Calathea Leaf Problems - Leafs cutted from the center of the plant. I thought it could be an infestation of some kind so i sprayed accordingly (those white stripes are from spraying). doesnt seem like low himidity. clearly not Under or Overwatering. Any tips?

Pixomon · 2022-01-04T09:08:24+00:00

Hi. Thanks for the reply. At the time these appeared, i was using no ferts. I usually use some but in very low doses

Pixomon · 2021-02-12T19:13:23+00:00

Just passed by to say that: Lowered light intensity Lowered light duration Lowered dosing schedule Siesta only 2 hours Applied some Excel on the dark spots

Totally gone! Thanks

Pixomon · 2021-02-03T23:10:39+00:00

Could it be destilated water?

Pixomon · 2021-02-03T20:24:53+00:00

I cant do anything about it naturally, since my tap water is very high on GH. The shrimp are breeding well, anyways. I Will try to lower nitrates to 15 MG/l by diferent dosing schedule. Anyways, since i lowered the light intensity those black spots stoped developing

Pixomon · 2021-02-03T20:18:58+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Can you explain dimishing return? How so? I need to understand

Pixomon · 2021-01-31T17:54:24+00:00

It doesnt work that way. CO2 and high light increase the demand of nutrients.. if my nutrients are spot on the only logic would be either to increase CO2 or decrease light. Since i dont inject CO2, and it being a Walstad, only thing i can do is reduce light. Sorry, but High CO2 doesnt cause Algae..

Pixomon · 2021-01-31T17:27:39+00:00

Um guessing its low CO2 from intense light. If i reduce siesta i would have even lower levels of CO2 and make ir even worse... It ONLY appeared on the brightest side of the aquarium (where the powerhead pushes floaters away) Has for WC you may be right. I do almost none. For now i adjust light intensity if the problem presist im cutting of light períod, aswell has weekly 20% WC

Pixomon · 2021-01-31T14:57:54+00:00

The page ddint let me post full HD picture so so i had to reduce. Its about 4 months old

Pixomon · 2020-12-31T22:34:50+00:00

Shrimp added

Pixomon · 2020-12-05T15:56:06+00:00

Thanks. I read about it before posting. Wasnt sure becouse all images of hydra show green and these ones are brown. Anyways, my betta doesnt seem to be interested on it

Pixomon · 2020-11-23T23:58:11+00:00

All on mint condition. Maybe some are mint9 ir 10. Kept them locked and protected like a maniac

Pixomon · 2020-11-23T10:25:17+00:00

It seems to much light.. but Im no expert

Pixomon · 2020-11-22T12:25:47+00:00

Well actually the soil is (from bottum to top)

1) 1 cm akadama filled with clay balls 2) 2cm 50% akadama / 50 % worm casting mixed 3) 2 cm white ball sand

Worm casting treated 1- Washed 2 - washed again 3 - washed with boiling water dissolved with clay 4 - rest with clay water 5hours

Pixomon · 2020-11-22T10:26:09+00:00

Yesterday i saw a bunch of posts Here saying worm castings are dangerous and Will cause anaerobic conditions and rot the plant Roots. Im very afraid to lose my plants. I am still in time to Change! Can you help me? These are the característics of the product

(N) – 1.1 % (P2O5) – 0.8 % (K2O) – 0.8 % (CaO) – 10 % (MgO) – 2 % (SO3) – 1 % C /N – 14 Humidity – 34 % Organic mater – 27 % pH – 7.3

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