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Sagittaria & Vallisneria
You can probably grow decent sags at that light level, although they will
get tall and be a bit mangy. Thin and space them out regularly to keep light getting into the centers of the clumps. The vals will never make it, though, sorry. kush SlimFlem wrote in message om... Hi. I planted some Sagittaria and Vallisneria about 6 months ago and they were growing great for a couple of months. Most of them even produced a number of baby plant shoots. But for the past several months, the baby shoots as well as the original plants have not been growing much. The daughter plants got to about 2 inches and just stopped growing. I have a 75 gallon tank with these plants as well as 3 large Amazon Swords, some Annubias, Java Fern, Melon Sword, and some Onion bulbs. My plants look good but not like I want them to. I use Florish liquid 2 or 3 times per week as well as the carbon and some Potassium about once per week. For lighting I have 2 40 watt tubes... 1) 10000K and one CoralLife Nutra Grow Plant lamp. This gives me 80 watts for my 75 gallon. Should I have more light and what would be a better combination? I have Florite for the substrate. For filter I have one Ehiem Professional II 2028 with surface extractor. The filter contains Black Diamond carbon on the bottom tray, the ceramic tubes on the second, and the course rock on the top along with the sponge seperators. I also added some floss under the first stage before the water goes through the carbon. How does this sound to you guys? This was recommend from a guy at The Fish Store & More here in Atlanta. I keep the water temperature at 78. That is all I have for circulation. No other power heads. Would you recommend for water current? Also, another question is that my Amazon Swords get algae on their leaves. Most of the leaves are nice, but some of the leaves have started getting algea growth towards the end of the leaves. Its a dark green algea that could almost be described as a sheet of algea. I have trimmed off a handful of the older leaves that were about half covered. I have no algea growth on any rocks, the bottom, or other plants except some algea growth on some of the older Annubias leaves. I have no surface scum. I do have to wipe the inside front of the tank every couple of weeks to remove algea. Just light green stuff. My water stays nice and clear with no green color or discoloration. I do about 15% water change every 2 or 3 weeks. My fish consist of 2 large Angelfish, 6 2" Clown Loaches, several Otto and Chinese algea eater, 5 brochis splendens, 2 medium sized rainbow fish, and a school of 8 of both Serpae and Red-Eye tetras. Oh, and one Whiptail catfish. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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