HELP: Mini Pellia turning brown

[liu.bohfang]

hi, i'm a mp lover and base on my past experience i spend $$$$ and they die off within a month without chiller,28c-29c.
Now i invest a chiller,24c-25c they spread everywhere and create natural humps conecting to rocks and driftwoods.Colour wise,they were beautiful green before last OCT. went on tour and add some Azoo algae tablets.After return,many mp die and now they still grow like weeds but the colour is not so nice as before.i guess because the algae killer residule is still there

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[Urban Aquaria]

I'll go with the low kH theory for the moment to re-establish my Mini Pellia in my high light /fert dosing chilled tank. I've seen pics of UA's "park and forget" mini pellia tank. Even if I managed to grow a batch of mini pellia in our ambient temp (28-30C), low maintenance tank, it will of little use for me as I want to grow them in my high light main tank.

Thats true... most people would also want to grow mini pellia in high tech tanks which get lots of fertilizer dosing too (especially those that do EI dosing), so i guess just have to tweak the other conditions to encourage mini pellia growth.

The low kH factor is an uncertainty though, because that would mean that everyone who uses ADA Amazonia aquasoil (or any other good active soil substrates) would have problems growing mini pellia, since the active soil will constantly buffer the kH to 0-1.

[greenie]

Limz_777, u can theory. Maybe I grab a portion at lfs today and try the low maintenance, no chiller setup while also see through the 3-4 kh in my main tank.

[sword28]

sigh ... I also now more inclined to the theory that high fert can "burn" the MP.
because last time I also grow MP before in ADA soil and chiller setup, no problem... only diff is that time no CO2.

sigh ... I actually kill my MP with the dosing of Ferrum.
so what is the best way now to flush out the residue of Ferrum that is still in the tank besides frequent WC?
using charcoal can help?

[seudzar]

Now I a bit itchy on mp, UA, when you have mp to let go, do let me know since yours can maintained in low tech tank. Hahaha

[Urban Aquaria]

Now I a bit itchy on mp, UA, when you have mp to let go, do let me know since yours can maintained in low tech tank. Hahaha

I just sold off some a while back. Only problem with low-tech tank is the growth rate also slow... have to wait a long time for it to grow out again.

[seudzar]

I just sold off some a while back. Only problem with low-tech tank is the growth rate also slow... have to wait a long time for it to grow out again.

Faint.... Hahahaha

[limz_777]

Limz_777, u can theory. Maybe I grab a portion at lfs today and try the low maintenance, no chiller setup while also see through the 3-4 kh in my main tank.

no promises , if you review past years thread on this 99 % answer is chilled water , i did remember mine tank was dose with lushgro micros(which contain fe) which also i bought the mp batch that died within a week which was claim grown in 30 degree water , later found out its daytime 30 nighttime aircon , only way is to test heat tolerant MP ones

[TreylCham]

strange maybe just melting back

[greenie]

After a month keeping my KH around 4-6 using CaCO3 dosing, my MP grew back and slightly thicker. For a year it did not grow and looks like dying now I'm happy.

Maybe it's unique to my tank but everything is more or less constant eg fert dosage, C02, high light, chiller and ADA Aquasoil.

Around the same time I setup a low maintenance nano shrimp tank with chiller. I try to throw some clumps of my main tank MP there and see it's growth rate.

So I can see low vs high maintainance tank.