plantnoobdude
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pretty pretty🙂
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My 60p soft water
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light dusting of gda occured since i replanted some stuff without a water change after.
pretty interesting, guessing too much N in collumn caused the bloom, also I skipped a water change last saturday, so too much No3 could be the cause aswell.
pretty interesting, guessing too much N in collumn caused the bloom, also I skipped a water change last saturday, so too much No3 could be the cause aswell.
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thank you! Im hoping the stunted stems throw some nicer side shoots soon!
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tank has been hit hard with GDA.
plants are growing wild, always heard people say pantanal was a weed, but damn... I was not prepared for 10-20cm growth in a week. asas
as i post this, I've just realised how bad the photo is.....
plants are growing wild, always heard people say pantanal was a weed, but damn... I was not prepared for 10-20cm growth in a week. asas
as i post this, I've just realised how bad the photo is.....plantnoobdude
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interestingly though, I have no other algae which I was struggling with before. GSA, hair algae, staghorn, cyano are not really an issue at the moment.
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some plants doing well, others not too much
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just pictures for today.
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current dosing
1-2ppm N
0.13-0.26 P
2K
4Mg
10 Ca
0.09fe
0.045Mn
0.005 Zn
0.005 Cu
0 B
0.002 Mo
0.00035 Ni
TDS is 39ppm
co2 level dropped off so some issues started showing. will try and get around atleast a 0.8pH drop from now on.
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Overgrown🙂
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Still growin
Had a huge trim a week or two ago….. it’s growing back too fast. Haha.
Water changes are now 25% every two weeks. Very manageable, the tank is due a water change tomorrow. The glass has not been cleaned in two weeks, making progress 🙂
TDS stays stable as well, two weeks ago it was 42ppm checked yesterday and it was 41-42ppm. I am dosing 9ppm no3 equivalent from nh4no3 weekly.
Had a huge trim a week or two ago….. it’s growing back too fast. Haha.
Water changes are now 25% every two weeks. Very manageable, the tank is due a water change tomorrow. The glass has not been cleaned in two weeks, making progress 🙂TDS stays stable as well, two weeks ago it was 42ppm checked yesterday and it was 41-42ppm. I am dosing 9ppm no3 equivalent from nh4no3 weekly.
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Progress on the picky ammania, just trimmed one stem that refused to unstunt. side shoots should come in fine.
indeed, very nice Goldens. just checking again... whats your total weekly dose of K?
the Erio Quin. is spectacular... but the TDS levels required for the plant to grow well are beyond me as I use tapwater.... so after my Erio Quin died during the tank leakage episode, I've replaced it with Flamingo instead since it apparently likes some hardness...
the Erio Quin. is spectacular... but the TDS levels required for the plant to grow well are beyond me as I use tapwater.... so after my Erio Quin died during the tank leakage episode, I've replaced it with Flamingo instead since it apparently likes some hardness...
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I dose 2ppm target once every two weeks to 25% tank water. No idea what that is in real numbers. It seems a bit Low for Pantanal and hygrophila though. Might start dosing again with potassium weekly.
I am not sure if potassium affects ammannia golden much. I have seen nice ones grown in a variety of potassium levels.
Erio Quin is nice, yeah my tank water is very soft, 42TDS.
I also do have some crypt flamingo but I will have to move them out soon.
I'm still figuring out what makes the Ammannia Goldens tick, and my working hypothesis based on what is mentioned on the internet is low K (aka Tropica Specialised style dosing) is one of the key requirements. But interesting to hear that there are others who dose more K and still succeed with is.
Anyway, you're making it seem like its easy to grow the Goldens...... 😎
Anyway, you're making it seem like its easy to grow the Goldens...... 😎
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Guys, I believe it's not the amount of potassium per se, but the ratio K : Mg : Ca that counts.
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heat wave brings some co2 problems….
And stunting. But it also brings fast fast growth in some species the tanks is a good 5 degrees hotter than usual.
2 days ago,
Today!
Upped gh, to 4
Ca:Mg:K
20:8:4
At water change
Macro at 8.8ppm NO3 from nh4no3 and urea.
Micros dosed to 0.025Fe weekly.
As expected I increase gh and K to double and TDS also doubles to 79ppm
And stunting. But it also brings fast fast growth in some species the tanks is a good 5 degrees hotter than usual.
2 days ago,
Today!
Upped gh, to 4
Ca:Mg:K
20:8:4
At water change
Macro at 8.8ppm NO3 from nh4no3 and urea.
Micros dosed to 0.025Fe weekly.
As expected I increase gh and K to double and TDS also doubles to 79ppm
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Plant health is pretty good right now, stuff is still recovering from the heat wave, especially the Quins, sending out flower stalks like crazy.
Wallichii, cuphea, ammannia, tonina, macrandra all doing well. Pantanal is being moody, dunno why, co2 perhaps. Just cleaned the co2 diffuser for the first time in ~2 months. Hope that helps.
Algae is exclusively on stunted plants and glass, we can work on that soon…
Wallichii, cuphea, ammannia, tonina, macrandra all doing well. Pantanal is being moody, dunno why, co2 perhaps. Just cleaned the co2 diffuser for the first time in ~2 months. Hope that helps.
Algae is exclusively on stunted plants and glass, we can work on that soon…
