geekboy - thanks for the confirmation on the nitrate levels...i feel that this is the case for all my problems in this case.
i cant believe i let the levels get so high! :wall:
i cant believe i let the levels get so high! :wall:
Clear Leaves, Dead Otto, holes in leaves and other maladies
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Yes, an increase in intensity.
I chose the light that I bought because it was advertised as having two separate cords so i could time both the bulbs for different times during the day.....or have a 'burst' of light in the middle of the light period. well, i realized 5 months after i got it that it only had one cord.
so i am going to have to rewire the sucker to get the second cord in there so i can bump it up from 65W to 130W for an hour or so during the day. it was what i really wanted to do with the setup.
yes they are....i use eco-complete and was under the assumption that i didnt need root tabs with it. This one sword has been absolutely thriving up until now. i bought it as one sword and now i have at least 5.
I do kinda the same thing, only opposite. I have it set up so that only one bulb is on for about an hour a day, and the rest are on the rest of the day, to create a sort of twilight period. Once I finish upgrading my lighting, I won't be able to do this as much (it'll be more half and half). I don't think it really has an effect on the plants, but I feel it gives the fish a more natural environment. They probably don't care.
coach
I use eco complete also but ran into the same issue.. the eco complete can become depleted.I added fert tabs and now the plants are recovering.
most affected was my swords and crypts.
I just added the tabs about 1-2 weeks ago the sword now shows new green growth in the centers.
I use eco complete also but ran into the same issue.. the eco complete can become depleted.I added fert tabs and now the plants are recovering.
most affected was my swords and crypts.
I just added the tabs about 1-2 weeks ago the sword now shows new green growth in the centers.
Same deal here with the Eco Complete. The nutrients in it get used up after a while (for me it was a few months). After that, the root feeders like Swords need some additional substrate fertilization to compensate.
oh ok....i figured i would have gotten a lot more time out of the eco-complete before this happened.
-chris
-chris
