Plant Maintenance Advice

[darkdep]

Thanks so much BD.  I think I'm getting it now.  And I'll look into a reactor for sure.

[Toss]

If you running Eheim, hook it up to the intake. It works fine with mine. If it 404, some ppl said that it makes some noise. You need to try to see it. This way the bubbles stays longer in the water and on the way out, it got diffused by the impeller and become CO2 mist.

[BigDaddy]

If you running Eheim, hook it up to the intake. It works fine with mine. If it 404, some ppl said that it makes some noise. You need to try to see it. This way the bubbles stays longer in the water and on the way out, it got diffused by the impeller and become CO2 mist.

Not really recommended, as the CO2 can build in the canister and cause an air lock.

Now, if you have a Magnum 350, your okay, because the impellor is on the bottom of the filter, not the top.

[darkdep]

Yeah, I don't like the idea of putting the CO2 into the intake of my canisters.  I like em quiet.

[darkdep]

Ok, so I've got some specific questions now...

I've picked up some Seachem Flourish and some Flourish Tabs.  I've placed about 5 of the tabs in my 90gal, according to the box they are effective around a 6" radius, so I sort of followed that to cover the Amazon Swords, as well as some of the Hygro.  I also put in a dose of Flourish liquid and will follow the directions on the bottle (1.5 capfuls per week).

Is this a good fertilization routine?

Also, for my plant education purposes, I'm trying to figure out the issues for different plant symptoms...for example:

- On Red Hygro, leaves turning brown and falling off
- On Amazon Sword (diff tank), leaves are yellow and some are see-through
- On Val, (again, diff tank) plant is very thin (few leaves) and they break easily, and are yellow/brown...

Will the Seachem products help for these symptoms or is there something else to consider?

[kennyman]

I guess  Estimative Indexing (EI) would be a real pain in the butt for a 90g cichlid tank :p

[darkdep]

OMG What the heck is that!? :lol:

[DonCorleone]

Not sure if I'm allowed to do this... Mods, feel free to remove this post if you feel it is advertising another forum.

Estimative Index

[Marc]

Mods, feel free to remove this post if you feel it is advertising another forum.

Links to other websites and to other forums are permitted.

[BigDaddy]

Also, for my plant education purposes, I'm trying to figure out the issues for different plant symptoms...for example:

- On Red Hygro, leaves turning brown and falling off
- On Amazon Sword (diff tank), leaves are yellow and some are see-through
- On Val, (again, diff tank) plant is very thin (few leaves) and they break easily, and are yellow/brown...

Will the Seachem products help for these symptoms or is there something else to consider?

Depends.

Are these new leaves or old leaves suffering?  Some nutrients are "transportable"... the plant can re-route nutrients from older leaves to help sustain newer ones (which should be closer to a light source and better able to photosynthesize).

For example, if old leaves which were green and then turn yellow... that's a nitrogen deffeciency (usually).  If the leaves grow in yellow, then its an iron deffeciency (again, most of the time).

If you have root tabs near your amazon and vals... you should see them pick up over the coming days.

[Toss]

If you running Eheim, hook it up to the intake. It works fine with mine. If it 404, some ppl said that it makes some noise. You need to try to see it. This way the bubbles stays longer in the water and on the way out, it got diffused by the impeller and become CO2 mist.

Not really recommended, as the CO2 can build in the canister and cause an air lock.

Now, if you have a Magnum 350, your okay, because the impellor is on the bottom of the filter, not the top.

True for most standard filter media setup. I found a way so it won't create an air-lock. For noise, depends on the bubble-count and brand of filter, for mine, you can't hear a thing.
Note: don't just take my word for it. I don't want to ruin someone's filter. Every aquarium setup is unique, works on one and fail on the other. Experiment it and see if it works on yours.

[darkdep]

These are old leaves.  The Red hygro is failing fast...old leaves are turning brown and wilting very quickly, and are falling off.  The Swords are having some leaves (again, old) slowly turn brown, but nowhere near as dramatically as the red hygro.  Although, interestingly enough, I have two batches of sword in there...one batch I got from SP merivale, and another I got from SP Kanata.  The stuff from SP Kanata was much furthur along (great roots, etc) and it is doing better.

I seem to have one particular plant (a Giant Hygro) that actually seems to be growing...only diff there is it is directly in a current from a temporary spraybar.