gsp not growing in 6 months!?

[D_moran13]

hey guys, I've had a piece of branching gsp since November and it hasn't grown a single bit. all it has done was attached a branch to the rock it's on but nothing else has happened. I ended up fragging the branch that grew on the rock and moved the main chunk to a new spot with a little more flow. I've heard a bunch of different methods but sugar nothing has worked. if anyone knows any good ways to grow them better, let me know. thanks, Dylan

[dannyboy760]

How old is the tank? Gsp grows well in a tank that's a bit dirty. When I first had my gsp I had little grow and now that my tank has been running for a year it constantly grows

[D_moran13]

my tank is a 110 that has been up for 7-8 months

[jkennedy1007]

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I have 3 different types of GSP & get great growth.

What are you ALK CAL levels ?

[D_moran13]

ALK is around 180. not sure with calcium. I don't have a test for that

[STiky]

They love dirty tanks. Clean water and thy barely extend. Had a 180 I neglected and they grew like mad. Transferred to the 80 cube and was able to keep an eye on it and they stalled.


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[D_moran13]

but one thing is I don't really know how to make my tank dirty, I want to keep it clean

[STiky]

As you should. Slightly elevated nitrate levels. In my 180 it was bad. Really bad. I was so busy with work and school it was so neglected. They loved the dirtiness. When I moved to sps LNS they stalled out. Barely extended. They are kind of like Xenia. Dirty tanks=out of control repro. One thing with gsp is once they take off they will grow everywhere and super fast. You may post later on that says how can I stop them haha.


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