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Tropical Simon

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I mentioned this in a previous thread which went off on a bit of a tangent. Below are some images of the problems I'm having with my plants. Generally the vallis are going brittle, yellow and snapping off. Swords are getting brown tips and are going transparent and others are just not a nice deep green / also showing the veins more and more.

My tank has been running around three to four weeks, it is 200 litres the lights (60watts in total) are on for 6 hours a day. There is no CO2 and my filter is a Fluval U4.

I am dosing it twice a week with 5ml of LUSH Max: (Analysis % When mixed with 1 litre de-ionised water:
N 1.33%, P 0.12%, K 3.88%, Mg 0.39%, B 0.01%, Cu 0.002%, Fe 0.11%, Mn 0.02%, Mo 0.002%, Zn 0.01%) and the swords have an APF substrate capsule under them.

My pH is 7.8, nitrate is around 30, amonia and nitrite are both 0.

Can anyone advise me on how to stop them getting worse and worse? I don't care about fast growth, I just want them to stay healthy and remedy the symptoms I'm having.
Simon
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Your plants are starving of nutrients. I recommend dosing dry ferts. Your fert is basically plain water. You should lower your light as much as possible until you have a proper fertilizer.

cheers.
 
Thanks Jose, so is the LUSH Max I'm using not good enough? Would dosing it more often, say daily, help?
 
I wouldnt risk it cause some of thos ferts contain ammonia which is poisonous to fish. At low doses its fine but you shouldnt dose more than the label says. You can dose more frequently though. Say every day.
 
It says High tech = 2.5ml per 100 litres daily. Low tech = 2.5ml per 100 litres weekly. I'm low tech though I think? I could try following the daily one and see? How long would you expect it to take to see if its making a difference?
 
You can try adding double the dose for a low tech but devided by 7 and dosed every day. Add a double dose on day one if you want. You might see improvements but I have noexperience with these ferts. The bestthing you can do is buy dry powders or a good fert. They dont sell good ones in lfs normally.
 
OK thankyou I'll try to get them. Will they fixed the damage already done or just help the new growth?
 
Thanks Jose - I've ordered my EI starter kit. I'm just going to have a look at CO2 systems to get an idea of price etc. too
 
Hi
Classic case of Co2 starvation....these plants don't need as much as Carbon Dioxide as some other plants but the do need it!
I've grown some of the most stunning Vallis and Sagittarius...with minimal Co2.
My favourite is Torta!
The difference is when you see a bog standard...local fish store vallis/sag looking all neglected with about 1 inch of root system........ then transport it to your Co2 aquarium...... then there is a huge change in the health of the plant it usually happens within a couple of weeks.
Its greener...fatter...sends out runners....its not prone to infections/disease.
That goes for Amazon sword also!
hoggie
 
These plants do perfectly fine without CO2 because they can use carbonates in the water as a carbon source. Everything is not solved with more CO2 or at least it isnt the only way.
 
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