Jeff Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) Over the last few weeks, I have some holes in my Dwarf Aquarium Lily, and Banana Plant. They started as pin hole size, and have gotten larger. Nothing added to the tank recently. My snail population seems to be growing, but I'm really trying to cut back on food. It's a 10g that was started in May; substrate was changed in July. My current stock list is: 6 Chili Rasboras, 7 Ember Tetras, 3 Kubotai Rasboras, Anubias Nana Petite, Crypt Wendtii Green, Crypt Parva, Rosette Sword, Bacopa Caroliniana, Anubias Frazeri, Crypt Lutea, Banana Plant, Ammania Gracilias, Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus, 5 Blue Dwarf Shrimp, 1 Nerite Snail, 6 Malaysian Trumpet snails. Consistently on a weekly basis, parameters are: 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrites, 40ppm Nitrates, 7.6 Ph. I dose Easy Iron three times a week, and Easy Green twice a week. I've been doing this for months now...so I haven't changed this weekly plan in a while. I do 20% weekly water changes. Lights are on a timer for 7 hours per day. It's been like this since day one. It's mostly these two....but it kinda looks like my Pogostemon Stellatus is slowly being affected. No other plants seem to be affected at all. Any thoughts? Edited December 14, 2020 by Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua junky Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I'm kinda curious as to if you could be over dosing? I'm not an expert by no means and am actually curious has to how often I should be dosing? I know I've read to try and stay around 40ppm NO3 But without the presence of CO2 is dosing twice a week too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Potassium deficiency would be my first guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 16 minutes ago, Mike_M said: Potassium deficiency would be my first guess. How do I fix a Potassium problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I would start by looking at nutrient deficiency. Nutrient Deficiencies: Why Your Aquarium Plants Are Dying WWW.AQUARIUMCOOP.COM Do you have the perfect planted aquarium setup, but your plants are still dying one by one? Even if you’re regularly dosing fertilizers, your plants might still be missing key nutrients. In this article, we want to teach how... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jeff said: How do I fix a Potassium problem? Not sure if you have a potassium issue or some other trace element is off. Recommend adding root tabs and using some kind of liquid fertilizer. I love the easy line from Aquarium Coop. @Cory designed it with all the trace elements, and one pump per 10 gal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Ken Burke said: Not sure if you have a potassium issue or some other trace element is off. Recommend adding root tabs and using some kind of liquid fertilizer. I love the easy line from Aquarium Coop. @Cory designed it with all the trace elements, and one pump per 10 gal. I dose Easy Green. 2x per week Maybe increase to 3 or 4 times a week? Edited December 14, 2020 by Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 33 minutes ago, Jeff said: How do I fix a Potassium problem? Seachem potassium would do the trick. I always do easy green, iron and seachem postassium. Extra potassium on top of what is in easy green works for me. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickS77 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Do you know your Gh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MickS77 said: Do you know your Gh? 9 drops (140-200ppm) Edited December 14, 2020 by Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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