Please Look At My Plants

[Faythee]

I am close to giving up. I do not know what I am doing wrong. I keep replacing them and it is costing me $$$$$$$$$

This one I do not know what it is. I bought it at Petsmart. It is turning brown and shriveling. It has thick crisp leaves, like lettuce. The plant on the driftwood below it has holes in the leaves.

The leaves on my sword are curling up and one is yellow on the ends.

The hairgrass has been growing nicely but also has some yellow leaves and burnt ends. The Moss Ball behind it doesn't float and sink like others say theirs does ???

I have a 6000k light, twin bulb, blue and white. I leave lights on about 10 hrs. per day. I put Flourish tabs in the sand near the plants. I have developed green spot algae on the glass which my Bristlenose does not care to eat

 

[aaronnorth]

what wattage are your lights?

What size is your tank?

Do you inject CO2?

Do you dose any ferts?

 

[Faythee]

Coralife 6700k twin tube light.

Tank is 30 gallons

I use Fluorish Fertilizer Tabs in the substrate.

No CO2

 

[Faythee]

This is what is in the tabs:

Guaranteed Analysis
Total Nitrogen 0.28%
Available Phosphate 0.17%
Soluble Potash 0.16%
Calcium 14.9%
Magnesium 0.06%
Sulfur 12.2%
Boron 0.029%
Chlorine 0.55%
Cobalt 0.001%
Copper 0.001%
Iron 2.2%
Manganese 0.23%
Molybdenum 0.0009%
Sodium 0.14%
Zinc 0.0024%

Derived from: Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Magnesium Chloride, Ferrous Gluconate, Cobalt Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Boric Acid, Sodium Molybdate, Zinc Sulfate, Protein Hydrolysates.




Am I missing somthing ?

 

[aaronnorth]

Hi, we need to know the wattage, not the Kelvin rating, this doesn't matter. You will need to dose liquid ferts as this is wy your plants will be dying - through a nutrient defficiency

 

[LosC519]

Seachem Excel and Seachem Trace works great. But this is useless if you do not have sufficient lighting. Your lightbulb is usually labelled with a wattage rating. Research the type of plant you have or about to buy and make sure you meet its lighting requirements. Its as easy as googling the name of the plant

 

[Faythee]

I looked up the light I ordered and here is the description:

The Coralife F/W Aqualight T-5 is a double lamp fixture ideal for freshwater and planted aquariums. Includes one Colormax Full Spectrum and one 6700K T-5 (5/8 diameter) fluorescent lamp. Features an on/off switch, a built in electronic ballast, sleek black aluminum housing, a highly polished reflector, acrylic lens cover and adjustable width tank mounts. T-5 lamps are 18 watts each.

So thats 36 watts total. Is this enough ?

I will get the liquid ferts today. Thanks !

 

[aaronnorth]

you have 1.6WPG (36w/ 30g = 1.6)

This is enough to grow the plants you have shown and any other low light plant, it must be the nutrient defficiency so the fert shuld sort that out. They may just be adapting to submerged life as a lot of rossette plants are grown emerged, i always give plants at least 1 month before binning them if no new signs off growth are seen.

 

[Faythee]

Thank you Aaron !

I feel better now

 

[frozenbarb]

Spread the hairgrass ... They need space take it out and start seperating them one by one and planting them in various places.



For the sword that is normal since thoses leaves were grown above water.

And swords don't do good in sand. The sand compacts the rooms