Panadalover93
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No its on top of my tankIt is said "underwater" ?!
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No its on top of my tankIt is said "underwater" ?!
For the simple reason thay they shadow plants below.How come only my floating plants??
But link is saying "underwater".No its on top of my tank
Not in one go !Ill cut back hopefully it helps
Cut back? As in the roots? This does promote growth. However, I don’t recommend it for yours, because they are in such bad condition.Ill cut back hopefully it helps
If you don't fert, look no further
The common answer to nutrient problems is to use a fertilizer. However many fertilizers assume your water has some nutrients. This is true for flourish. In fect flourish was designed with the assumption that your have a lot of fish or nutrient rich water. You don't have either. My experience with RO water and an inert substrate is that flourish comprehensive does not work unless you overdose. Unfortunately flourish is so low in some nutrients that even if you use 15 times the recommended dose you would still not have enough copper or zinc to get good plant growth and the amount of iron in the water will be getting close to toxic levels for fish. Reducing the dose of flourish will also not work.This is TOO MUCH !! tou OVERDOSE Flourish !!
Don't you read Seachem directions ? It is 5 millilitre for 250 litres once a week !!
You could talk to this person to see what he does to get good growth. Maybe he knows of a better fertilizer.rest of plants and budding and growing perfectly only floating is having this issue also guy I bought them from is a home breeder/ grower
Wow such great advise.In my experience with floating plant light levels, spectrum and humidity, and CO2 levels don't cause what your are seeing. Plants need nutrients other than light CO2 and water. There are 3 primary source for these nutrients:
1 your water
2 your fish
and your substrate.
Your location is listed as Kuwait. Kuwait has no natural source of fresh water. All drinking water if from desalination. Meaning your tap water probably has no nutrients.
If you have a lot of fish the fish waist would release nutrients into the water. unfortunately I only see 2 or 3 fishing the two photos. So you probably don't have enough fish to satisfy the needs of the plants.
Now most gravel substrates are inert and generally provide no nutrients However in some case they do have some nutrient. for plants. Some people use dirt substrates. These have more nutrients. Nowthe plants burried in the substrate can access substrate nutrients. However thefloating plants cannot. One problem with substrates is that any nutrients they have will eventually run out. When that happens you have to replace the substrate. but there isno way of knowing if the new substrate will have enough nutrients.
The common answer to nutrient problems is to use a fertilizer. However many fertilizers assume your water has some nutrients. This is true for flourish. In fect flourish was designed with the assumption that your have a lot of fish or nutrient rich water. You don't have either. My experience with RO water and an inert substrate is that flourish comprehensive does not work unless you overdose. Unfortunately flourish is so low in some nutrients that even if you use 15 times the recommended dose you would still not have enough copper or zinc to get good plant growth and the amount of iron in the water will be getting close to toxic levels for fish. Reducing the dose of flourish will also not work.
Keep in mind that plants need 14 nutrients to grow. If you don't have enough of just one your plants will not grow. The nutrients are nitrogen (N), Pottassium (K), Calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), phosphorous (P), Sulfur, Chlorine (CL)(as a safe chloride salt), iron (Fe), Born (B), Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu), Molybdenum (Mo), and nickel (Ni).
In my case I couldn't find a fertilizer that would work with my water. I eventually made my own fertilizer. There is one fertilizer in the UK (TNC) that looks like it would work for me but it is not available in the US. I have no idea as to what is available in Kuwait.
I am at a loss as to what to recommend you could try more fish in your tank but that is problably not good for the fish in your small tank. You could try making your own fertilizer but in some countries it can be very hard to get the required fertilizer salts due to llegal issues. You could reduce or eliminate water changes to let fish waist build up but that could be harmful to your fish. but that said I have seen post about tanks that don't or rarely get water changes.
You could talk to this person to see what he does to get good growth. Maybe he knows of a better fertilizer.
Im not sure !! My mistake i just now relizrr I should’ve done that@Panadalover93 why didn't tou give me those important specifications ??? It is not for want of asking !!
Waterspray will have no effect on a healthy floating plant. I am not sure but one of your floating plants might be Salvinia minima. On some floating plants the new leaves may develop just under water surface. And move to the surface as it developed. The plastic bag they cam in is not the cause of your problems.Also for some reason majority of them have atleast one leaf that dips underwater
No humidity however the sponge filter causes surface agitation i dont know maybe when the bubbles pop they spray some water onto the floaters?
A lot of floating plants have trouble under high humidity or with water constantly dripping on their leaves. Water lilies and lotus struggle, water lettuce and & hyacinth will rot in aquariums with a coverglass, and salvinnia regularly rots under covers.Waterspray will have no effect on a healthy floating plant. I am not sure but one of your floating plants might be Salvinia minima. On some floating plants the new leaves may develop just under water surface. And move to the surface as it developed. The plastic bag they cam in is not the cause of your problems.
Yea here in Kuwait outside temp reaches 50 and inside a car easily can get to 60+ c not f so u can imagine the oven we live in!A lot of floating plants have trouble under high humidity or with water constantly dripping on their leaves. Water lilies and lotus struggle, water lettuce and & hyacinth will rot in aquariums with a coverglass, and salvinnia regularly rots under covers.
If the plants got hot in the bag, that could have damaged them. This can happen if the plants were not in an insulated box or if they were left in a vehicle for a while. The temperature in the bag can reach 35-40C and the plants get cooked.
Could you recommend a product that is better than flourish? Or can i usr another product by seachem such as trace or advanced in addition?A lot of floating plants have trouble under high humidity or with water constantly dripping on their leaves. Water lilies and lotus struggle, water lettuce and & hyacinth will rot in aquariums with a coverglass, and salvinnia regularly rots under covers.
If the plants got hot in the bag, that could have damaged them. This can happen if the plants were not in an insulated box or if they were left in a vehicle for a while. The temperature in the bag can reach 35-40C and the plants get cooked.