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On 3/26/2023 at 9:34 AM, anewbie said:
Kleiner bar swords are nice; they do require a lot of light - another plant that the small one reminds a bit of is frans stoffels echinodorus. This one is more subtle than rubin and melon in colouring - but again when the plant is small it is harder to identify the colour pattern. I'm nearly 100% sure it is not red flame or ozelot because they tend to be richer green with streaks even when small though i suppose without light it might go pale.
yeah i was looking at the frans stoffels and it seems to be the best match. the lighter color leaves look almost identical
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I forgot to mention that the shop had the kleiner bar sword labeled so it might be that. i do find it weird this wasn't labeled though
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red flame sword is one of my top guesses (out all of the red echinodorus lol). I don't have any guesses about the green sword though. Do swords grow shorter in higher lighting or lower lighting? these swords are so small.
i appreciate the help
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On 3/25/2023 at 8:07 AM, JoeQ said:
Stem leaves will close when they have had enough light for the day and stay closed until the light comes on in the morning. This process is gradual and takes a few hours. Try take note of this, its a great indicator of if you are giving your stems enough light (especially at the surface level) if they aren't reacting to light they arent absorbing nutrients either, this is one reason they wont grow.
On the other hand, if they are getting enough light but they do not grow its because they are not getting enough of the proper nutrients. In this case you are starving your plants by under fertilizing them! Its your job to figure out which senero it is!
Im thinking its under fertilizing, when I zoom in your AR seems to have some new growth, but its anemic. More nutrients equal more growth, limited nutrients equal limited growth.
If you have high light, doesn't that mean the plants will used more nutrients? If my plants weren't utilizing nutrients when i had higher nitrates, does that mean i would need higher lighting?
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I do agree that i'm under fertilizing but somehow i find it baffling how the plants don't seem to have enough nutrients when there's 30 fish in there creating waste everyday.
I feel like they're definitely getting enough light because they aren't plants that require high lighting but they still wouldn't grow when nitrates were over 20ppm. I really don't know what i'm missing 😞
On 3/25/2023 at 7:27 AM, Pepere said:I would probably add some root tabs in areas of plants and dose up the water column to 40 ppm nitrate with a complete liquid fertilizer such as Easy Green. I would test nitrate levels every few days just in case substrate is soaking up the nitrate levels initially.
Have you tested Ph, Gh and Kh?
Ph, gh, and kh are fine but I don't really like having high nitrates. I'll try adding some more root tabs but I still didn't see growth from the plants when I used them the first and second time. I dosed some more easy green tonight though.
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I am just dosing the water column right now with easy green. Someone in another forum suggested that i try using seachem advance, so i also added some of that.
i pulled up the pearlweed i had and they didn't have any roots at all. i don't really look at my tank when the lights are off so i can't comment on the stems reacting to light.
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The tags just say sword
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clay (kitty litter) is supposed to have a high CEC too. this is the only tank i'm having trouble growing plants in though. i think i might go with easier plants soon but stem plants are my favorites.
here's a video where someone used kitty litter in an experiment https://youtu.be/Rzem3wrmU9c
and another mentioning the CEC of kitty litter https://youtu.be/cMMsnYwH_Do
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a plenum is basically using an undergravel filter with slow air movement to create a void under the substrate that initiates anoxic filtration (it fully completes the nitrogen cycle and helps get rid of nitrates). so far it's working!
the lights are placed normally but on the back half of the lid.
i'm using Special Kitty Fragrance Free Natural Clay Non-Clumping Cat Litter
here's what the poor tank looks like as well
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I need help figuring out why my plants wont grow and why they're growing very slowly. I have a 20 gallon long with a plenum and plain kitty litter, eco complete, and a bit of black sand as the substrate. i used some laterite in between the layers and aquarium co-op root tabs where i planted. i have two nicrew skyled lights on the tank as well.
my main parameters before the plenum started to kick in were: 0/0/10-20, this was with salvinia and maybe one or two 5 gallon water changes.
(i initially set up the tank in april 2022 and reset it in janauary this year. plants struggled to grow then too)here's what my plants look like
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On 5/15/2022 at 1:01 AM, Waterlife said:
Ok I’ll try that thanks! Is maracyn anti-fungal? I think it’s just anti bacterial.
The fish don’t have fungus
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Definitely not fin rot but fin nipping. Follow other tips for reducing stress
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On 5/13/2022 at 6:35 PM, Colu said:
Looks like their some bloating and possible pineconing if theirs pineconing it could be Dropsy I would Qarantine the most effective treatment is a combination aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 3 gallons that will help reduce the fluid buildup kanaplex in food I use repashy and metroplex to treat the water column as it treats aeromonas bacteria that can cause Dropsy
Agreed
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Looks like it could be bacterial and I see that another fish has it in the background(?)
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When it was first noticed a day ago, she was floating on her side with the curve. Did a 50% water change and an epsom salt bath. Today she’s upright but still curved. She’s eating fine and even jumps for her treat.
pH: 7.8-8
NO3: ~5ppm
NO2: 0
NH3/4: 0
GH: off the charts high
KH: ~120+ppm
Temp: 78°F
My plants won't grow
in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
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The only thing i’m not positive about having is potassium but the fertilizer has a lot so all i have to do now is be patient