Pale sickly plants (brown, yellow)

[Alex Papp]

Hi Tom,

Unless I've missed it, here's something other people haven't mentioned.
Easycarbo and the like are detrimental to true aquatic plants such as your pondweed (E. densa), and Limnophila to a lesser extent. This may explain poor growth in some of your plants.

Hope this helps,
Alex

 

[Tom101]

Hi Tom,

Unless I've missed it, here's something other people haven't mentioned.
Easycarbo and the like are detrimental to true aquatic plants such as your pondweed (E. densa), and Limnophila to a lesser extent. This may explain poor growth in some of your plants.

Hope this helps,
Alex

Hi Alex - thanks for your reply. That's new info, although now you mention it I'm sure George Farmer has commented on it at somepoint. Would you recommend that I stop using it all together?

 

[Alex Papp]

Hi

George seems to say do not use it at all. I think it is useful, it keeps levels of Black Brush and Greenspot algae down to a minimum and will help the other plants a little. Although the bottle says it's an organic carbon source, I find it to be more of an algecide than a fertliser.
Maybe stop for a few weeks and see if you notice any difference? You might find it does more harm than good or vice versa.