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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #886
Can I go out on a limb and guess that you don't dose nitrate, and you have
infact 0 nitrate? :) You should keep a nitrate level of 5-10ppm, otherwise
melon swords will turn red and grow akwardly. Depending on the plant
situation, I dose .1ppm of iron daily in my 10 gallon tank, along with 3 ppm
of nitrateand my plants are growing like weeds, and I dont get any more red
leaves from any of my plants, especially the melon sword. keeping 5-10ppm of
nitrate in the tank will also eliminate any algae since most if not all are
caused by limiting nitrates in which plants are unable to utilize
phosphates, so there should always be a measurable amount of nitrate.
> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:41:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: "L. Merrell" <merrell at u_washington.edu>
> Subject: deficiency question
>
> Hi. The last 2 leaves put out by my red melon sword are severely
> distorted.
> They have grown in a twisted corkscrew pattern. Is there a particular
> mineral deficieny responsible for this? I dose iron daily, flourish twice
> weekly and potassium twice weekly (all these doses are approx 2 ml, the
> tank is 50 gal, 2-3 watts per gallon and yeast CO2). I'm going to increase
> my flourish dosing to three times weekly to see if that remedies the
> problem, any other
> suggestions out there?
> Thanks, Laurel
>