows me happy at 30ppm.