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  1. J

    Something's Going Wrong In My Tank

    If that is water lettuce Pistia stratiotes, then it looks a bit small and a bit translucent. This is my water lettuce from above, each plant is nearly 10cm in diameter, and the main root is similar in length, these are small ones. The pale color is due to the hairs, but this plant is a Nitrogen...
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    Java fern leaves turning yellow!

    Yes, I agree floating plants are a pain, but as you pointed out the benefits outweigh the issues. I have noticed a positive change in fish behavior with floating plants, and less likely-hood of jumping. They are very effective at nutrient control having access to atmospheric levels of co2. They...
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    Java fern leaves turning yellow!

    More light means you may need more nutrients. Or lower your lighting till the floating plants grow sufficiently to reduce intensity at the plant surfaces, then increase slightly. The increase of light may put you into co2 deficit as well. Your floating plants are nutrient hogs, they will quickly...
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    Anoxic filter

    Interesting, in a way this is like a hydroponic system then but where the plants uptake as part of the filtration system. I agree that the plants are more than likely doing most of the heavy lifting, especially when you consider the actual nutrient demands of plants grown in this way. Especially...
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    Are nitrates bad in planted aquariums?

    Agree with all the above, are you using any type of aquatic plant fertiliser? You may be fine with tap water alone if this is a fairly low tech setup but as plant mass increases the demand for nutrients increases and the waste from fish/ content of tap water may not be enough to provide them...
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    Recommendations

    It's impossible to say, each tank has it's own requirements. All you can do is observe closely livestock and plant response. Personally I think drop checkers are a waste of time, if it's green but your plants are showing co2 deficiency then you have to increase co2/flow anyway. Nice tank, I like...
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    Lush Max Aquatic Fertiliser

    http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/allinone.htm
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    Fast growing easy plants

    Limnophila sessiliflora, grows with or without co2 in high or low light. I have to trim this back every other day. Hygrophila corymbosa is another weed, grows too large for our little tank really.
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    Root Tabs & ph

    Do you live in the soft water part of Devon? If so, you could find your pH fluctuating quite a bit anyway with little to buffer it. You could try boosting your GH a bit to see if that helps, if so. I don't see how the root tabs could negatively effect your plants unless they were bad in some...
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    Flatworms

    I only find planaria in new tanks and not usually for very long. I have one small fairly new tank with planaria, I just added one female Betta splendens to the tank and she has spent the whole afternoon picking flatworms off the glass and out of the substrate. She seems to eat them as well. I...
  11. J

    Pogostemon Helferi

    It does happen, but can mean something good for your plants has precipitated out of solution making it less available. But do check the leaves where it's discolored to see if its raised, bumpy or rough like Darrel said. The other plants look nicely green though so that's a good indicator...
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    Pogostemon Helferi

    That did look like P. helferi in those last pics. Maybe it is acclimatizing? If you can get hold of a different micro solution easily in your area it might be worth trying it, if you are seeing what you think is a trace problem, most of the branded stuff is all pretty good, profito, flourish, or...
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    Pogostemon Helferi

    I know this isn't actually P. helferi. It did remind me of this thread from years ago. https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/pogostemon-helferi-turning-white.1927/page-2
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    Growth Advice

    Sorry to spam the thread, but, to be clear if you want higher growth rates as well then you may have to go down the route of injected co2. it isn't strictly necessary providing you are content with slower healthy growth. The downside to injecting co2 is the cost associated with flow rates and...
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    Growth Advice

    Search online for your local area water report, it will tell you more or less the contents of your tap water, the reports should be found on your local water authority website. Most of it won't be relevant but it should tell you the calcium content in mg/l. I have lots of calcium in my water so...
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    Growth Advice

    If the leaf edges are pale this could be calcium deficiency, I don't know anything about liquid co2 I'm afraid, I would probably be reluctant to overdose that stuff from what I have heard about it. I'm sure one of the others would know more about safe levels. Try adding 5ml a day of ferts for a...
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    Growth Advice

    Dose more ferts, don't try to rush the hairgrass, more light means higher nutrient demand. You might not have sufficient co2 in system to allow higher light levels. The doses on the fert bottle are guidelines, you have lots of plant mass, don't be afraid to feed them a bit more. Do you live in a...
  18. J

    Lysimachia Nummularia as a surface/floating plant

    Excellent, thanks for that. I'll see what it's like in a week or so and report back.
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    Lysimachia Nummularia as a surface/floating plant

    Hi, So I've set up a new nano with new filter and substrate, I wanted to use lots of floating plants to help with the tank cycling and help deal with excess nutrients. However, I realised I wouldn't have enough so I have tried to use the emerged form of Lysimachia Nummularia as a surface plant...
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    BBA & others problem

    That's ok, don't be afraid of ferts though. By adding more of what you think might be missing you can quickly eliminate nutrients as an issue. Although to be fair, unless you really under dose and you see multiple deficiencies it's usually light/co2 causing the problem, and you don't need co2 if...
  21. J

    BBA & others problem

    I'm sure an expert will be along soon to lend a hand, but in the mean time. I think there might be a few things going on here. A combination of fairly new setup, lowish CO2 and flow, possibly high light, hard to say, low plant mass, maybe get some more easy stems like those on the left, they...
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