help! with glossotigma

[darren636]

I was thinking- that is a lot of flow. Try it without the powerheads for a week

 

[Ian Holdich]

Keep the light as it is though, or else you'll get more problems with algae.

 

[Ryan Thang To]

Alright guy I turn off the powerhead and see how it goes yeah

 

[Ian Holdich]

Ensure you've got the spraybar pointing downwards at a 20 degree angle.

 

[Trevor Pleco]

That strangely tall glosso is either low light or poor CO2 circulation or perhaps a mixture of both. As your left hand corner drop checker at substrate level is lime green then Co2 would seem ok, so try increasing the light, but be prepared to wash your was even more regularly until you have found a happy medium..

 

[Ryan Thang To]

I took out the powerhead and left the light how it is so will update in a week

 

[Ryan Thang To]

Hi guys.
Its been a week now and I have good and bad news.
First I like to Thank every one who gave me advice and a Big thanks to big clown. I owe you one.

I raise my spray bar near the surface to get a ripple affect to get more oxygen in the tank and turn up the co2.
since then I lost about 5 fish 🙁 my bad! I have slowly drop it down and added a eheim skimmer on a timer after light off.

any ways my glosso is growing yehhhhh!!!!!!
I noticed they been growing differently after 2 day of removing the powerhead. So all I been doing is trimming the tall ones and replant them.
I have to say this plant they grow very quick.
I will post another update in a few weeks.
cheers guys

2 day after removing the powerhead


1 week later

 

[Ian Holdich]

That's more like it!

 

[darren636]

" its beginning to believe! "

 

[Ryan Thang To]

That's more like it!

Thank man. Im so glad it sorted just can't wait for the carpet

 

[Ryan Thang To]

" its beginning to believe! "

I owe you one 🙂

 

[darren636]

I owe you one 🙂

I'm experiencing similar with my Monte Carlo. In the very high flow are the plant in taller than the other plants.

 

[Ryan Thang To]

I'm experiencing similar with my Monte Carlo. In the very high flow are the plant in taller than the other plants.

Is it because the flow pushing the co2 to fast and the plants can't absorb it in time? Fish seem to like it better though lol

 

[darren636]

Is it because the flow pushing the co2 to fast and the plants can't absorb it in time? Fish seem to like it better though lol

I think this is correct. There must be ' contact' in order for the plant to absorb. Think ceg said this a couple of years ago...

 

[Andy Thurston]

Its good to see this green and growing Ryan
Its been 5 months since you first pm'd me about the hc. it took a while but we got there in the end. Keep a close eye on it, we don't want it to go backwards.
Stick a couple of stems of hc in there and see how that grows now.

 

[Ryan Thang To]

Hi everyone
Here the 4weeks update on my glosso.
Tank has gone bad to good. Plants been grown really well and strong. Every day I notices glosso spreading more and more. Plants at the back needs a trim back since then I added a twinstar and rocks looks better and plants seems to be growing faster.
When do I have to trim my glosso? When its fully carpet?

 

[darren636]

Well done

 

[Ryan Thang To]

Cheers guys

 

[Julian]

Cheers guys

How long after planting the stems did it take for them to start growing horizontally?

My glosso has been sitting in my tank for about a month and it just grows vertically. Can't count the DC bps because it's so high, my DC's are nearly orange at lights on. Lights are TMC LED's at 40%. Spray bar at the back pointing directly forwards. EI dosing. I'm convinced my parameters are in check.

The only thing I haven't done is trim it, could this be what I'm missing..?

 

[Arne]

how much light are they getting ?