Nick Norman
Member
I started my first tank almost a year ago now, I have enjoyed it so far but still don't have healthy plants. My first goal is to have healthy plants without injecting co2 and learn as much as i can. I have read a lot on this forum and have improved plant health but now am at a loss. I have reasonably healthy new growth but older leaves die off. The only plant that does ok is anubias. When I started dosing EI health improved. I recently added an extra strip of LED, growth increased but so did algae and leaves still die off. The only thing I can think of now is too much light (not enough co2) but my light is low? or hard water affecting uptake of nutrients? I have seen lovely, healthy low tech tanks on here but I can't seem to achieve it. Any advice welcome.
My Tank
120L
Medium fish stock
ADA Amazonia aqua soil
sunsun 302 1000lph (actual lph is 600 apparently)
TMC Aqua Ray LED Aqua Bar 12w x2 (recently add strip of 6500k leds)
Liquid carbon (daily)
Easy Life Profito 12 ml weekly
1/3 EI weekly (-nitrate)
Tap water has 30 ppm Nitrate
Calcium carbonate(CaCO3): 266 ppm
30% Water change weekly
Plants in tank now:
Limnophila Heterophylla
Crypts lucens
Crypt wendtii
Java Fern Trident
S. Repens
Anubias Nana
Frog Bit
Plants that eventually failed:
Rotala Rotundifolia
Bacopa Caroliniana
Hygrophila Salicifolia
Limnophila Heterophylla was suffering until i started dosing EI now it grows fast and old leaves are ok.
Crypts have new growth but old leaves have holes.
Java fern grew well and filled the log it was attached to then started to brown and holes appeared.
s. Repens has always struggled. Growth increased after adding more light but old leaves still die.
Anubias did well but since increasing light holes have appeared.
My Tank
120L
Medium fish stock
ADA Amazonia aqua soil
sunsun 302 1000lph (actual lph is 600 apparently)
TMC Aqua Ray LED Aqua Bar 12w x2 (recently add strip of 6500k leds)
Liquid carbon (daily)
Easy Life Profito 12 ml weekly
1/3 EI weekly (-nitrate)
Tap water has 30 ppm Nitrate
Calcium carbonate(CaCO3): 266 ppm
30% Water change weekly
Plants in tank now:
Limnophila Heterophylla
Crypts lucens
Crypt wendtii
Java Fern Trident
S. Repens
Anubias Nana
Frog Bit
Plants that eventually failed:
Rotala Rotundifolia
Bacopa Caroliniana
Hygrophila Salicifolia
Limnophila Heterophylla was suffering until i started dosing EI now it grows fast and old leaves are ok.
Crypts have new growth but old leaves have holes.
Java fern grew well and filled the log it was attached to then started to brown and holes appeared.
s. Repens has always struggled. Growth increased after adding more light but old leaves still die.
Anubias did well but since increasing light holes have appeared.