I have a 150g tall tank (3’ tall) that is a plant killing machine. I’m sure I’m doing everything wrong so here it is.
Stocked with:
10 Cyprichromis Utinta Blue Tail
3 Altolamprologus Calvus Black Zambia
4 Neolamprologus buescheri "Zaire Gold"
Pair of occies
4 Placidochromis VC10
Couple of small albino plecos
Ramhorns snails (doing fine)
Lightly stocked mostly tang tank with what I am assuming is horribly insufficient light. Tank has two lights, one a convention 48” fluorescent strip light with a non cool light (took it to aquarium depot and they put something plant friendly in it) and a Coralife F/W T-5 Aqualight Double Strip Light-48" with new power glo and life glo bulbs. Plants are suggested low light plants, anubias, java ferns, and vals. (Vals were actually doing well, sending out runners, but eventually they all just melted away after about 3 months. Java ferns leaves eventually turn black and disintegrate, and anubias yellow up and die). Substrate is conventional gravel, no soil, and no plan to add soil.
I purchased quite a few plants at Aquafest, and over the past few weeks, things are again deteriorating. Lights are on timers at about 12 hrs a day.
At aquafest I won a grab bag of goodies which included a “plant pack” trio which included flourish, flourish iron and flourish excel. I added the appropriate amounts for a 150g and nothing has improved. In fact, I believe the shock of all of the bonus nutrients might have done more harm than good.
Finally, I picked up a “aquatic plant food tablets” at a petsmart somewhere meant for outdoor plants. Somehow had asked if I was using plant tabs. These things are horse sized nutrient pills which I have yet to put into the tank. Any advice on these tabs?
Any advice on the tank in general? More lights?
Temp is about 78, all water parameters are good and the snails are thriving
Stocked with:
10 Cyprichromis Utinta Blue Tail
3 Altolamprologus Calvus Black Zambia
4 Neolamprologus buescheri "Zaire Gold"
Pair of occies
4 Placidochromis VC10
Couple of small albino plecos
Ramhorns snails (doing fine)
Lightly stocked mostly tang tank with what I am assuming is horribly insufficient light. Tank has two lights, one a convention 48” fluorescent strip light with a non cool light (took it to aquarium depot and they put something plant friendly in it) and a Coralife F/W T-5 Aqualight Double Strip Light-48" with new power glo and life glo bulbs. Plants are suggested low light plants, anubias, java ferns, and vals. (Vals were actually doing well, sending out runners, but eventually they all just melted away after about 3 months. Java ferns leaves eventually turn black and disintegrate, and anubias yellow up and die). Substrate is conventional gravel, no soil, and no plan to add soil.
I purchased quite a few plants at Aquafest, and over the past few weeks, things are again deteriorating. Lights are on timers at about 12 hrs a day.
At aquafest I won a grab bag of goodies which included a “plant pack” trio which included flourish, flourish iron and flourish excel. I added the appropriate amounts for a 150g and nothing has improved. In fact, I believe the shock of all of the bonus nutrients might have done more harm than good.
Finally, I picked up a “aquatic plant food tablets” at a petsmart somewhere meant for outdoor plants. Somehow had asked if I was using plant tabs. These things are horse sized nutrient pills which I have yet to put into the tank. Any advice on these tabs?
Any advice on the tank in general? More lights?
Temp is about 78, all water parameters are good and the snails are thriving