The Importance of GH Booster.

[Dave Spencer]

Hi Garuf.

Sorry for the delay, but I missed your post. The two major things I noticed were that the plants just seemed to be in limbo, with no deterioration, but no growth or pearling, either. Once I started adding GH booster the tank was like a lemonade bottle. It surprised me how much difference the GH booster made. It was as if the plants were just hibernating, waiting for a wake up call.

Perhaps if this tank had carried on longer I might have seen symptoms like yours, but I can`t be sure. The ensuing algae woes and technical problems with this tank really tested my patience with this hobby.



Regards, Dave.

 

[Garuf]

Hmmm, that's not what I'm getting. I'm pretty sure I've got it down to insufficient K. I've started upping my dose of it by quiet a lot and I'm seeing improvements but I won't know for certain for a week or two.
My only other real issue is leaf giantism, I have rotala green in my tank and when I planted it it took on the normal growth form, now the leaves are 2 inches long and the plant seems to be putting all it's energies into growing massive leaves rather than into bolting for the surface like I'm used to. I think I'd convinced myself Ca must be the issue and let that blind me from the more obvious and likely K deficiency.

By the way, I was just admiring your Flikr, makes me wish I wasn't such a photography philistine, I've now got your misty all grey tree as my background.