how to know if your plant(anubias) is getting enough

[terror]

how do i know if my anubias is getting enouigh nutrients? i just brought home a new coffefolia and its in a 2.5 gallon tank emersed.
it recieves 4 hrs aquarium lights plus morning sunlight.
its a little yellowish.
i also have a cut barteri from my old palnt and its darlk green they have been uin the tank for about 3 days only.

can i use grow more fertilizer meant for orchids?
right now i use tetra florapride and plant gro but don't know the exact diosage needed too.

the grow more contains.


mmoniacal nitrogen
3.2 % nitrate nitrogen
24.8 % urea nitrogen
p2o5 - 10%
soluble pootash 10%

micronutrients
copper .05% chelated copper.
iron - .10%
maganese .05%
zn .05% etc...


can i use this
how do i dose?

[terror]

anyone?:)

[SnakeIce]

anubias is realatively slow growing, even with more light. so I would think that unless you are talking about growth over months of time the responce with the plant is not going to be able to be deturmined.

if its been two weeks and you want to know if things are good, the plant may not have began to adapt to the spot you moved it to and thus no judgment on how it is doing can be made.

[djlen]

Anubia is a very slow growing plant. They are also not very demanding of light or nutrients.
The best way to tell if they are happy is growth. You will not know if they need more of anything for a while.
I'd advise patience.

Len

[terror]

thanks:) i'm just worried that they might have tooo much light and too little nutrients... because i have been told before when mu cofeefolia's leaves turned yellow because i turned on lights tooo long... and someone said its because of lack of iron?

[terror]

btw do they need water changes?
or will weekly fertilizer dosing be enough?

[djlen]

Are these the emersed ones you spoke about earlier?
What is the lighting wattage?
Fish?

Len

[terror]

oh... when my coffefolias leave sturned yellow. they weren't emersed.
the wattage... they are in a 35 gallon with 2 30 watt lights on for about 8 hours a day. the fish there were 6 angels and 4 bristlenose. but i sold the bristklenose already:)
i just got a new coffefolia about 3 days agio...
its a little yellowish too. i'm trying to raise it emersed.
its tied to a small piece of driftwood. and i added soem gravel... but the rhizome is out of the gravel..

any advice? its oin a 2.5 gallon tank only.

[terror]

oh... when my coffefolias leave sturned yellow. they weren't emersed.
the wattage... they are in a 35 gallon with 2 30 watt lights on for about 8 hours a day. the fish there were 6 angels and 4 bristlenose. but i sold the bristklenose already:)
i just got a new coffefolia about 3 days agio...
its a little yellowish too. i'm trying to raise it emersed.
its tied to a small piece of driftwood. and i added soem gravel... but the rhizome is out of the gravel..

any advice? its oin a 2.5 gallon tank only.
how often shoudl i dose with fertilizer for emersed ones? also how often to change water?

[terror]

think i'll just add to this thread.,
is water current or water movement important to anubias plants?
would a powerhead be better? or just a filter box?
i sold my angelfish which were in the tank, but' i'm planning to replace them with guppies.