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then what is it?

but your kit contain dry salts. I just want to make sure that I understood this correctly, so you are saying that you find it difficult to use the dry salts? or difficult to make the solution from the dry salts? this hobby is fun but can come up with many challenges, am just trying to save you...

am not sure what is available in your country but here is a good start. the Average numbers: Ca 40.7 Mg 5.7 Na 34.4 Ph 7.8 (looks like I made an error on this earlier, but now corrected) DKH/DGH around 7.0 Average. I would recommend raising the Mg just a little bit more, you can use...

I believe you meant to write N- 25 as 25 ppm NO3. otherwise 25 ppm N would be 110 ppm NO3. judging by the picture, it appear to look like csm+b which I personally consider as a terrible product. ask the seller to verify if this is csm+b. I Would suggest getting a better trace Mix, let me know...

Are you using csm+b ? Anyway, these are classic symptoms of over fertilization and improper dosing.

What are the source of fertilizer that are being added? What are the exact water parameters other than the listed 4 dgh?

Test the tank water daily to see if tds continues to rise. Any reason you decided to add eco complete on top of aqua soil?

Aqua soil and Eco complete combination isn't a very good choice to begin with. Are you seeing rapid increase in TDS? There was a problem with Eco complete where it would raise the TDS and many users couldn't bring the TDS down, it was almost like adding dolomite. I had similar issues as you...

Has anyone tried spraying the hydrogen peroxide on the surface? I honestly haven't tried this yet but I believe this will get rid of it.

I hope that's not the CO2 diffuser.

@Zoefish your issues are not just Phosphates, its much more complex than that. can you post your water report ? I Promise we will try to prevent that from happening.

its up to you, you can certainly play with those numbers. looks like you have most of the needed salts, start with the recommendations that were previously suggested. GH of 2-5 range is good overall and no need to go higher than 5. you can reduce the Micros a bit for now and see what happens. 2...

looks like you gonna have to replant it with the tweezer all over again. I had this happen to me and i got so frustrated and threw it away.

I wasn't sure about the EasyLife Kallium - 0.851 K daily, this was the main one i wanted to verify. the weekly doses looks something like this: N 1.888 (Urea N - 0.174) (NO3-N -1.715, 7.6 ppm NO3 from KNO3 ) weekly P 0.42 K 11.28 Mg 0.84 Fe 0.588 Mn 0.196 Zn 0.14 B...

Marian makes a good Products. what is the daily ppm Fe this adds? verify if this looks correct: Daily Dose: EasyLife Kallium - 0.851 K daily NO3 1.0855 (0.245 N) (0.6845 K) (Urea-N) - 0.02485 PO4 0.1852 (0.0762 K) Mg 0.12 Total K: 1.612

one thing i forgot to tell the OP is that you can add some Potassium through KHCO3 or K2CO3 while using 100% RO water if needed. Lower Traces is what the plant truly need and appreciate, but, unfortunately sometime the water parameters are way to complex or complicated, it just simply wont allow...

stick with using CaSo4 and MgSO4 to raise the GH, no need to worry about the KH. plant do not need that much GH either, some people add more GH especially those who keeps shrimps. 10 ppm Ca, 4 ppm Mg is more than enough to cover wide range of aquatic plant needs, including other factors. you use...

Maq, where can i find more information regarding this ratio? was it ever published through article or books? I have a strong interest to learn more about this ratio but i struggle to find any information or article on it. please do share more information on this.

that's not the problem, the problem is in order to reach certain Micro levels while using easylife profito you will also be adding Iron from easylife profito and then Fe Gluconate on top of that. you could probably target 0.15 Fe from easylife profito weekly and then 0.3 ppm Fe Gluconate weekly...

it will require some adjustments far as how much to dose. because this one you truly have to find out how much you will need to dose. I believe 0.3 ppm Fe Gluconate weekly is what Kirsty was dosing, you can aim for 0.3-0.5 ppm split doses and report back. i assume you will still be using...

to me the main issue is highly related to the availability of the nutrients here. we have some comrade working on this area where the plant leaf obtained chlorosis related to Fe despite adding lot of Fe and how making the changes to the chemical sources makes a big different. but we must wait...

it will come down to how the tank is fertilized and which chemicals are being used. for example take a look at @plantnoobdude tank here. i personally do not recommend using root tabs, it can alter the water chemistry and can interfere with the experiments if that is your main goal. aqua soil...

if your main concern is Rotala stunting then am quite confident to say that its not related to Ca or Mg issues at all. have you seen any changes when you reduce or increase the doses? does it look better on certain days compare to other days? what are the NO3 levels in the aquarium? do you have...

this is the direct quote i got from Tom Barr, but i strongly believe he keeps his KH around 1, GH less than 5 or so. “Tap is a little heavy on Ca based on a 3:1 Ca:Mg by mass. Does not matter sh** though. It can be 10:1 to 1:1. Only big factor for most folks would be not adding enough GH...

Under Lean dosing thread Post# #103 It was already confirmed that this plant can be grown under higher dosing, especially when the GH is high, higher Fe/Micros can be dosed. but Marian doses for NPK are rather not that high, even though he uses Fe/Trace at bit higher levels along with GH of 5-7...

It started with Wallichii, but turned into some people promoting snake oils and root tabs, while some are debunking myths. while some are talking relevant to Wallichii, such as talking about GH/KH and dosing methods. honestly, if you are talking about plants, fertilizer and dosing methods...

Erwin, but most of those "Average" hobbyist has been dosing Urea for very long time now, they just didn't know about it. ADA, Seachem Nitrogen, Tropica are few examples. some of these "Average" hobbyist has also been dosing NH4 as well. You know there are commercial aquarium fertilizers with...

@ceg4048 Clive, can you explain why the plant are stunted and covered in algae in your pictures? in Mr Barr's tank the plant from the same family also looks stunted in rich co2 in post #28. also how about those people who are straightening these plants simply by changing the dosing without even...

Yes Sir

@plantnoobdude in 2012 "ludwigia pantanal" looked like this under less superior lights, not the best looking during that time, but I was able to grow it just fine, I was also using Urea at that time. Few Years later: far as this plant being Nutrient hog? this is not true because I can grow...

Even "Rotala Vietnam" can look somewhat similar to these plants. But they all have one thing in common, they never fail to grow under urea.

I found "Rotala wallichii" and "Rotala Enie" to react in a similar pattern during experiments. if you can grow "Rotala Enie" then you shouldn't have any problem growing "Rotala wallichii"

long as you made sure that its "Rotala wallichii" and not "Rotala Enie"

Kirsty, give Wallichii a try in your 12 GH/KH tank and report back.

Clive, I always wanted to ask you about this. can you please explain why there is stunting of these plants in Co2 enriched tank including yours and Tom's who strongly advocate almost all problems are Co2 related? While Sudipta is growing some of these plant Species in Non Co2 aquarium. Thank you...

lets start with some Mg and EDDHA Fe to possibly rule out your hard water causing this issue.

We start working with Mg, Fe and Mn to see if that would fix the issue. Let's wait and see and we go from there.

am not sure if trimming was the issue, i had to trim this plant weekly and i keep it at minimum size as possible. but i will trim further to see if that will help. i have removed one of the filter and left only one, along with the powerhead, now water gets sucked up from the left side of the...

i hope this help

its not 250w t5ho, its 260w of Power compact, which isnt that much light at all. if i choose to use the t5ho then i do have 2x54w but not using them. i find my fish gasp at the top as of right now. your next question will be what kind of substrate am using, i am using amazonia aquasoil. Edit: i...

it has been 4 days and even after adding the powerhead and increasing the co2, the problem is still there, ludwigia panantal still grows as it did before but start to curl its leaves and eventually the leaves will drop.

just added another powerhead with flow rate of 660gph. some plants seems to turn sideways with the flow. we will see if this will solve anything. at the TPT.net people have less flow than i do and they have great looking plants. and most of them said i already had enough flow.

hmm now all the different answers will make me confuse. i don't know how people grow their good looking plants under less light such as t8 etc. so you are saying that my 2x54w t5ho isn't enough? or my 4x65w Power compact isn't enough? i have tried both and there is no difference.

its possible that it could be a flow issue, but dont you think koralia 1 400gph, 2x rena xp2 300gph (600gph total). 900gph all together is enough flow for my 50g tank? lets go with about 750gph on flow due to co2 reactor which reduce the flow on the canister. but still that is 15 times the flow...

i thought i would get more answers on this forum

i think i will turn on my Koralia 1 powerhead in the bacground and see what will happen, i think this time i will move it closer to the bottom instead of flowing the top area, this way flow will go through the bottom middle area through the stems. i also thought that leaves fall off due to...

i want to agree with you, but the co2 is being diffused by the reactor, that mean it is being completely dissolved into the water and cannot miss any dead spot while using 2x rena xp2 filters. i do have an power head which i don't use anymore, it just make all the plant goes sideways and bring...

cant be the light, i have tried the t5ho on the same setup with same problem occurring.

just wanted to see if anyone here having the same issue with this plant. i am more active on TPT and i just wanted to hear from the UK members. i am running 5wpg of PC on my 50 gallon tank, co2 is diffused by reactor and its very high. dosing NPK and traces everyday. if you look at the...