Rotala red

[benjaminong88]

Hi all seniors,

would like to ask if seachem trace is sufficient to bring out the color in rotala red or is dosing of iron neccessary?

Cheers,
Benjamin

[magpie]

Dosage of Liquid Iron is required to bring out the redness in rotala red. For the case of Seachem trace, you need to read on the label whether is there Iron anot.

[blue33]

lighting and the duration of lighting make a difference, follow by iron dosage.

[benjaminong88]

Thanks magpie and adrian!

Oh yes and thanks for the t5 lights Adrian I think I will have stuff to ask when I start dosing the ferts

[Henry khong]

Hi can anyone tell where to the plants??

[benjaminong88]

you mean where to buy? I bought from Colourful. You might want to call Richard to ask him if he has stock because I bought the last 2 pots

[blue33]

FYI - High nitrate and phosphate, your plant will not turn very red also.

[benjaminong88]

So if I dose according to EI it can't turn into an optimum red? no wonder its like copperish

[blue33]

Looks like you on the right track. You learned fast! Those pro who go for competition, they starve their plant ~1 month from low nitrate and low phosphate to get the best red they can produce.

[benjaminong88]

The rest of my plants seem to be growing quite fast and pearling. But my japonica some clusters are like melting! is there something wrong?

tank temp: 27C
CO2: 3 bps
Lighting: 2x24W T5HO and 1x55W PL
other parameters: never test

[benjaminong88]

Oh I forgot to add, I just added the additional 1x55W PL today because I felt the lighting was insufficient (mine is 2feet tank but height is 1.5 feet). I concentrated the PL lighting on the japonica area. Will it help?

Thanks in advance for helping a newbie!

[blue33]

Japonica is a funny plant, once it get stable it will grow crazily, they require good lighting/CO2/ferts.

[benjaminong88]

So I just tide it out now right? haha I hope they survive! Can PM you on how to fert properly?

[blue33]

Best if you got the whole setup spec and actual tank picture, then we can give more advice. Sure you can PM me.