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Help with plants
Hello,
I have a 60 gal tank, fluval 404 plus under gravel filter with two power heads. My Amazon Swords are not doing well. Nothing I do seems to help. I have an aqua glow light on 12 hours a day, temp at about 80 degrees. I fertilize weekly. Even added a CO2 infuser. Plants continue to turn yellow and die. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank You Please e-mail. |
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In article , "carmineventura"
writes: I have a 60 gal tank, fluval 404 plus under gravel filter with two power heads. My Amazon Swords are not doing well. Nothing I do seems to help. I I'm no plant expert, but I understand that swords need a relatively rich substrate, so I'm guessing that the UGF is leaching out useful substrate nutrients that would otherwise get to the sword roots. I've read that laterite balls can be embedded into substrate in conjunction with UGF to supplement root fertilization, although I don't know if the UGF would pump the dissolved nutrients into the water encouraging algae growth...? Erica http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mitoem/mitoem/index.htm |
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How deep is your gravel over the filter plates and how close to the back of
the tank (hence near to the bottom of the powerhead tubes) are they planted? Please expand on "not doing well." Sounds familiar. kush "You can't have everything - where would you put it?" carmineventura wrote in message . net... Hello, I have a 60 gal tank, fluval 404 plus under gravel filter with two power heads. My Amazon Swords are not doing well. Nothing I do seems to help. I have an aqua glow light on 12 hours a day, temp at about 80 degrees. I fertilize weekly. Even added a CO2 infuser. Plants continue to turn yellow and die. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank You Please e-mail. |
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I bet the real problem is low light levels. How many watts per gallon do
you have? Earl "kush" wrote in message ... How deep is your gravel over the filter plates and how close to the back of the tank (hence near to the bottom of the powerhead tubes) are they planted? Please expand on "not doing well." Sounds familiar. kush "You can't have everything - where would you put it?" carmineventura wrote in message . net... Hello, I have a 60 gal tank, fluval 404 plus under gravel filter with two power heads. My Amazon Swords are not doing well. Nothing I do seems to help. I have an aqua glow light on 12 hours a day, temp at about 80 degrees. I fertilize weekly. Even added a CO2 infuser. Plants continue to turn yellow and die. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank You Please e-mail. |
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