Just started my first planted tank about 4 weeks ago and have loads of questions as some of the plants dont seem to be doing so well but it might be me expecting to much too soon,
tanks specs are rio 125 (33 us gallons) arcadia 4x t5 over tank luminair with 2 x t5 plant pro lights and 2 x marine white 14,000k as recomended by charterhouse aquatics(are these marine ok for a tropical planted tank), d&d co2 system with small glass diffuser which works off a timer with the lights and they are on for 8 hours a day, tetratec ex700 filter, argos play sand as substrate with api root tabs.
plants in the tank are 2 x java ferns, java moss on driftwood, amazon sword, Bacopa caroliniana and Bacopa monnieri, 2 x anubias nana and Nymphaea lotus
did have the co2 set up to around 22 bpm and doseing 15mill of easy carbo and 15 mill of tpn each week but currently have the co2 switched off as the red sea indicator shows yellow after about a day and ahalf but stays green before then, is this normal or should it stay green all the time if the correct amount of co2 is in the tank, so im unsure on what to set the co2 at using the bubble counter.
the amazon sword has started getting holes in some of the leaves with some going yellow,my java moss has brown growning from it and the Bacopa caroliniana has lost some leaves near the middle/bottom with the stems going abit yellow towards the bottom, both these plants have been for about 2 weeks and the other plants seem to be doing ok.
water ph is 6.4 ammonia/nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 10-20, so are the lights ok, am i dosing too much or too less easycarbo and tpn what should i set the co2 at in bubbles per minute and am i expecting too much too soon after planting these plants. really sorry for the long post just want to get things right
cheers steve
tanks specs are rio 125 (33 us gallons) arcadia 4x t5 over tank luminair with 2 x t5 plant pro lights and 2 x marine white 14,000k as recomended by charterhouse aquatics(are these marine ok for a tropical planted tank), d&d co2 system with small glass diffuser which works off a timer with the lights and they are on for 8 hours a day, tetratec ex700 filter, argos play sand as substrate with api root tabs.
plants in the tank are 2 x java ferns, java moss on driftwood, amazon sword, Bacopa caroliniana and Bacopa monnieri, 2 x anubias nana and Nymphaea lotus
did have the co2 set up to around 22 bpm and doseing 15mill of easy carbo and 15 mill of tpn each week but currently have the co2 switched off as the red sea indicator shows yellow after about a day and ahalf but stays green before then, is this normal or should it stay green all the time if the correct amount of co2 is in the tank, so im unsure on what to set the co2 at using the bubble counter.
the amazon sword has started getting holes in some of the leaves with some going yellow,my java moss has brown growning from it and the Bacopa caroliniana has lost some leaves near the middle/bottom with the stems going abit yellow towards the bottom, both these plants have been for about 2 weeks and the other plants seem to be doing ok.
water ph is 6.4 ammonia/nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 10-20, so are the lights ok, am i dosing too much or too less easycarbo and tpn what should i set the co2 at in bubbles per minute and am i expecting too much too soon after planting these plants. really sorry for the long post just want to get things right