Plant growth issues

[Dokken]

Hi all my first post. I'm not new to fish keeping but newish to growing plants.

So i will start off with the size of my tank. which is a 25 gallon 125 litres fighting is from two Nicrew slimled

Filtration FLUVAL 4 and sponge filter. A air stone too. Filtration i know maybe over the top for this size tank it is a little over stocked. But a bigger tank i did have bust and i have not been able to get another as room is at a premium.

Two 30% water changes a week PH 7 Nitrate 10 Nitrate 0 Ammonia 0 KH 7 GH 14 Iuse a CO2 Cheap canister that fills a plastic cylinder that releases it into the tank. And liquid CO2 on a daily bases. Plant food liquid everyday. Twice a week after water change i use Seachen flourish twice a week and Seachem NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASSIUM.

Substrate is honey sand with some Flourite mixed in. Plants two Anubias on bog wood with some black beard algie on them. Hygrophila Cortmbosa added a week ago. Crytocornyne Bullosa Limnonophila Heterophylla Sword plant added a week ago.


Everything was growing ok but i let some get a bit leggy. So cut it all back not the cryps. And they are green but just not growing amazingly. Tanl has been up and running for three years. Any advice would be great as i'm sure i'm making lots of bad calls lol. I just want good advice as i feel if i go into my pet shop they are just trying to sell me stuff i may not need?

Thanks

Andy

 

[MichaelJ]

Hi @Dokken welcome to UKAPS 🙂

Some additional info needed - please see our guidelines for Plant Help posting:

Please read the guidelines for plant help!

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Also post a picture of your tank so we can see what's going on. You will get much better advice that way.


Cheers,
Michael

 

[Dokken]

hi michael
sorry new to this forum stuff
1. Size of tank - 2ft by 1.5ft by 2ft
2. Age of the system approximately - 3years
3. Tap water parameters - 7ph
4. Filtration - fluval 4 and a sponge filter
5. Lighting and duration - NICREW slim LED aquarium light between 8 and 9 hours a day
6. Substrate - honey sand with flourite premium natural substrate
7. Co2 dosing or Non-dosing. - dosing with unit every day plus liquid Co2 each day aswell
8. Fertilizers used + Ratios - plant pack enhancer NPK flourishing nitrogen 2ml 2 times a week, flourishing phosphorus 4ml 2 times a week and flourish potassium 5ml 2 times a week, as well as flourish comprehensive supplement for planted aquarium 2.5ml 2 times a week and NTLABS plant boost 10 pumps 5 times a week
9. Water change regime and composition - 30% water change twice a week
10. Plant list - Hydrophila rosa australis, cryptocoryne bullosa, hydrophila corymbosa, limnophila heterophylla
11. Inhabitants. 7 plecos, 25 corries, 3 dwarf darta charasins, 10 rosie tetras, 2 dwarf garamis, 2 small gara, 2 Siamese flying fox, 2 torpedo barbs, 3 snails, 10 rainbows, 3 rummie nose tetras, 6 green barbs and 2 dwarf cichlids (old tank bust which was bigger and this was the only option available at the time to save all fish)