Java fern care?

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hi there...

i would like to find out if too much light is bad for java ferns. i got some windelov and java ferns that had its leaves turn brown... which was kinda weird since almost all of my plants were growing like crazy, plus i dose (potassium, iron and trace minerals 2x a week. 1 cap full each dosing ) plus 10 hours of light at 2 watts per gallon along with co2 diffusion (1-2 bps)

water parameters is ph 7.0 (sometimes drops to 6.5 after co2 ) ammonia is 0 to 0.25 ppm.

the leaves seem to turn brown and grow holes then algae starts to grow on it... which i had to constantly prune to avoid the algae from spreading.

can someone help me with some tips or if there is something im doing wrong... thanks
 
In a sense, yes they can get too much light. It isn't that the plant itself gets too much, but they arn't great at fighting algae. The same goes for Anubias. They grow so slowly that algae can easily over take and kill parts of the plant.
 
I have the same thing. I ignore it. Up till recently, my java fern has been growing fine. It's not growing fine now because I forgot add ferts for a little while and the tank just got established. I haven't CO2d for a while. I'll do that once I get my PH up to ~8 or so.
 
well some of them are ... some of them have their leaves all hollow and brown... so i guess i might have to pop by a LFS and get me some flourish nitrogen and a nitrate and phosphate test...
 
aights guys... i stil would like to solicit your help... my ferns still seem to be the only plant not flourishing... even the anubias with virtually almost no light seem to be flourishing...i have been dosing Nitrogen, iron, potassium, Trace and Excel. alongside 10 hour lighting of 2.5 w/gal with pressurized CO2 at 2 BPS. Water parameters are:

Ph 7
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 10-20ppm
Phosphates 0
I dont have a GH or KH test... would that really matter to growing ferns? thanks
 
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