Due to antagonism from Ca:Mg and Fe.
so clear that you could even see the scratches on the wall.
Second hand tank😅
And lean!
Yes😃And lean!
Agreed 😉
Talk about stunting... Can thank urea for the flashy green.Nooooo my pedicellata.
Started stunting.
What do you think caused the stunting? Also, how much urea are you dosing? Never seen that even when I use only urea for N
Difficult to say honestly. I don't have enough data with the plant in this tank and these specific conditions as it used to be in my smaller tank before where it was growing very slow but without stunting. Could be the soil being depleted although I did add some root tabs not long ago so not sure here.
I'm currently dosing ~10ppm (split 4:1 - KNO3:urea). The plant started to stunt once it was quite tall although now I am seeing side shoots showing some early signs of stunting after trimming the plant. Before that, leaf were fine. Not sure if light intensity could also have triggered the deformity. I'm not relating the urea to the deformity BTW. Only the coloration and growth speed which I am pretty sure it's the urea because many plants have turned bright green since using urea rather than only NO3. Some plants also just start growing at an accelerated pace like E. setaceum for example and this Pedicellata. I had to remove the E. setaceum because of this when in fact it's actually a slow grower.
Your smaller tank was dosed leaner in column? Was it more stable in terms of nutrient levels? I remember something about frontloading from you.
Yes it was dosed slightly leaner (basically an APT Complete clone I made) dosed 3x a week but 50% of the soil was new and I also had added locally made root tabs as an insurance. Front loading was only on my main tank not the smaller one. This said CO2 was lower in that small tank so plants were demanding less so this could also be the reason for the stunting in my bigger tank where CO2 is as high as it gets.
