Erynlyn Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 can anyone tell me why my water lettuce is turning to yellow mush in my tanks? its making me sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 what are the water parameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erynlyn Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) Edited September 10, 2015 by Erynlyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WickedOdie Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Could be a couple things, too much light, not enough light. Could also be a lack of nutrients. Is that dirt under your gravel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 need your water specifics to diagnose the water looks dirty as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erynlyn Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 yup its a dirted tank, the dead duck weeds floating around in there. im gunna have to go get a new test kit or some strips today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedOdie Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 I assume by the color of the water it's freshly dirted. You should do a water change, get some of that excess nutrients out before you have an algae breakout. Next, how long is your photo period, what kind of lights do you have? How long has the tank been set up? If it hasn't been long you need to do a bunch of water changes, and if you're going to dirt you need to plant heavy. If you don't plant heavy you're going to have a huge algae problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) All of my tanks have a soil base and if done properly the tank water should be crystal clear. I always say I'll put my soil tanks against a bare bottom tank for water clarity. It's a major misnomer that people unfortunately associate 'dirty' tanks with a soil base...there is no reason for it. Depending upon size of tank, depth of the soil base you should have 1.5-2 inches of a top cap.. Don't bother with strips grab instead the drops. Edited September 10, 2015 by ckmullin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedOdie Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Oh absolutely, but if the soil isn't prepped right in the beginning stages, it will have tannin leaching into the water, hence the dirty color. Which isn't terrible, but it doesn't have enough plants in the tank to soak up all those excess nutrients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erynlyn Posted September 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 its my first dirted tank attempt.. i appreciate the feed back and i will do a water change this weekend and see if it helps with the health of the plants. i mostly set this up to be a grow out tank for my bettas as well as a propagation tank for plant cuttings from my pet tanks, hoping to make my keeping more efficient by duel purposing my systems. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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