Need To Wipe Out The Ramshorn/pest Snails!

[three-fingers]

I never had any luck with Pogostemon helferi either for some reason, and that was in a high tech tank .

The cryps are likely just adjusting to underwater growth.

What kind of filtration do you have on the tank, and where is the Anubias situated? (as in, in or out the water flow, and is it shaded by any other plants?

Since you other plant's are doing fine, there doesn't seem to be any huge issue, but there's probably a few things you could do just to straighten everything out faster and to make ideal for the plants that aren't doing brilliantly.

 

[windhopper]

I never had any luck with Pogostemon helferi either for some reason, and that was in a high tech tank .

The cryps are likely just adjusting to underwater growth.

What kind of filtration do you have on the tank, and where is the Anubias situated? (as in, in or out the water flow, and is it shaded by any other plants?

Since you other plant's are doing fine, there doesn't seem to be any huge issue, but there's probably a few things you could do just to straighten everything out faster and to make ideal for the plants that aren't doing brilliantly.

Ok well went up lfs and explained the problem over the anubias, there are also rust coloured patches on it which didnt make sense either, he said straight away it was classic iron deficieny in the water (the one thing i hadnt been testing for) and that the iron deficency also caused the leaves to appear as though they had been "eaten" by snails when infact they havent. So big scare over lol

Oh yeah and i now have an algae issue, its growing all over the tank any ideas on how to get rid of it, some how i dont think 3 apple snails and a pleco will cut it and i dont see the point in buying more fish lol

 

[three-fingers]

What filter do you have on the tank?

Sounds nothing like an iron deficiency...even if there was an iron deficiency the Anubias would likely be the last plant to suffer (since it grows so slowly).

Since all the other plant's are doing well, what I would do is cut off any bad looking leaves on the plants (especially on the crypt, only leave 2 or 3), move the Anubias to where it can get some shade (but not too dark) and decent flow of water over it, add a decent root tab or two under the crypt (or dose the tank higher with ferts, but I would avoid that for now) and depending on your filter, possibly add additional circulation pump of some sort.

If after doing this and leaving it to settle for a month or two you are still getting lots of algae and/or seeing proper signs of deficiencies, then it's time to adjust the ferts to counter this . But I think it will all work out.

 

[windhopper]

What filter do you have on the tank?

Sounds nothing like an iron deficiency...even if there was an iron deficiency the Anubias would likely be the last plant to suffer (since it grows so slowly).

Since all the other plant's are doing well, what I would do is cut off any bad looking leaves on the plants (especially on the crypt, only leave 2 or 3), move the Anubias to where it can get some shade (but not too dark) and decent flow of water over it, add a decent root tab or two under the crypt (or dose the tank higher with ferts, but I would avoid that for now) and depending on your filter, possibly add additional circulation pump of some sort.

If after doing this and leaving it to settle for a month or two you are still getting lots of algae and/or seeing proper signs of deficiencies, then it's time to adjust the ferts to counter this . But I think it will all work out.

I tested the water and the iron is 0 so thats not good anyway, my theory on the anubias being affected is that the others are planted into eco-complete and the anubias roots are not planted in substrate

 

[three-fingers]

Plants take up iron from the water very quickly and you have floating plants, so it's no great surprise the test kit is showing 0ppm. There's no sign of iron deficiency and Anubias don't need to be planted in substrate (they do better when they aren't).

Given all that, I wouldn't consider adding iron ferts to the water, especially since you already have algae problems, and iron is well known as a limiting nutrient for algae.

You aren't injecting CO2, so most of your plant growth will be slower and you shouldn't need to add iron (hence, you have described no signs of iron deficiency).
There should be enough iron in the substrate for the plants, enough iron will be released into the water from the light breaking bonds with other molecules for the slow growing Anubias.

IMO (obviously ) you will have much better results from what I've suggested above .
Since you haven't said what filter you have, I'm just going to say: don't skimp on flow when it comes to planted aquariums .

 

[windhopper]

Plants take up iron from the water very quickly and you have floating plants, so it's no great surprise the test kit is showing 0ppm. There's no sign of iron deficiency and Anubias don't need to be planted in substrate (they do better when they aren't).

Given all that, I wouldn't consider adding iron ferts to the water, especially since you already have algae problems, and iron is well known as a limiting nutrient for algae.

You aren't injecting CO2, so most of your plant growth will be slower and you shouldn't need to add iron (hence, you have described no signs of iron deficiency).
There should be enough iron in the substrate for the plants, enough iron will be released into the water from the light breaking bonds with other molecules for the slow growing Anubias.

IMO (obviously ) you will have much better results from what I've suggested above .
Since you haven't said what filter you have, I'm just going to say: don't skimp on flow when it comes to planted aquariums .

I know anubias do better when they arent hence i keep meaning to say it isnt lol. I also do put co2 into the water through the tetra co2 optimat system (forgot to mention im a bit dim lol).

The filter is the juwel one and the flow looks good to me but maybe im wrong lol. Btw any easy way to get rid of the algae with out adding any more fish?

 

[3ndl3r]

How long are the lights left on for each day?

Introduce a siesta, i did that for my tank and it worked really well.

 

[windhopper]

How long are the lights left on for each day?

Introduce a siesta, i did that for my tank and it worked really well.

As long as possible (i have parents who think they know all and say that my tank uses too much electricity with the lights on all day) usually between 3pm and 11:30pm (i know its probs not enough) it gets sort of halflight from the sun (not in full sunlight) during day

 

[three-fingers]

The tetra optimat system is going to be giving you fluctuating CO2 levels, and regardless of how much CO2 is in the tank, Juwel filter systems (while effective enough for low-medium stocked fish tanks) don't give enough turnover, so you will have dead spots and the CO2 wont be spread around the tank enough anyway.

Get a more efficient CO2 kit, preferably pressurised but DIY yeast will work if you can keep on top of the refills and upgrade filters or add a cheap powerhead enough to give you a rated 10x turnover when combined with the filters powerhead.

Use a plug timer to keep the lights on for 10-12 hours a day.