AquaAggie

Flora GSA = green spot algae water parameters NH4 = Ammonia NO3 = Nitrate NO2 = Nitrite

@Fish Folk it’s seems like phosphate or nitrogen deficiency? I’m leaning towards maybe phosphate?

@joseph lambeth every 2 weeks. Nitrates are usually at 20 or just over when I change water. @Brian yes you are correct on both accounts there is new growth and that is how I dose ferts. It had been probably 6-8 weeks since adding root tabs but got more this week. I dose iron occasionally but only in small amounts because I read somewhere it may have caused my BBA problem I had a couple months backs. thanks for the advice

It has been in the tank for a year. The rhizome has always been firm to me.

Is this a deficiency? I dose with easy green but split it between 2 doses a week in a 60 gallon tank. I run an AquaSky 2.0 and no CO2. To me they are the only plants out of crypts, anubias, crinum, Madagascar lace, vals, and apongoneton that looks this beat up, aside from some GSA If it’s a deficiency what kind and how do I fix it. Or are they just old leaves that need to get pulled? Thanks

@Blurb Thanks. Great resource. I see he supports the co-op. you think this looks better?

Really? The site says just easy green. But I figure if a plant has roots it will use them?

I have tried multiple times and it keeps pushing itself up. I’ve read they are really more like bulb plants and they don’t want to be buried all the way??? I got my shipment of root tabs yesterday. There will be a number going in to the tank for everyone this weekend. I don’t travel vac much anymore either.

What would you suggest I already have 5 nerite snails and amano shrimp best I can tell no one really eats GSA. ive also heard mixed things about carbon.

I cut back a bit because I was green spot algae on my crypts and anubias. I have the attached profile on an AquaSky 2.0. What do you think.

Happy to provide entertainment @FlyingFishKeeper

So I have had my crinum for a year. It seems to be growing well. Get leaves long enough to teach top of my 60 gallon. However these longer leaves are much smoother not as crinkly as the leaves it came with as a baby. Is this some kind of deficiency? How do I make my crinum more crinumy?

@Jason A. i have mine under my 60 in the cabinet. I went a bit against grain and set up a permanent one with sponge filter, heater, decor (old stuff froM when my mom was a kid) and some moss balls and Java fern with a cheap light. I could only fit a 5 gallon under there which was super annoying and disappointing but I work with it. You can eyeball splitting the med packets in half pretty decently. I keep it cycled with some bladder, mts, and mystery snails. Has worked out pretty well so far no problems. I hope to try and breed mystery snails in there at some point.

I do want to. I think they are great and they are my wife’s favorites. But no room for another tank now.

@Streetwise it is always nice to have other people say nice things about your tanks and designs. I know not everyone is crazy about fake decor, but come on what’s a fish tank without a castle 🏰 😂. That rock structure on the right is hollow even so it’s a giant cave in an upside down terra cotta pot. And nobody uses it 🤦‍♂️

@Streetwise I would love to get some breeding out of my sterbi. I was hoping for something from my caucatoides but nothing much this far. Tried with the Bolivians but ended up with two males. Any suggestions?

@Streetwise thanks again. I have 3 Amanos in there. I was hesitant about neocardina with the other stocking. I have red cherries in my 20g and never culled. Today with things I learned on this site I decided that was probably a good idea. So I got 15 or so culls out of my 20 and added them to to this one. We will see what happens..... the problems with this is that if they live I can’t add the blues or oranges I was thinking of. If they don’t Live I saved myself disappointment I guess 🤷‍♂️ have been wanting to add kore amanos. They were the first shrimp I ever bought shortly after starting the tank a year ago

@Megatrondidn’t waste any time joining I see. Hope you find some more answers.

thanks @Colu that was my concern with both. Would cardinals be big enough to escape that fate? Have any ideas for filling out the tank?

Wow @Streetwise thanks. That means a lot. All the plants except the annubia came from the co-op

I have the Marine land 60 gallon tank 12x48x24 water parameters: pH - 7.9 Nitrates - 20 Hardness - 7.5 Nitrite -0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - 5 Water Temperature - 79 inhabitants: 9 neon tetra (been in tank whole time) 1 pearl gourami (10 months) M and F apisto caucatoides (6 months) 5 sterbi cories (1 year) 5 khuli loaches (1 year) 1 super red bristlenose pleco (1 year) 2 Bolivian rams (10 months) 1 silver hatchet fish (10 months) 1 pearl scale marble angel (3 months nerite snails, MTS, Amano shrimp i currently water change every 2 weeks and even before changes my nitrate is only 20. Everyone is healthy and doing well. I hate to rock the boat as things are going well but was wondering about adding a blood parrot (my wife likes them as do I) or a gold spot severum as they are beautiful. what does the group think? good idea , bad idea, do something different? The tank is just not as active or as full as I would like and my parameters seem to tell me there is room for more? Thanks!

@Anita what keeps the root tab contents from just getting pulled down into the sponge beyond the ready reach of your roots? Am I missing something?

just watched this. No next to nothing about sumps. But there you go

I have had tetras, live plants, and shrimps in my Tanks. pH ~7.9 stability I think is more important than numbers

Agreed. You may need to put a valve down to the hatchery. Their general locations are I think less important than the overall resistance. The pressure in the little hatchery is likely much less than at the bottom of your tank. I would think the pump should be powerful enough you just need to direct that power a bit better.