what causes pinholes in leaves?

[Freezekougra]

i'm guessing it's some sort of nutrient deficiency...i have pinholes in my sunset hygros

i only dose seachem flourish

thx

 

[abcdefghi]

I think that is a potassium deficiency. A quick search on Google and there are a lot of people with similar problems, almost all linked to potassium.

Woohoo my 1,000th post, kinda strange to think I have posted on here 1,000 times (not including GCC and Classifieds).

 

[timwag2001]

potassium
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nutrient.htm

it always affects my hygros first too. it's how i know i've been slacking with my dosing. i think they are more sensative to K deficiency than a lot of other plants.

 

[Freezekougra]

thanks both and grats on ur 1000th post abc lol

i don't have any other fertilizer on hand right now, but flourish says that it has 0.37% soluble potassium. could i overdose the flourish to make up the lack of potassium?

 

[timwag2001]

i think it depends on what the levels in your tank are already.
i would think that you could probably get away with out any problems

 

[SnakeIce]

No, Because of the levels of the other micronutrients you would run the risk of getting toxic levels of those before you could add enough. K or potassium is the most common deficiency because feeding the fish gives you some of the other two macro nutrients.

 

[timwag2001]

if he increased the dose it would still be under the amount of csm+b from ei dosing, am i correct?

 

[Tay690]

I don't even remember where I got this pic from to be honest but if it's yours then please let me know and I will give credit where credit is due



hope this helps

 

[Freezekougra]

im pretty sure it's potassium
but the holes are bigger than pinholes and there's no yellowing on the edges of the holes

 

[timwag2001]

they start out as pinholes and get bigger. it's not always real yellow around the edge. you just see a tiny tiny bit on the outside of the hole.