Plant Appearance Issues

[mtv8dmarine]

So here are some issues I'm looking at with my plants. I don't know how bad they are or if I should even worry about it but I wanted to ask anyway.

Some of the plants are experiencing leaf curl while others have a green and black spotted surface. The spotted surface is primarily on the oldest leaves on the plants. However, I would have thought my crypto wendtii would have been the most fragile, but instead, they are perfect.

These guys are perfect! And of course my Koi Angel trying to say hello.

I thought about posting this under my KNO3 thread but in case it might be an entirely different issue I wanted to just be sure.

 

[SuperColey1]

Take a closer pic of the spots. Are they dark green? = need more P

AC

 

[mtv8dmarine]

Yes both dark green and black. I can't get closer pics without having totally blurry images.

 

[SuperColey1]

Well the fact that the green spots are on the anubias says to me you need more P. I actually use my anubias to tell me when I need to dose

As you know I now run a non CO2, non fert setup and therefore when I see green spots start to appear on the anubias in goes some of my old EI macro solution

When your dry ferts arrive this will be sorted

Mix the KNO3 and KH2PO4 up as follows:
500ml DI water (1 pint)
25g KNO3 (3 heaped teaspoons)
3g KH2PO4 (1 level teaspoon + 1 pinch)

Shake well and leave in a warm place overnight. Before using shake well again and then dose.

Dose 1ml per 10 USG so 5.5ml = 1 teaspoon (1/6th fluid oz)

Dose twice a week, once on the first day after water change and the other 3 days later. OR 2 teaspoons once a week.

That dose is for non excel. If you are still dosing excel then dose a teaspoon of the solution daily (or split the 1 teaspoon x 7 into whichever routine you want)

AC

 

[mtv8dmarine]

Yeah I'm US so no TPN+ here but you may recall helping me earlier this past week...I'm getting in a pound of each of the dry ferts on my other thread. So that should clear up I guess when I figure out the dosing. =P I think a little less than a pinch in my 55 gal. on water change days every week is what you had said.

 

[SuperColey1]

Lol. Yeah I remembered after posting. I was editing while you were reposting . lol

Ignore what I said in the past few days. We know its P now.

Follow the little guide above. I have tried to translate it into american (or should I say English) measurements.

Silly thing that. The US uses the imperial measurements and the English use the European metric

Easier to measure things in metric though

Hope this helps

AC

 

[mtv8dmarine]

I agree. Metric is so much easier than Imperial units of measure. When I was in college years back taking chemistry classes I got rather used to the metric system.