unhealthy leaves

[coco nut]

I notice that my newer leaves are thiner, longer and yellower than usual. am i missing some fertilisers?

[|squee|]

Revise your regime. How and what do you fertilise? CO2? It's difficult for us to diagnose without tank specs and information

BTW, welcome to AQ

[coco nut]

I have a 60L tank with DIY CO2. I use Tetra Florapride 5ml once a week.

i did not do any test cos find that testin is not cheap.

[juggler]

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[coco nut]

hi hi.. thanks for welcoming me

manage to find out some info. new to some of the terms here but worked my way thro to understand


Tank Dimensions (LxWxH, specify units): (2 * 1 * 1) feet

Lighting Intensity(No of Watts) : 36 W
Number and type of Lighting (FL/PL/MH) : 1 FL
Age of light bulbs : about 1.5 mth
No. of hours your lights are on : 10-12/day

CO2 Injection Rate (bps) : 1 bps (though not consistent)
Type of CO2 (DIY/Cylinder) : DIY
Method of Injection (e.g. Diffusor/Reactor) : Diffuser

Liquid fertilisers Used : Tetra Florapride
Fertilization regime (Frequency and amount per dose) : 5ml / week

Other fertilisers (Product name. E.g. Root Monster) : none

Other additives (Product name. E.g. Seachem Prime) : none

Type of Filter : external eheim classic 2213
When was the filter last washed : about 1.5 mth
Filter media used : carbon filter, fine filter, coarse filter pads
When was the media last changed : never (it is new)
What was changed : nothing

Age of setup (i.e. since initial setup or last major re-do ) : 1.5 mths

Water change frequency : once a week
Amount changed : 30% - 50%

Water surface movement (None/gentle/turbulent) : gentle to none
Circulation (None/gentle/turbulent) : gentle to none

Tank Temperature : 27-28 C

Bioload (Number and type of fish and plants)
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Fish:
8 Danios
2 dwarf angels
4 otos
2 catfish

Plant (all bought back as 1 pot each 1.5 mths ago; had grown and trimmed):
Java Fern
Moneywort
Wisteria
Anubias nana
Baby tears
1 newly planted crypt (which i dun know the name)

Describe your problem :
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all plants were ok or looks ok.

except for baby tears. when i bought them back, the leaves are rounder. now it is thinner and longer. yellower. so it looks horrible cos the lower older leaves looks healthier but then newer leaves look malnutrition.

went to C328 to talk to the uncle a bit. found out that it is more due to insufficient lighting.

any other opinion?

thanks

[PeterGwee]

You would need to get some source of NO3, PO4, K to go along with your Tetra Florapride trace mix to cover the nutrient side of things (maybe seachem equilibrium if you feel our tap is low in GH). CO2 will be your biggest issue unless you keep up on the work to make sure it stays around 30ppm. If you are not willing to do the work, go non-CO2.

Regards
Peter Gwee