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    Help: plants not healthy

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    I have a 4 x 1.5 x1.5 planted tank. Plants seems to not grow very well. Co2 is provided at time when lights are on 2x 4 ft t5 lights for 5 hrs a day. 3 bps of co2. I suspect I need to start on regular npk dosing. Can somebody recommend a dosing regime? Also advise on where to get dry ferts in Singapore. Thanks

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    What plants you have? How are they planted? What is the water temperature?
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    Re: Help: plants not healthy

    You need to provide more info such as, what soil/substrate are you using? how many watt total is your light?

    5 hours a day is kind of short and the CO2 3bps for 4ft IMO is too little. I inject 3bps for my 2 ft
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    Re: Help: plants not healthy

    Lights = 4x 54 4 ft t5 lights
    Co2 : 5 bps
    Lights and co2 come on at same time for 6 hrs

    I have just tweaked to the above
    Problems I have now
    Stem plants like bacopa fragile weakening stem, yellowish
    Leafy plants new leaf coming out but bottom old ones has holes and rot
    Hair and black brush algae worsenening
    Some plants when bought have roundish leaf, now new ones turned into Spiky leaves

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    Re: Help: plants not healthy

    Soil is Ada 1 yr old already
    When change water will put in 2 capful of florapride, which now I think is under dose

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    Re: Help: plants not healthy

    Time for some liquid ferts

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