Plants need help

[vivid]

Dear All,.........recently the plants in the tank either start to have holes on the leaves or the leaves start to thin out till i could see the vein lines of the leaves and for those stem plants i could see it start to get soft and then rot (brownish soft).....really need some advice here ......

I am currently using a 2ft 1 tube 36w with 10000K brightness which was recommend at OTF as for CO2 it is set at 1BPS and weekly i would add in 10ml of ferterlizer.......thus what could be the problem?

Thanks in advance for all comments

[StanChung]

May I know how big is your tank?
FYI 10000K is in Kelvin-colour temperature rating[just an indication]-not brightness.
What you need are full spectrum bulbs.[whatever the K is!] A very white rendition bulb is preferred over one that has a heavy colour cast. [eg warm, pink or green bulbs]

[vivid]

thanks for the reply the tank is a 2X1.5X1.5 as for the light colour i am using is white in colour

[ranmasatome]

For issues like these it would be almost impossible to guess whats wrong with the tank unless you post the full specs. of your tank.

If i am not wrong there should be a list in the beginners section of this forum... fill in the form..then the help can begin. There are just too many parameters that are variable here and the form basically helps to eliminate them so we can narrow the problem down. so please fill in the form.. otherwise, we can guess.. but don't blame if the tank gets worse instead of better because we can't be sure of anything we say due to the variables present.

[vivid]

Sorry for the trouble mod really beginner here

Tank Dimensions : 2X1.5X1.5

Lighting Intensity: 15W
Number and type of Lighting: 1 tube Atman 3 super white
Age of light bulbs : 2mths
No. of hours your lights are on : 8hrs

CO2 Injection Rate: 1bps
Type of CO2: 2L Cylinder
Method of Injectioniffusor

Liquid fertilisers Used :Aista (Taiwan Brand ) Water plant fertilizer
Fertilization regime : Once per wk 10cc

Other fertilisers :nil

Other additives :nil

Type of Filter :Atman external 3336
When was the filter last washed :a mth ago
Filter media used :3rd layer charcoal 2nd layer cermaic ring 1st layer wool
When was the media last changed :nil
What was changed :nil

Age of setup: 2-3mth

Water change frequency :have not done it
Amount changed :topping up of water as using fan about 20% top up

Water surface movement : gentle
Circulation :gentle

Tank Temperature :27-28°C

Chemical Properties (Fill what you can)

KH (dKH):
GH (dGH):
pH :
NH4 (ppm):
NO2 (ppm):
NO3 (ppm):
PO4 (ppm):
Fe (ppm):

Bioload (Number and type of fish and plants):
100 neon tetra, 2holland rams, 1 sucker fish, as for the plants sorry don't know the sciencetific name

Describe your problem :
The plants in the tank either start to have holes on the leaves or the leaves start to thin out till i could see the vein lines of the leaves and for those stem plants i could see it start to get soft and then rot (brownish soft)

[PeterGwee]

103 fishes in a 2ft tank!!!!! Good luck.

Regards,
Peter Gwee

[Shadow]

15W of light sound kind of too little for 2ft tank, not sure how bright is Atman 3 super white tube.

[vivid]

ya maybe is the light seen the rest of others post and i notice 2ft most of them are using at least 26-28W light ........headache man what could be the problem?? anyone.....thanks

[StanChung]

103 fishes in a 2ft tank!!!!! Good luck.

Regards,
Peter Gwee

Lol, I think fishkeeping is his passion.

Seriously vivid, my hats off to you, please reads my post in Jumali's thread.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...878#post243878

[Pebble]

You should try to at least double your lighting to about 30W. Consider PL light, instead FL.
What about temperature? Most plants don't do well with temp > 29/30degC.
Also, I totally agree 103 fish in a 2-foot tank is amazing !!!!!!!
Perhpas cut down to one-third the amount. The fish could be feasting on your plants too.

[vivid]

all right guess its the fishes that causes the problem......thanks all

[bryan]

Better remove the charcoal from the filter as it might cause problems later when it saturates. It maybe messing up your fertilizer so to speak. Do you have any plants that you are planting in the gravel? If you don't have a base fertilizer now, try to supplement with root monsters or fertilizer sticks.

[vivid]

Better remove the charcoal from the filter as it might cause problems later when it saturates. It maybe messing up your fertilizer so to speak. Do you have any plants that you are planting in the gravel? If you don't have a base fertilizer now, try to supplement with root monsters or fertilizer sticks.

This is something new to me can you tell me how can the charcoal cause problem on my plants? As my understanding is just to filter the water and keep it odour free right.....as for base fertilizer i do have but still holes are seen ....guess is the amount of fishes i have like they say

[Shadow]

when charcoal is saturated, it will start leaking whatever toxin that is absorb.