JoeQ Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) I know I have a potassium deficiency going on, but is this also part of it; green leaves with yellow veins? I can't seem to find info on any deficiency chart, could this be a disease instead of a deficiency? Edited January 13, 2022 by JoeQ Punctuation added to title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 What are your dosing numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack.of.all.aquariums Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Unless the camera is changing the colors in some way, that looks like a pretty healthy leaf to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Mmiller, not sure what you mean by dosing numbers, but I use ez green and FlorinMulti on separate days. Jack: im not positive its a deficiency. Id just like to know if a green leaf with bright yellow vein was a sign of a deficiency or disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Dosing would be how much of each nutrient are you putting in the tank. Those numbers are usually reported in ppm and per week. I'm not sure about the other, but here's Easy Green's information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 The plant looks ok to me. I wouldn’t do anything at this point, but as long as your nitrate levels aren’t high it can’t hurt to add a bit more ferts. I usually dose Easy Green at the dose indicated for medium to high light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle_Aquarist Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 7:14 AM, JoeQ said: I know I have a potassium deficiency going on, but is this also part of it; green leaves with yellow veins? I can't seem to find info on any deficiency chart, could this be a disease instead of a deficiency? Hi @JoeQ What size tank? What are you dosing for nutrients? How much and how often? There is a deficiency that can cause this but it is not a common one. -Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) It's a 36g bowfront, this issue has been bothering me for awhile, but up until recently I have not had any other obvious deficiencies. I dose 2 squirts of ez green after a water change and the following day 2ml of FlorinMulti. From there it's usually 1 squirt/ml of each on opposing days. I have been guilty in the past of keeping my water too clean with too many water changes, resulting in my nitrates being too low which can be a possibility. Edit: and days off where i dose ez iron and now potassium. Edited January 13, 2022 by JoeQ Additional information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Using squirts as a dosing amount dose not help us help you. Can you please convert that to ppm and in per week totals. NO3 ?ppm PO4 ?ppm K. ?ppm Fe ?ppm and other Micros. Also, what is your GH and KH? We are here to help, but you have to put in a little bit of effort to provide us the information we need. Edited January 13, 2022 by Mmiller2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Mmiller, thanks for the response but doing all the maths to convert ppm of ferts is way past my pay grade or intrest. As for gh and kh im at about 150gh and 80 - 120kh on the aquariumcoop test strips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle_Aquarist Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 10:29 AM, JoeQ said: It's a 36g bowfront, this issue has been bothering me for awhile, but up until recently I have not had any other obvious deficiencies. I dose 2 squirts of ez green after a water change and the following day 2ml of FlorinMulti. From there it's usually 1 squirt/ml of each on opposing days. I have been guilty in the past of keeping my water too clean with too many water changes, resulting in my nitrates being too low which can be a possibility. Edit: and days off where i dose ez iron and now potassium. Hi @JoeQ I downloaded your photo, enlarged and enhanced it, and other than that one species showing lighter leaf veins compared to the interveinal areas I see no issues with your plants. If the problem was what I suspected your newer leaves would start to turn yellowish and I am not seeing that. Nice healthy looking stems btw! -Roy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Thanks for that, I love to let the stems grow as tall as possible then mow them down, replant the tops and grow them again! Sadly I'm horrible at aquascapping, trimming to promote bushy growth and anything non stem related! 🤣 On 1/13/2022 at 7:39 PM, Seattle_Aquarist said: Hi @JoeQ I downloaded your photo, enlarged and enhanced it, and other than that one species showing lighter leaf veins compared to the interveinal areas I see no issues with your plants. If the problem was what I suspected your newer leaves would start to turn yellowish and I am not seeing that. Nice healthy looking stems btw! -Roy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 5:58 PM, JoeQ said: Thanks for that, I love to let the stems grow as tall as possible then mow them down, replant the tops and grow them again! Sadly I'm horrible at aquascapping, trimming to promote bushy growth and anything non stem related! 🤣 Here's the chart I started out with, I know that sometimes the math is not an option. I agree with Roy, your tank looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Thanks for that, probably the most in depth deficiency chart I've seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 2:30 AM, JoeQ said: Thanks for that, probably the most in depth deficiency chart I've seen You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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