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What does it mean if you prune some dead or
algae covered leaves off wisteria and when you get
new growth it kind of stops after a a few new leaves comes out.

My lighting right now is 96w on a 46g, eco-complete substrate, no co2.

My Scapes

Hi,
If the plants are floating, then with two watts per gallon,
they should be growing like weeds. If they are floating
and they are not, then either the fish are munching on them
or there is not enough nutrients in the water for them, or
both.

You don't address the stocking of the tank, how old it is,
or if the plants are rooted in the gravel or floating at
the surface. Nor do you mention what you are using for
bulbs (Flourscent, Compact flourscent) (temp Kelvin).
If they are rooted in the gravel, your tank
is probably a "tall" tank, and the full 2wpg is not reaching
the surface of the gravel. Brighter light, or light that
is 8800K might be better.

Frank


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Frank,

This is my 46g S.A setup. The plants are rooting in the eco-complete substrate and the tank is 20in deep.
I currently have the 96w 6700k bulb on 10 hrs/daily.

It's stocked with tetras, dwarf plecos, rams and 2 angels, but I don't see the angels bothering the wisteria.

If it's a nutrient deficency, what do you recommend?




My Scapes

Hi,
Tanks that are 20+ inches in depth can cause problems for
plants. Quite alot of light can be scattered and absorbed
on the way to the substrate. While you should be able to
grow nearly any of the "medium" light demand plants, it
might not work in your deeper tank.

I would switch to a double compact flourscent light,
or a hood with several T5 bulbs. That would give you
the light (wpg) to grow nearly any plant up to and including
most of the high light plants.

If your plants are lacking nutrients, they would show you
symptoms. Check out this site http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nutrient.htm

Hope this helps...
Frank


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