Big C
Aquarium Advice Freak
Here we go again...
A few weeks ago I decided to replace the plastic ornaments in my tank with real plants. That was the time I still trusted the advise of my lfs. I went there I bought a few plants, more gravel, of the same kind I had, fertilizer and off I went, supposedly with all the know how...
How naive!
The changes started a mini cycle that day that costed me a few fish and a lot of WC. The plants I bought are:
1 onion bulb
4 jungle val
1 amazon sword
1 rotella indica
1 red lotus
and 1 I don't recall the name
The jungle vals were gone within a couple of weeks. The red lotus lost a few leaves and now it's just there, not dying not growing.
The onion bulb grew some fuzzy stuff a couple of times that I peeled off. It still looks good but the tips of the leaves are getting a little yellow or brownish.
The amazon sword is still looking nice but has a couple of brown leaves and it is not growing much.
The rotella indica has lost a lot of leaves but still looks decent. I open the metallic ring it came in to loosen up the plants and washed them with aquarium water to get rid of some slimy stuff. Now it looks better.
I keep the 20 W Aqua Glow light on at least 14 hs a day, and I fertilize once/twice a week when I do WC ( I've been doing WC more often than that lately!). I don't have a CO2 system and I'd rather not buy one.
Suggestions, please.
Thank you!
A few weeks ago I decided to replace the plastic ornaments in my tank with real plants. That was the time I still trusted the advise of my lfs. I went there I bought a few plants, more gravel, of the same kind I had, fertilizer and off I went, supposedly with all the know how...
How naive!
The changes started a mini cycle that day that costed me a few fish and a lot of WC. The plants I bought are:
1 onion bulb
4 jungle val
1 amazon sword
1 rotella indica
1 red lotus
and 1 I don't recall the name
The jungle vals were gone within a couple of weeks. The red lotus lost a few leaves and now it's just there, not dying not growing.
The onion bulb grew some fuzzy stuff a couple of times that I peeled off. It still looks good but the tips of the leaves are getting a little yellow or brownish.
The amazon sword is still looking nice but has a couple of brown leaves and it is not growing much.
The rotella indica has lost a lot of leaves but still looks decent. I open the metallic ring it came in to loosen up the plants and washed them with aquarium water to get rid of some slimy stuff. Now it looks better.
I keep the 20 W Aqua Glow light on at least 14 hs a day, and I fertilize once/twice a week when I do WC ( I've been doing WC more often than that lately!). I don't have a CO2 system and I'd rather not buy one.
Suggestions, please.
Thank you!