This close up shot is the area that looks the worst in my tank, but as you can see I've got something going on. I'm suspecting at least part of it is due to my BN pleco - should I just rehome her? :/ But I do have leaves yellowing so that can't be the only issue.
My pennywort is in the back has quite a few leaves on only some of the plants that have a lot of holes in them. I am thinking these once had a lot of algae on them though, because I did cut back on my floaters a couple weeks back and did get an algae problem for a short while. Most of the new growth does seem healthy.
The short plant towards the bottom is a "rosette sword", and none of these are looking all too hot -- this one is definitely the worst. These have yellowing and then browning leaves, some lacing, and some leaves that are disintegrating to just a brown lace where the veins of the leaf once was.
The large leaves are one of my Amazon swords and its leaves are all staying green, they just do have these holes in them... I think that may just be the pleco, but please correct me if I'm wrong!
It's a 75 gallon tank, no CO2. I dose Flourish Comp one, occasionally two times a week - if I remember. This tank has been up since March 6th and I started out with Oscomote + root tabs but thought my plants may need more calcium so I switched back to the Flourish tabs I had used in the past - I'm still seeing lacing and yellowing since I switched about a week ago though. Not sure how quickly the switch should be showing an effect if there is going to be any. For lighting, I have two Current USA Satellite PLUS LED lights, which I believe should have a similar par level to two t8s - although I'm not really sure. It seems like it may be a bit brighter than that. The one light is on for about 10 hours and the second light comes on for about 7 - but the second light is on a sort of "cloud" setting right now so it does dim and get brighter every 15 seconds or so - so it's not on full blast the whole time. LEDs are 6500K, possible 6700K - I can't remember. Lastly, I know I do have very soft water, maybe 1-3 dGH.. I do weekly water changes but I don't feel like that adds much as far as nutrients for the plants.
Everything's been sending off runners or producing plantlets, but it seems like almost everything but my little kleiner prinz sword and my pygmy chain sword are struggling. Also, some of the pennywort stems look perfectly fine, others look awful but only below the surface of the water.
Pictures are a close up (excuse my Ember and Cardinal tetras ) and also a FTS - excuse the mess, water change day is tomorrow! And sorry the close up is showing up sideways on here - not sure why :/
My pennywort is in the back has quite a few leaves on only some of the plants that have a lot of holes in them. I am thinking these once had a lot of algae on them though, because I did cut back on my floaters a couple weeks back and did get an algae problem for a short while. Most of the new growth does seem healthy.
The short plant towards the bottom is a "rosette sword", and none of these are looking all too hot -- this one is definitely the worst. These have yellowing and then browning leaves, some lacing, and some leaves that are disintegrating to just a brown lace where the veins of the leaf once was.
The large leaves are one of my Amazon swords and its leaves are all staying green, they just do have these holes in them... I think that may just be the pleco, but please correct me if I'm wrong!
It's a 75 gallon tank, no CO2. I dose Flourish Comp one, occasionally two times a week - if I remember. This tank has been up since March 6th and I started out with Oscomote + root tabs but thought my plants may need more calcium so I switched back to the Flourish tabs I had used in the past - I'm still seeing lacing and yellowing since I switched about a week ago though. Not sure how quickly the switch should be showing an effect if there is going to be any. For lighting, I have two Current USA Satellite PLUS LED lights, which I believe should have a similar par level to two t8s - although I'm not really sure. It seems like it may be a bit brighter than that. The one light is on for about 10 hours and the second light comes on for about 7 - but the second light is on a sort of "cloud" setting right now so it does dim and get brighter every 15 seconds or so - so it's not on full blast the whole time. LEDs are 6500K, possible 6700K - I can't remember. Lastly, I know I do have very soft water, maybe 1-3 dGH.. I do weekly water changes but I don't feel like that adds much as far as nutrients for the plants.
Everything's been sending off runners or producing plantlets, but it seems like almost everything but my little kleiner prinz sword and my pygmy chain sword are struggling. Also, some of the pennywort stems look perfectly fine, others look awful but only below the surface of the water.
Pictures are a close up (excuse my Ember and Cardinal tetras ) and also a FTS - excuse the mess, water change day is tomorrow! And sorry the close up is showing up sideways on here - not sure why :/