Andrew waterson
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Hi All,
A question about my Amazon swords, I don't have much experience with aquarium plants
They seem to be growing well (flowering stalks have grown out of the tank!) and lots of new leaves.
The new leaves look healthy but they are a bit see through (still green, but I can see the shadow of my fingers through them unlike the grown leaves).
Is this just what new leaves look like and they thicken up as they grow or is there a deficiency in the tank?
I've got a 150L tank with 2 30w tubes (so certainly on the low light level) that are on for approx 12hrs a day
I use root tabs in the gravel (easy life root sticks)
Water is hard (GH 19) alkaline (PH 8.2)
ammonia and nitrite 0, nitrate is approx 20ppm (as per my tap water + the API kit is impossible to read!)
Fish are all small community fish (dwarf rainbows, zebra danios, bronze cory's and a pearl gourami)
Any help appreciated!
A question about my Amazon swords, I don't have much experience with aquarium plants
They seem to be growing well (flowering stalks have grown out of the tank!) and lots of new leaves.
The new leaves look healthy but they are a bit see through (still green, but I can see the shadow of my fingers through them unlike the grown leaves).
Is this just what new leaves look like and they thicken up as they grow or is there a deficiency in the tank?
I've got a 150L tank with 2 30w tubes (so certainly on the low light level) that are on for approx 12hrs a day
I use root tabs in the gravel (easy life root sticks)
Water is hard (GH 19) alkaline (PH 8.2)
ammonia and nitrite 0, nitrate is approx 20ppm (as per my tap water + the API kit is impossible to read!)
Fish are all small community fish (dwarf rainbows, zebra danios, bronze cory's and a pearl gourami)
Any help appreciated!