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Brown leaves - 03-09-2007, 09:16 AM

I think the answer to my question is more co2. Did a search but couldn't find anything about leaves turning brown.

My Crypt spiralis is starting to turn light brown on the edges of the leaves. The middle is still green. I am dosing flourish twice a week and the kh ph co2 comes to 24 ppm which I know to most of you means crap. Drop checker is coming.

lights are a little over 2wpg at 10 hours
Co2, from a pretty consistent diy jello using wine yeast (2 three liter bottles), is mixed in a reactor.
Pressurized is down the road since this tank I set up was for a local non profit animal rescue.

Heres a pic
just to let you know that is a UGF tube, but it comes from the top so no actual UGF

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03-09-2007, 04:17 PM

You are starving your plants. Flourish is like dessert to the plants. They also need meat and potatoes - nitrates, phosphates and potassium. Those are cheap to supply, if you buy some potassium nitrate and mono potassium phosphate from Greg Watson.


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03-09-2007, 08:01 PM

Flourish does provide those nutrients but not sure if its enough.

Total Nitrogen
0.07%
Available Phosphate ( P2O5)
0.01%
Soluble Potash
0.37%
Calcium (Ca)
0.14%
Magnesium (Mg)
0.11%
Sulfur (S)
0.2773%
Boron (B)
0.009%
Chlorine (Cl)
1.15%
Cobalt (Co)
0.0004%
Copper (Cu)
0.0001%
Iron (Fe)
0.32%
Manganese (Mn)
0.0118%
Molybdenum (Mo)
0.0009%
Sodium (Na)
0.13%
Zinc (Zn)
0.0007%
  
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03-09-2007, 09:26 PM

No, they do not.

You'll need some KNO3, KH2PO4, and perhaps some GH booster, fear not, they are very cheap and last many years for a few $ and they are very easy to add.

See Aquarium Plants, Aquatic Plants, Planted Aquariums, and Aquarium Plant Fertilizer

How big is the tank?

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03-09-2007, 10:13 PM

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03-09-2007, 10:44 PM

Then do this:
Get the ferts from Greg.

50% weekly water change
Add 1/2 teaspoon 2x a week KNO3
Add 1/8th teaspoon 2x a week KH2PO4
Add 1/2 teaspoon 1-2x a week GH booster
10 mls 2-3x aweek of Flourish

That's it. Make sure to add enough CO2 and stay on top of that.

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