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BGA and Nutrient Deficiency?

Teleos said:
You still need a little more biology. That takes time.
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MrClockOff said:
This may be just a stage of maturing of your aquarium.
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Thank you both.
I guess a lot of this is due to my lack of planted aquarium experience, the requirement of faith in nature and patience! I am sure I will learn a lot from you guys and going through the experience. I get so worried about 'irreversible problems' because I did not react!! Patience Brad! Patience! 😀
 
You have some tools at your disposal, maintenance, water changes and patience ,sure the last one can be trying but you will get there. I just kept getting algae on a little grow out aquarium moving the light to the rear from the front over the stem plants seemed to have solved it A bit of observing may be needed
 
Bradders said:
Thank you both.
I guess a lot of this is due to my lack of planted aquarium experience, the requirement of faith in nature and patience! I am sure I will learn a lot from you guys and going through the experience. I get so worried about 'irreversible problems' because I did not react!! Patience Brad! Patience! 😀
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I’ve been there too and back then there was no UKAPS or anything similar, at least nothing I could find in the language I could understand. So I was on my own. Guess what? It was a total disaster. Put me off for good 20 years 😁 Next time I felt like I’m ready to try again my first attempt started as a white murky mess. But I was lucky to discover UKAPS. Tons of information and inspiration. So I thought if they can do then I can do it too. MD tanks Y channel was almost as user guide to how create a nice scape step by step. In the end my plants started growing and I was then ready to upgrade from messy salad into something pleasing my eyes
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From This to This!!!

My confidence started getting rock solid when I could see my plants starting finally growing, I was able to identify nutrients deficiency myself twice and when I understood that if I’m religiously following my maintenance routine I can’t grow algae anymore 😁

I wish I could spend just a little bit more time on my hobby. But I have family too 😁
 
I have, for my sins, been tinkering a little. Added a little boast or iron, reduced the TNC complete a little but added some nitrogen. I think it’s starting to look a little healthier, but a little too early to tell for sure. Algae still a little problem but cyno is slightly reducing.

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Hi all,
Bradders said:
I think it’s starting to look a little healthier, but a little too early to tell for sure.
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I think you are right, I'd be pretty happy with that as plant growth. If you look at the Anubias barteri plants they are showing new growth and that new growth looks a healthy colour.

cheers Darrel
 
dw1305 said:
Hi all,

I think you are right, I'd be pretty happy with that as plant growth. If you look at the Anubias barteri plants they are showing new growth and that new growth looks a healthy colour.

cheers Darrel
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Cheers Darrel. Pretty sure that Iron is being helpful here, but some plants were displaying signs of Nitrogen deficiency, too. I think I need another 7-10 days of this routine and come to a conclusion.
 
dw1305 said:
The new leaves definitely look healthy green and non-chlorotic, which suggests that the plants are <"getting enough plant available iron (Fe)">.
The good thing with nitrogen (N) deficiency is that it is a quick fix with, pretty much, <"instant greening">.
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Yes, that so far seems to be occurring. But need more time. I took the advice that just increasing the TNC complete to fill a gap was not the right approach - so trying to be more selective, wait and see!
 
Another small thing you could do to assist in the battle is pull your sand back from the wherever it touches the vertical glass for a week or so, Cyano seems to love and proliferate in this area. I personally think light travels down inside of the glass making the taping up method a bit of a waste of time, well, that's what I've experienced in the past.
You might also try temporarily adding a small powerhead down at substrate level, I know some types Cyano that I've had dislike direct flow, but it goes with the caveat that there are probably be some types that do.
 
bazz said:
Another small thing you could do to assist in the battle is pull your sand back from the wherever it touches the vertical glass for a week or so, Cyano seems to love and proliferate in this area. I personally think light travels down inside of the glass making the taping up method a bit of a waste of time, well, that's what I've experienced in the past.
You might also try temporarily adding a small powerhead down at substrate level, I know some types Cyano that I've had dislike direct flow, but it goes with the caveat that there are probably be some types that do.
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Thanks, Bazz. Sterling advice. I'm going to thin out that sand at the front for sure. Good call.
 
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