I change a new red led spot light on the equin. Pearling non stop sia
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I change a new red led spot light on the equin. Pearling non stop sia
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The Amanda will die with the fert schedule I have. My tank is more than 1ppm iron. Currently farm tank also no fauna. And I control the algae by algaecide.
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Using seachem iron and also substrate additive. Every day on top of seachem iron, I dose the red plant fert which also has iron.
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Red plant ferts? Got such thing?
the Taiwan brands like ISTA and some others will carry red plant fert which purportedly contains higher amount of iron, cyanogenic amino acids etc.
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Thanks man...! I will go take a look at those you recommended
Azoo brand also. Azoo tend to make some of my green plants turn red when I use it too frequently. But it's my own observation, green plants could turn red for many reasons
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Bought the azoo one... Will try it out. Thanks man..!
Damn... My plant died... This time I really give up.
You bought emerge or submerge?
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I got both emerged and submerged.. All did not make it
Hi Seudzar, its quite normal for the e quins not being able to make it. I bought 10 over (i dread to count exactly how many) equins, emersed and submerged. Currently, only about 6 remained. 2 are in relatively good shape, while 4 others are struggling.
Currently, I have a dedicated tank for these equins, in a rather strange setup more like a palaudarium. The better 2 of the lots (from Seaview) are actually grown half submerged while the 3 submerged samples (from GC) are grown fully submerged. 1 other sample from C328 was rather weird, in that I tried to grow it half submerged but it converted very quickly to submerged and i had to replant it deeper into water. The emersed samples are showing faster growth than the submerged samples. I see faster leave developments and the samples started to split new shoots after a week or so. The submerged ones aren't doing as great, as i can see leaves melting all the time, with lower leave replacement. The emersed samples can have old leaves growing big and firm.
Its frustrating no doubt. $25 a piece and dying on us. No idea as to why some thrive and some wither. Even the larger and stronger sample I got from AA died on me few weeks back. My only guess is the volume of water available. Like what @Realcaster spoke to me about water volume when i visited his tank, it is true that the larger the volume of water present in a tank, the less likely the parameters are going to fluctuate to sufficiently kill our plants and fauna. But its a challenge for the hobby, and for these species of flora especially, to be able to grow it well so that the knowledge base can be passed on. And maybe one day, if we can finally unravel the unknown about this plant as to what makes it thrive, we could propagate it fast enough to make it available for all those who love to see a little red plant inside their aquarium.
I guess that's what driving me to keep trying for now.
Thank you very much for your encouragement Plantedpot...! I wish you the best. Currently my wife is not in favor for me to setup a delicated tank. No choice but I have to give up.
There is a recent batch of e.quinns which are larger leaves than the usual. The specimens which i got are from Seaview and C328, but they are not always avaliable. I happened to chance upon a few and bought them. Same price.
After acquiring them for nearly 3 weeks, i find them easier to acclimatise and convert rather quickly with good growth. Unlike the earlier ones I got, these specimens do not require as much high light or heavy fertilization. The hue of color is also rather pretty and they split quite readily after conversion too.
Nice, my pocket has burst. Not going to try them. I notice from others that they did better using t5 than led
Hi Seudzar, I am using a combination of T5 and LED for the tank i am growing them in. T5 Aquazonic 60cm x 4. I using 2 10k tubes and 2 8k tubes, plus one 60cm eco green daylight (10k).
So far so good. My rotala sunsets/ rotala florida are growing like crazy also. Algae wise I find Easylife Algaexit a good control.
One additional observation about this erio.
It loves a good flow when the roots are established. Initially when planting, i keep the flow away from the plant for fear of uprooting. Subsequently, i tried weighing it down with lead wraps (not real lead), and directed some flow (by a small water pump) across it. With the flow, the leaves are cleaner, and exhibit better and vibrant green/red coloring. The hair algae which use to grow on it also seem to reduce significantly.
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