Potential Plant Deficiency

[Coread]

Hi Everyone

I’m having a few oddities showing on my plants that I think are deficiencies.

After a bit of searching, it looks like a lack of Phosphate and Nitrogen but I could be wildly off. I have a liquid Nitrate test but it isn’t detecting anything.

I’m dosing TNC complete - 5ml per day - alongside EG Carbo - 3ml per day - first thing in the morning.

Here’s two plants - Java Fern and Amazon Sword:

It looks similar to phosphate deficiency I’ve found while browsing the forum and internet. Although, I’ve also seen the potential that they could be transforming due to being grown emerged.



New Java Fern leaves are translucent on the tips. Which might indicate a nitrogen deficiency.

I also live in Lincolnshire, that has hard water, and I’ve read that this increases issues with iron.

Not sure if this will help but interestingly, hair algae has popped up with the decline of these plants. And GSA has just appeared in abundance across the back of the tank.

Any help would be much appreciated 😊.

 

[G H Nelson]

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Differential green growth....is new young growth on Java Fern.

 

[Coread]

Of course, completely forgot:

1. Size of tank in litres - 200
2. Age of the set - 7 weeks
3. Filtration - Fluval 307, mix of biological and mechanical - one bag of purigen
4. Lighting and duration - Aquael Leggy 14w x2 12 hours
5. Substrate - Tripica Soil and Sand
6. Co2 dosing or Non-dosing - none
7. Fertilizers used & Ratios - TNC complete (5ml daily) & Easy Carbo (3ml daily)
8. Water change regime and type - 40/50% weekly
9. Plant list + When planted - quite a variety most planted 7 weeks ago
10. Drop Checker - no
11. Inhabitants - 8x Cherry Barbs, 6x Corys, 5x Neons, 1x gourami

is new young growth on Java Fern.

Ah, thank you, really helpful 😊.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
The plant health looks OK, you could try a bit more fertiliser.

What does <"your floating plant look like">? It will have access to <"atmospheric CO2"> and <"first dibs on the light">.

After a bit of searching, it looks like a lack of Phosphate and Nitrogen but I could be wildly off.

Leaf greeness is correlated with chlorophyll content, and chlrorophyll levels often reflect the availability of the macro-nutrients and particularly nitrogen (N). Have a look at <"The scientific background to the "Leaf Colour Chart"">.

I have a liquid Nitrate test but it isn’t detecting anything.

Give it <"a good shake">.

New Java Fern leaves are translucent on the tips. Which might indicate a nitrogen deficiency.

Differential green growth....is new young growth on Java Fern.

Yes just <"the way they grow">. They often produce a lot of new plantlets on the leaves after a change of environment.

cheers Darrel

 

[Coread]

What does <"your floating plant look like">

Thanks Darrel. The plant in the photo is a cutting that I hadn’t fished out yet - I had some Salvinia, but the flow of old was pulling it into the water, leading me to remove it.

The duckweed index pops up a lot when looking through the forum, and with a newly installed spray bar, it’s seems like a no brainier when looking to my next purchase.

So with that, I have some Frogbit due on Friday - which would have answered questions to my last two threads 😊 - Or at least, would have ticked a few boxes off when troubleshooting.

 

[Connswater]

hard water

Sufficient Iron and the plants will then be able to utilise the Nitrate and hopefully that will help with green filament algae - or at least that is the theory. Looking at my main tank, as I type, the shame of it, I'm thinking I could sell filament algae if anybody is interested! On the optimistic side, green filament algae is a rough and ready indicator that the light is strong enough for healthy plant photosynthesis.