Nutrient deficiency of this plant

SonsOfGuppies
  • #1
The plant at the back...

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Notice the new leaves are yellow while the old ones are green.... And its not flat..

I'm not sure what deficiency this plant has...

I have 72w T5HO in a 20 gallon, and I have pressure co2 and I dose flourish comp with some other ferts.
 
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Jaxsco
  • #2
What type of plant is it? What are the "other ferts"?
 
SonsOfGuppies
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
What type of plant is it? What are the "other ferts"?

It is a stem plant I believe. The leaves are red underneath...

I have flourish comp, iron, trace... I'm aware that I'm lacking the three NKP bottles and I'm planning to buy them soon...
 
Jaxsco
  • #4
Dovah Can you help us identify this plant please?
Edit: I don't think she's on right now but she will probably be on later because it's pretty late and Hong Kong and the US are in different time zones.
 
Dovah
  • #5
I say this a lot but it looks like Hygrophila to me. I know there are some plants that will turn red when they receive enough light, Bacopa caroliniana being one that I know of for sure (it's green in my 150, turning red in my 125.) I'd guess that your plant was in a shaded area of the tank but now it's taller/receiving more light. That's my guess as to what's happening anyway.
 
aniroc
  • #6
Alternanthera ReineckiI looks very similar; it has green leaves with purple underneath. I grow it with 1.75 w/g (CO2, macro and micro).
72w of T5HO over a 20 gallon tank is a huge amount of light (3.6w/g). Look into dry NPK. Especially P
 
SonsOfGuppies
  • Thread Starter
  • #7
So its in the process of turning red? but what about the older leaves, will they turn red too?

It closely resembles "Alternathera ReineckiI roseafolia".
aniroc Its my first time hearing a dry fert. I've only known liquid ferts like seachem flourish products. I'll look into it...
 

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