ND1990 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I have some holes starting to show up on my Hygrophila Siamensis I dose the 75 gallon 7 pumps once a week with the East green. I was reading more and this plant takes a lot. Should I dose the equivalent twice a week or maybe daily? Is is there anything else? It’s the only plant besides a few buce leaves with holes. thank ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I would dose more during each weekly dosing. So maybe try 9 pumps see if that works. If it doesn't dose 10 pumps, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Keep an eye on your nitrate levels as well while you're increasing the fertilizer. You'll want to keep it somewhere between 20 and 40ppm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND1990 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, James Black said: I would dose more during each weekly dosing. So maybe try 9 pumps see if that works. If it doesn't dose 10 pumps, and so on. Okay thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND1990 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just now, Kirsten said: Keep an eye on your nitrate levels as well while you're increasing the fertilizer. You'll want to keep it somewhere between 20 and 40ppm. Always do! Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) I have a similar question about Easy Green. I have mostly plants that feed from the water column (Annubias and Java Fern) in a 40 gallon breeder with a Fluval 3.0. I have the lights on auto for a planted tank 7 hours a day. I was dosing Easy Green 4 pumps daily and the liquid carbon daily. Even so, my plants are developing holes in the leaves, and I have hair algae. So I dialed back to Easy Green once a week, 4 pumps, but I’m worried because even some new frogbit is developing holes. I’m just struggling to find the right amount of fertilizer and the right dosing frequency. I wondered if I need more flow, but I tried the smallest circulation pump, and the fish really seemed to struggle with it, so I turned it off. Does anyone have any tips on how I can do this better? I’m considering running CO2. Thanks you! Edited February 27, 2021 by Nicole Added plant names 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Nicole said: I have a similar question about Easy Green. I have mostly plants that feed from the water column (Annubias and Java Fern) in a 40 gallon breeder with a Fluval 3.0. I have the lights on auto for a planted tank 7 hours a day. I was dosing Easy Green 4 pumps daily and the liquid carbon daily. Even so, my plants are developing holes in the leaves, and I have hair algae. So I dialed back to Easy Green once a week, 4 pumps, but I’m worried because even some new frogbit is developing holes. I’m just struggling to find the right amount of fertilizer and the right dosing frequency. I wondered if I need more flow, but I tried the smallest circulation pump, and the fish really seemed to struggle with it, so I turned it off. Does anyone have any tips on how I can do this better? I’m considering running CO2. Thanks you! What are your water parameters at? in particular your nitrates? The algae could be caused by an excess amount of light, it seems that you don't have a lot of high light plants so I would dim the lights. Here is a thread where forum members share there fluval 3.0 lighting settings, perhaps one of the settings will be the right setting for your tank 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) My water parameters are okay. My nitrates do hit 40 on Saturdays, but then I do a 50% water change every Saturday. I think you are right about needing to dial down the lights. What do you think about the fertilizer. Do you think once a week is enough to support these plants? Thanks for sharing the link to that thread about the lights. I’ll will check it out. Edited February 27, 2021 by Nicole Added thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_ Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I seem to recall that java fern uses a lot of potassium and deficiency can cause holes . You could try adding just potassium supplement on top of easy green. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, James Black said: What are your water parameters at? in particular your nitrates? The algae could be caused by an excess amount of light, it seems that you don't have a lot of high light plants so I would dim the lights. Here is a thread where forum members share there fluval 3.0 lighting settings, perhaps one of the settings will be the right setting for your tank Thank you for the referral to this thread. I found Bentley Pascoe’s YouTube videos about the Fluval 3.0, and wow, no wonder I have algae. I have been hitting low light plants with high light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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