Re: [GSAS-Member] Plants Wasting Away

[Paul Wallace <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

Shango:

I would like some more information but to me it sounds line you made a major 
change in something (lighting?) about a month ago.  A sudden appearance of 
green water or algae is normal while the system adjusts.  In your case it 
sounds like the tank did not recover.  It has been my experience that green 
water is triggered by a Ammonia spike (ie decaying vegetation).  In your case 
it sounds like most of the plants are affected which in turn produces more 
Ammonia in a cycle etc.

To move forward, I would suggest resetting the tanks with several large water 
changes and removing most of the dead/dying material.  Next you need to 
establish a dosing routine with carbonate to buffer the KH (if needed) after 
water changes as you are using CO2 and micro/macro dosing to feed the plants.  
I woujld be happy to dig up links to the Poor Man's Daily Drops (PMDD) and 
Estimative Index (EI).  Either can be modified for dry dosing, liquid dosing, 
or commercial supplements.

For the first time in a while I turned up the CO2 in my tank so I have lots of 
plants to bring to the meeting.  Most of the fast growing stem plants will go 
at the small auction in January with the others (crypts & swords) held until 
the plant auction.

-Paul

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Shango Los wrote:

> Hello friends,
>
> I have a pair of 29 gallon tanks, both with CO2 and 130W of light.a 6,700 K
> and a 10,000K bulb. Lights are on in two 4 hour durations. Eight hours total
> per day.
>
> The temp is at 78 degrees.
>
> All of my plants are wasting away.  There is a large variety.maybe 8-10
> different species.  All of them are going brown spotted and then
> dismantling.
>
> I also have recently more greenish water on both and one of the tanks has a
> hair algae issue.
>
> What should I be looking at as far as culprits for why the plants are dying?
> There is nothing exotic in there.
>
> Any direction would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Shango
>
>
>
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