Hello all,
I have a 10 gallon planted tank. It has a 15 watt T8 bulb. That should put me at 1.5 WPG. It runs for 10 hours a day. The only water movement comes from the HOB filter. There is no aeration other than that but it is pretty heavily planted on the one side and the fish never gasp for air at the top. The tank is inhabited by 6 Black Mollies, 4 Black Molly fry, 1 Swordtail, and 12 Ghost Shrimp. I dose daily with Flourish Excel and make sure that I do weekly water changes of at least 50%. My water stats are as follows.
PH 8.0
AM 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 10 (Did a water change 3 days ago)
GH 13
KH 7
There are currently only two plants in this tank. I don't remember the name of the one but it is thriving with no problems. The other is the Rotala rotundifolia which does alright. It grows a black algae on it I believe, does not grow very fast, looses its leaves, and grows lots of shoots but they never really ever seem to grow and expand. I am just trying to figure out what I can do make it grow better as the red color in the tank would look amazing if I could get it grow better. I have attached 3 pictures to better show what I mean. One is of the entire tank and the next 2 are close up of the Rotala. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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I have a 10 gallon planted tank. It has a 15 watt T8 bulb. That should put me at 1.5 WPG. It runs for 10 hours a day. The only water movement comes from the HOB filter. There is no aeration other than that but it is pretty heavily planted on the one side and the fish never gasp for air at the top. The tank is inhabited by 6 Black Mollies, 4 Black Molly fry, 1 Swordtail, and 12 Ghost Shrimp. I dose daily with Flourish Excel and make sure that I do weekly water changes of at least 50%. My water stats are as follows.
PH 8.0
AM 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 10 (Did a water change 3 days ago)
GH 13
KH 7
There are currently only two plants in this tank. I don't remember the name of the one but it is thriving with no problems. The other is the Rotala rotundifolia which does alright. It grows a black algae on it I believe, does not grow very fast, looses its leaves, and grows lots of shoots but they never really ever seem to grow and expand. I am just trying to figure out what I can do make it grow better as the red color in the tank would look amazing if I could get it grow better. I have attached 3 pictures to better show what I mean. One is of the entire tank and the next 2 are close up of the Rotala. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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