Hello, Iāve set up a new 80l tank, and I wanted a second opinion on my problem.
Tank has been going for about 1 month. I added the plants about 3 weeks ago, and I am aware plants need to adjust to new water parameters. However, it seems my sword plant is doing worse than all the other plants, Iām wondering if itās just normal melting when first introduced to new tank or if itās a deficiency, what troubles me is because itās the smaller leafs which are affected, normally if itās new tank problem then it would be big leafs?
tank parameters are as follows:
nitrate: 40ppm (trying to get it down)
Lighting: using fluval 3.0 at around 40% power on all LEDās except blue which is at 3%. They are on for 6.5 hours with 2 hour ramp up and down. Fluval light is 38cm from substrate and is 32w
fertlizer: so far I have not introduced any liquid fertiliser as tank is new, however I do have 1 fertiliser tabs near all root feeders. Was planing on introducing liquid fertilisers in a few weeks
Water change every week: 50%
Co2: no co2 liquid at the moment or gas, but will most likely.
water hardness: very hard water
Could this be an iron deficiency? I canāt see it being magnesium as my water is very hard.
I hope thereās enough information to get an understanding of the situation. All other plants seem to be fine and growing.
thank you to all ?
Tank has been going for about 1 month. I added the plants about 3 weeks ago, and I am aware plants need to adjust to new water parameters. However, it seems my sword plant is doing worse than all the other plants, Iām wondering if itās just normal melting when first introduced to new tank or if itās a deficiency, what troubles me is because itās the smaller leafs which are affected, normally if itās new tank problem then it would be big leafs?
tank parameters are as follows:
nitrate: 40ppm (trying to get it down)
Lighting: using fluval 3.0 at around 40% power on all LEDās except blue which is at 3%. They are on for 6.5 hours with 2 hour ramp up and down. Fluval light is 38cm from substrate and is 32w
fertlizer: so far I have not introduced any liquid fertiliser as tank is new, however I do have 1 fertiliser tabs near all root feeders. Was planing on introducing liquid fertilisers in a few weeks
Water change every week: 50%
Co2: no co2 liquid at the moment or gas, but will most likely.
water hardness: very hard water
Could this be an iron deficiency? I canāt see it being magnesium as my water is very hard.
I hope thereās enough information to get an understanding of the situation. All other plants seem to be fine and growing.
thank you to all ?