Man when I first started I was throwing away money like a crazy Ninja into plants that would die a week later...and if I'm not mistake, which I very well can be, if you add another light you are going to probably want to add CO2 as well
Feel like a failure
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your Anubias may have a couple things going on.. first.. it may have been grown as a emerged plant.
I have some in a 29 with a freakin 20 watt bulb(actually 18) sand it is growing like gangbusters(for a low light plant)
you plant may also have been grown submerged in a tank with high light.. and it is adapting.
it also looks like the plant may have suffered frost damage... were these shipped ? in an insulated container with heat packs?
are they grown locally? and stocked at a store?
I have some in a 29 with a freakin 20 watt bulb(actually 18) sand it is growing like gangbusters(for a low light plant)
you plant may also have been grown submerged in a tank with high light.. and it is adapting.
it also looks like the plant may have suffered frost damage... were these shipped ? in an insulated container with heat packs?
are they grown locally? and stocked at a store?
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Thanks for the relies guys, I'm really trying here.
I'm not sure about the frost damage, the plants were in the planted tanks in my lfs. The lights they used looked like overhanging lamps so not sure about the lighting (if I recall correctly they also had vals and maybe cabombas in the same tank).
I was worried that there was no CO2 in the tank (I've been using the same water since I first started the tank at the end of Jan.). Only topping off when needed.
And for the ammonia, I thought that it wouldn't affect it since the plants use ammonia as a fertilizer?
Kid in high school so I can't keep making costly mistakes
. I'm contemplating on whether it is necessary to buy a 36 watt ah supply if all I really want to grow are seeming "low" to maybe "medium" light plants (not a necessity).
I'm not sure about the frost damage, the plants were in the planted tanks in my lfs. The lights they used looked like overhanging lamps so not sure about the lighting (if I recall correctly they also had vals and maybe cabombas in the same tank).
I was worried that there was no CO2 in the tank (I've been using the same water since I first started the tank at the end of Jan.). Only topping off when needed.
And for the ammonia, I thought that it wouldn't affect it since the plants use ammonia as a fertilizer?
Kid in high school so I can't keep making costly mistakes
. I'm contemplating on whether it is necessary to buy a 36 watt ah supply if all I really want to grow are seeming "low" to maybe "medium" light plants (not a necessity).
There will always be some dissolved CO2 in the water, which will be replenished by exchange with air at the surface. There would probably be enough CO2 in your tank, given that it doesn't look heavily planted.
try upgrading your lights. get the compact fluorescent bulbs out of the walmart fish department. they screw right into the incandescent fixture of your 10 gallon stock hood. they are FANTASTIC and cheap.
ok. this is just what i've picked up from reading other threads/forums. i hear that anubias often loses all it's leaves in a new tank, and then grows back. also the rhizome needs to be above the subtrate. it looks like you've done that though. and you said it felt mushy? i wish i had more to offer, just getting into plant myself.
Well I have the AGA fluorescent strip light that I bought that didn't come with this tank I found in my house and I don't think I can just screw in bulbs though. What would be the best way to get extra lighting in and what is the amount of lighting I should be aiming for that (for the most part) would not necessitate the use of CO2? I have about $70 to spend on lighting and for future plants right now. Right now I have the 15w strip light and just placed my desk lamp aimed into the aquarium at the side for temporary measures.
Ammonia I usually only add in 1-2 mL which raises my levels to around ~3-4 ppm. Should I lower the dosages?
Ammonia I usually only add in 1-2 mL which raises my levels to around ~3-4 ppm. Should I lower the dosages?
