FrostiesFishes Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) My Val in my 72 bow front tank grows like crazy but the plants seem thin and translucent and just don’t look great over all I does 7 pumps of easy green weekly Edited September 19, 2020 by FrostiesFishes I couldn’t flip a photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannachka Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 do you have any roots tabs in? that looks like standard gravel. val is a very heavy root feeder and from my experience gets most of its nutrients from the substrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostiesFishes Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 I put root tabs in six months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, FrostiesFishes said: I put root tabs in six months ago @FrostiesFishes In my experience, the Val in my tanks really didn't start thriving until I stopped gravel vac'ing near them. They seemed to love a rich substrate with finer gravel. Some of my Val looked weak, but suddenly grew new runners, fairly quickly, after leaving an area of the aquarium all for themselves. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I'm realizing more and more reading posts that I probably need to stop vacuuming my sand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Generally speaking less vacuuming is better for planted tanks. Mulm is good for plant growth even if it is unappealing. If you ever want to try removing larger pieces of detritus, some people will use a turkey baster to suck it up instead of busting out the vac. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostiesFishes Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Thanks everyone I’m going to try root tabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannachka Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 9/19/2020 at 2:52 PM, FrostiesFishes said: I put root tabs in six months ago i would add some more, they may have depleted those root tabs at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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