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Re: [APD] 1st Planted Tank questions



The best thing is to put in lots of plants right fromthe
start. The plants will soak up the ammonia/ammonium that
develops and you can avoid the nitrite spike.

sh
--- Liz Wilhite <liz_wilhite at hotmail_com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been lurking on the list for a while to get the
> flavor of things.  I 
> hope my questions are not too basic.  I've been a
> gardener for years, used 
> to be a chemist and am back in the hobby after too many
> years to think 
> about.
> 
> The tank is 55G, 260W PC, CO2, Eco-complete.  It's
> cycling --right now N02 
> is spiking and NO3 is rising.  I may have done something
> really stupid -- I 
> have plants in there.  That means I am running lights and
> CO2 and have 
> discovered algae.  Perhaps I should say that hair algae
> has discovered a 
> comfy new home.  I expected the algae.  Most of the
> plants are stem plants 
> purchased to stay in the tank until it was balanced then
> to be tossed -- 
> bacopa, foxtail, ludwigia, milfoil, water sprite, etc. 
> There is also a 
> sword (I think it looks like a weed), and a couple of
> wendtii crypts and a 
> couple other plants.
> 
> It seems that every leaf on every plant is melting away. 
> At the same time 
> there is strong new growth.  THe new growth tends overall
> to be brighter, 
> redder, thinner and lacier with side shoots.  The crypts
> are melting but 
> putting out lots of new leaves that seem healthy. I've
> been interpreting 
> this as leaves from emerged growth dying.  Oddly, a red
> lotus and Apon. 
> crispus haven't lost a leaf while putting out several new
> leaves this week 
> (most plants have been in the tank a week).
> 
> Any thoughts on what is going on?  How dumb was it to put
> plants in this 
> early?
> 
> Liz
> 
> 
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