Hi,
Can some of you more experienced members please take a look at my photos and try to steer me in the right direction into getting my tank on the right path?
It's my first tank and I am kind of learning as i'm going along.
Tank is around 2 to 3 months old: Juwel Rio 400 (125 gallons).
CO2 is pressurised with large Ceramic diffuser drop checker looks good. I will be moving to a AM1000 Reactor in the next few weeks.
External Eheim filter with 3,400 lph pump to full length 1.3m spray bar
EI dosing: 1tsp KNo3, 1tsp KH2PO4, 3tsp MgSO4 (3 times week). 1/2 tsp trace (2 times week)
50% water change each week
Lighting: 2 x T5 54watt (6 hours) back bulbs for 3 hours then front bulbs for 3 hours
Temp naturally between 25 and 27. No heater but keep AC on to bring back to 25
Room has a lot of natural light but no direct sunlight
Old growth appears to be browning. I trimmed and new growth is a nice lighter green.
Some of the lower leaves are turning brown or have brown spots
I seem to get a weekly build up of algae on the glass.
Newer leaves on this plant seem ok but lower leaves are slowly getting brown edges. Also getting green spots on the rocks.
Stryogne repens with same issue. Browning lower leaves and lighter top leaves
This plant (right in the middle) is getting brown tentacles, i'm guessing these are not roots
Here is a full tank shot. Flow appears to be good in the tank and plants are swaying
Thanks for looking. Welcome any feedback.
Not really sure where to go from here. Will the plants come back to health? Will the brown leaves start to cause problems in the tank? I guess I could pull out the plants, trim them up and have another go at replanting the good parts.
Let me know if you need more information.
Can some of you more experienced members please take a look at my photos and try to steer me in the right direction into getting my tank on the right path?
It's my first tank and I am kind of learning as i'm going along.
Tank is around 2 to 3 months old: Juwel Rio 400 (125 gallons).
CO2 is pressurised with large Ceramic diffuser drop checker looks good. I will be moving to a AM1000 Reactor in the next few weeks.
External Eheim filter with 3,400 lph pump to full length 1.3m spray bar
EI dosing: 1tsp KNo3, 1tsp KH2PO4, 3tsp MgSO4 (3 times week). 1/2 tsp trace (2 times week)
50% water change each week
Lighting: 2 x T5 54watt (6 hours) back bulbs for 3 hours then front bulbs for 3 hours
Temp naturally between 25 and 27. No heater but keep AC on to bring back to 25
Room has a lot of natural light but no direct sunlight
Old growth appears to be browning. I trimmed and new growth is a nice lighter green.
Some of the lower leaves are turning brown or have brown spots
I seem to get a weekly build up of algae on the glass.
Newer leaves on this plant seem ok but lower leaves are slowly getting brown edges. Also getting green spots on the rocks.
Stryogne repens with same issue. Browning lower leaves and lighter top leaves
This plant (right in the middle) is getting brown tentacles, i'm guessing these are not roots
Here is a full tank shot. Flow appears to be good in the tank and plants are swaying
Thanks for looking. Welcome any feedback.
Not really sure where to go from here. Will the plants come back to health? Will the brown leaves start to cause problems in the tank? I guess I could pull out the plants, trim them up and have another go at replanting the good parts.
Let me know if you need more information.