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by fish4schurr
Fri May 15, 2020 12:42 pm
Forum: Planted tank chemistry
Topic: Trying to get the Red back
Replies: 5
Views: 12376

Re: Trying to get the Red back

If you’re dosing an all-in-one fertilizer it’s going to be considerably more challenging, since you can’t modify the individual components. “Competition color” (as I call it) are largely achieved by limiting nitrogen. Basically it causes the plant to break chlorophyll in search of the nutrient it’s...
by fish4schurr
Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:24 pm
Forum: Planted tank chemistry
Topic: Trying to get the Red back
Replies: 5
Views: 12376

Re: Trying to get the Red back

DonkeyFish wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:09 pm Are you dosing anything other than iron? And what are the other conditions (soil, light, etc).
Aquarium COOP Easy Green, UNS Contrasoil, and a 1000w grow light (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0833 ... UTF8&psc=1). Light is on for 8 hours a day.
by fish4schurr
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:01 am
Forum: Planted tank chemistry
Topic: Trying to get the Red back
Replies: 5
Views: 12376

Trying to get the Red back

Hey Everyone: I am looking online and only finding articles and forum posts from like 2015 so I am hoping someone can help me out with a newer rule of thumb. I have 2 tanks that have a 1 or 2 red/pink plants in them. I currently dose iron 1 time a week and am trying to figure out how do I know how o...
by fish4schurr
Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:00 pm
Forum: DIY
Topic: [HELP] - NOVA Aquarium Stand Construction Tomorrow
Replies: 3
Views: 11197

[HELP] - NOVA Aquarium Stand Construction Tomorrow

I believe the saying is bit off more than we can chew.  Basically my brother and law convinced me to build 2 aquarium stands and was convinced we could do it.  Well now I have 4 2 foot by 7foot aquarium surfaces the we cannot get flat. Anyone affected by the quarantine who can help or has a wood pla...
by fish4schurr
Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:22 pm
Forum: Aquarium Plants
Topic: Diagnosing Plant Deficiencies
Replies: 1
Views: 2712

Diagnosing Plant Deficiencies

Hey Everyone: Does anyone have some advice for me. I have this dwarf baby tears that is getting to be translucent. I am dosing ferts and iron weekly. It is in brightwell substrate (which is where it came from) and in the same water parameters. Do I need to be dosing more iron? Can someone look at th...

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