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Oddball and African riverine fish keeper
Besides their ease of care reputation, I've further expanded my Anubias collection to tie in with my mainly African riverine fish stocking. However, problems with existing plants makes me concerned that I'm not doing enough for them.
Varieties I've had for a while...
2x A. barteri 1705(?) [used to thrive without any special attention, never been the same since leaving out of water for ~2 hours last summer and lost ~75% of its leaves, yellowing leaves remaining, tiny holes, frayed leaf edges]
4x A. heterophylla [bought in Jan, quickly seemed to suffer leaf melting, now a lot of leaves have yellow and dark brown patches]
3x A. barteri nana "golden"(?) [bought in Jan, by and large doing ok]
New today...
5x A. barteri coffeefolia
5x A. congensis
3x A. ondulatus
Should 3-6 hours a day of direct/indirect sunlight be enough for these plants, or should I be using my T8 lighting for upto 6 hours per day?
Should I be dosing them daily with Easycarbo? If so, should I stick to the standard dose of 1ml per 50l, or a bit less because they are slow growers?
Should I buy a bottle of Seachem Flourish (or similar) to keep them in condition and hopefully revive the sorry looking 1705 and heterophylla?
Would buying a pack of Seachem Flourish Tabs (or similar) be of any use, presuming some of the compound will leach into the tank water, even though these plants will not be directly planted in the substrate?
Thanks for any input, I will try and get some photos soon, feeling like I'm coming down with a cold today.
Varieties I've had for a while...
2x A. barteri 1705(?) [used to thrive without any special attention, never been the same since leaving out of water for ~2 hours last summer and lost ~75% of its leaves, yellowing leaves remaining, tiny holes, frayed leaf edges]
4x A. heterophylla [bought in Jan, quickly seemed to suffer leaf melting, now a lot of leaves have yellow and dark brown patches]
3x A. barteri nana "golden"(?) [bought in Jan, by and large doing ok]
New today...
5x A. barteri coffeefolia
5x A. congensis
3x A. ondulatus
Should 3-6 hours a day of direct/indirect sunlight be enough for these plants, or should I be using my T8 lighting for upto 6 hours per day?
Should I be dosing them daily with Easycarbo? If so, should I stick to the standard dose of 1ml per 50l, or a bit less because they are slow growers?
Should I buy a bottle of Seachem Flourish (or similar) to keep them in condition and hopefully revive the sorry looking 1705 and heterophylla?
Would buying a pack of Seachem Flourish Tabs (or similar) be of any use, presuming some of the compound will leach into the tank water, even though these plants will not be directly planted in the substrate?
Thanks for any input, I will try and get some photos soon, feeling like I'm coming down with a cold today.