My 1ft Cube Tank (Advise needed)

[torque6]

i hope so
doesnt even seem to be bubbling.. might give it a trim tomorrow when i'm free.. see if it helps with the growth

Plants do not necessary have to be bubbling to do well. Dont worry too much and let your plant grows. Your HG was quite densely planted, so its a good start.

[route]

thanks! hopefully they grow well
some of them turning brown already... will continue to monitor... not in a rush to add shrimps so soon

[torque6]

oh, turning brown ? you mean yellowing at the tips then the leave slowly turns brown?

[route]

something like that... what does it mean?

[torque6]

I am having this problem for close to 7-8 months now. But i havent isolated the problem. Are you keeping mosses as well ?

[route]

nope.. no moss at the moment...
hmm.. you also having this problem ?? what liquid fert do you use ? could it be a lack of potasium

[route]

updated, changed lights to 24W but still the plants are not bubbling at all
tried trimming the plants and they bubble for around 2hrs and stop again... very disappointing. Yes i know that plants dont have to bubble to show that they're healthy but nothing beats seeing your plants bubbling in the tank...

Kindly let me know how my plants are doing.. thanks

[Jervis]

Time to introduce the cleaning crew

[PeterGwee]

Add some source of PO4 and micros. The substrate should provide enough N for now but later on, you might need to supplement it. Something limiting in the chain would cause the whole growth rate to slow down.

Regards,
Peter Gwee

[torque6]

overall, good work, since you have started with more HG plant mass when i first started. I am dosing K with kno3, equilibrium and K itself, targetting around 20ppm per week, in 5 doses.

[route]

Jervis, you do have sharp eyes yea guess its time to introduce some otos and shrimps.

Peter, I'm kinda bad at technical terms, currently dosing Seachem Flourish Potassium, Seachem Flourish Supplement and Seachem Flourish Phosphorus. Which source of liquid fert gives PO4 and micros?

Torque6, i actually threw away quite alot of them cause they kept coming out which pissed me off :P dont really have much patience.

[blue33]

You can try CO2 1bps since you dont have any fauna.

[blue33]

What is your photoperiod now?

[route]

CO2 already increased to 1bp/s...
photoperiod now is from 10am - 4pm, 5pm - 8pm.

[blue33]

CO2 already increased to 1bp/s...
photoperiod now is from 10am - 4pm, 5pm - 8pm.

Photoperiod go for 7hr straights instead of the current one, once your plant grow massive, go for 8-10hrs photoperiod. Before light is on, CO2 have to on for 2hrs early and half hour early cut off before the light turn off. That should get your plant grow well. Hope it helps!

[route]

thanks blue33, will get another timer to control the co2, currently both of them go on at the same time.
changed my photo period from 10am - 4pm, 6pm - 8pm.

[blue33]

thanks blue33, will get another timer to control the co2, currently both of them go on at the same time.
changed my photo period from 10am - 4pm, 6pm - 8pm.

No! What i mean is you can set it to 10-7 and no more 6-8.

[route]

oops.
done set it to 10 - 7 already.

[blue33]

Got to play with timing, between 6-10 is the best timing, depending on your plant growth.

[route]

whats the logic behind the co2 ?
as in leaving it running 2hrs before lights on and 30mins after lights off.

have another question, how do i trim the back plants? now i just cut off the leaf halfway, is that fine ?