Green film? Bluish green slime? Could be Cyanobacteria a.k.a BGA.
Folks,
Bought 2 pots of tenellus (emerse form I think) from the shop next to Nature at Thomson.
1. How long does it takes to grow submerged ?
2. Is 36 W for a 20 gallaon 2 ft tank enough ?
3. There is this green film of very green algae growing in my tank. What could be wrong ? I had some fish that went missing and I think rotted.
Thks.
Green film? Bluish green slime? Could be Cyanobacteria a.k.a BGA.
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I had mine in Seachem Flourite substrate together with Wonder-gro root tablet. It took off less than 2 weeks time. Growing like a weed in my 2 footer with 2 x 18W T8 Arcadia tubes. You can see me giving away E. Tenellus every now & then in Marketplace. Now, reducing the fertilizer to reduce the pruning work. Too much work for me .
Let me know if you need somemore. I'm more than willing to give it to you. BTW, I got the plant from the same source as yours.
Cheers,
U.K.Lau
I have mine for 4 weeks in a 30cm x 30cm tank. 18w of light, Africana ADA substrate. 10hrs/day, no extra fertilisng. It hasn't really taken off yet, but also mercifully, no algae, they are throwing off runners, but many of the leaves are yellowing. I assume that it was originally grown emersed? Inhabitants are some wild caught shrimp and 4 endlers, there was initially some small croaking gourami which i removed after the tank stabilised recently.
Mine did not grow well for the last few month. My tank temperature is 29......
mine is starting to spread after about 6 weeks in a very low tech tank with nothing except a 13W light (2wpg) 6-8 hours a day and ADA aquasoil africana substrate.
Thanks, im sure that it would help, but im keeping it natural, (office tank, can't be around all the time). It is growing very well anyway, each individual plant have at least sprouted 2 plantlet, they have tripled! The new plants have a narrower and sharper leaves. The older leafs are broader and darker.
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