Growth rate of plants

[sohe2002]

Hi, Bro/Sis.. I have some plant from my fren,all grown very fast as my fren Plant still remain the same..what when wrong?

3 ft tank..3 x 36w PL light. on 10 hour. KH --3 Ph --6.2 to 6.4..

[richietay]

able to let us know what are the plants? how long since you have introduced them to the tank?

[sohe2002]

Is about 3 week..only know some of the plant,like Hygrophila difformis ,hortwort.

[taz_boy]

lack of nutrients???

ur ligthing period + CO2 injection sounds pretty ok...perhaps lack of nutrients is the reason

[sohe2002]

you mean lack of nutrients than the plant grown fast? how to inject the nutrients??

[grey_fox]

Lack of nutrients means that your plants are lacking their essential 'vitamins' and they won't grow as fast or healthy that you would like them to be growing.

Hygrophila difformis grows like a weed in good conditions, from my experience, it grew to almost 2 feet in height and in good lightings, its tends to grow horizontally instead, becoming somewhat like a creeping plant.

Are your difformis leaves light/translucent green? If they are then yes you are lacking nutrients.

You can do a search for Estimative Index or NPK (KNO3, KH2PO4, K2SO4). When did you set up your tank and do you have base fert in your gravel?

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[benny]

What are you actually asking?

Are your plants growing too fast as compared to your friend's plants?

If you doing make yourself clear, very hard to give you a decent answer.

Cheers,

[sohe2002]

Ya.. that what i mean the growing rate..sorry for the poor written..the differen with my fren is the lighting..will try to take some photo...

[mordrake]

based roughly on your lights,pH & KH, i would assume you have a pretty good co2 level, as well as assuming you dose ferts... then your tank conditions is pretty good for your plants. resulting in faster growth than your friend's

[PeterGwee]

Ya.. that what i mean the growing rate..sorry for the poor written..the differen with my fren is the lighting..will try to take some photo...

Can you type properly? It doesn't take much energy to key in a few more alphabets.

Regards
Peter Gwee

[sohe2002]

Hi, Peter ,sorry for that as I not very good in my english , will check dictionary before I key in..hope that your can understand.

[|squee|]

You're new to planted tanks aren't you?
Read the stickies at the top of this forum, especially the "Get started here".

The main reason why your friend's plants grow much better than yours is your execution of the planted tank. Knowing more and reading more help. We cannot answer your question because it's too general; too many factors will affect growth rate.

[sohe2002]

ok.. Thanks for all the brother reply..