Glosso

[houndour]

i was about to post in the one on hair grass but thought I'd start a new topic rather than hijack...

I'm trying glosso in both my tanks at the mo.

In the 5 gallon I don't fertilise, have 24W, diy co2, laterite/sand and the glosso grows tall and is very pale green with like a paler green spot pattern on the leaves!

In the 20 gallon I fertilise micros, Fe, NO3 and PO4, 55W, pressurised CO2, laterite/sand and the glosso is carpeting properly rather than upwards, but the leaves are still very pale with the spotted pattern.

I thought when I originally got the glosso it was much greener.

Any ideas?

 

[kenneth_kpe]

hmm if its carpeting properly then it should be the nice greeny green we often see... my glosso starts to become pale when the leaves are emersed...

maybe the lighting is insufficient to keep it green ? or its missing a nutrient...

 

[houndour]

It's kind of odd, because I thought that glosso growing up might be down to lack of light. But the glosso in the 5 gallon has more light than the 20.

The fact that the leaves are the same colour might point to a lack of nutrient. But the leaves in the 5 gallon are no worse off than the leaves in the 20 gallon. Yet I dose the 20 gallon and not the 5 gallon. Oh and I don't do water changes in the 5 gallon so its getting no nutrients at all.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

ahh its getting confusing hey 20 watts over 5 gallons dont really make up 4WPG i have 23 watts over my 2.3 gallon nano and ths glosso carpets just nicely but some of it still grows upwards, especially recently because the glossos are starting to grow on top of the other glosso

btw when you say pale ? how pale ? do you have pics hound ?

 

[RYO]

I have glosso in both tanks ,and the growth difference is unreal. In my 120L i have sand substrate with root tabs and 90w of lighting . The glosso here tends to grow upwards rather than ground covers.
My 60L has enriched substrate and 72w of lighting and the glosso has taken over the whole tank with a thick low covering.
The colour is the same on both tanks, both are fertilised with a similar system(EI). From what i can deduct from my tanks glosso seems to thrive on an enriched substrate.

 

[houndour]

This is from the 5 gallon. See the yellowish dots??

 

[RYO]

I thought it might have been an iron deficiency but you said you dose it. I read through your tank set up and you state that you dose kent fe. Is this the only feed you dose? if so maybe its worth trying another plant food in conjunction with it. I personaly use kent grow .
I found this link from somwhere about nutrient deficiency (from someone on here prob)
http/www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nutrient.htm
maybe its a magnesium deficiency.
Hope this is of some help.

 

[houndour]

oh yes I do dose Kent Grow, but maybe not enough? I'm dosing whats recommended on the bottle...but when I told Zig he thought it might not be enough. Do you think I should up it? What would happen if I were to overdose on Kent Grow?

 

[Discomafia]

my guess would be algae...

 

[RYO]

I dose 5ml of kent groe every 2 days + kent fe but my tank is around 30g maybe add around 4ml a time might work.

 

[Aqua Essentials]

I dose 5ml of kent groe every 2 days + kent fe but my tank is around 30g maybe add around 4ml a time might work.

It's worth a try but to solve your problem you need to add potassium. I suspect this is why your plants are a littler paler than you would like

 

[houndour]

Thanks Richard.

Do you actually work for Aqua essentials?

 

[Aqua Essentials]

Thanks Richard.

Do you actually work for Aqua essentials?

Work and own it

 

[donkey]

yep. Richard is one of the good guys and he sends his stuff out very fast as well . a real good service

 

[zig]

houndour dont forget you are dosing Potassium or K each time you dose KNO3 and KH2PO4, if you dose 20ppm KNO3 and 2-3ppm KH2PO4 each week you are more than likely dosing enough Potassium, you can check how much you are dosing with chucks calculator, the recommended is 15-20ppm of k per week, once you dose this amount dosing anymore is unlikely to make any noticeable difference to your plants.