I have an Interpet Fishpod 120L I've been running for over five years. It has a variety of low/med light plants, gravel, and Mopani wood, which were doing well over all this time, being fed 5ml Neutro daily, along with half a cap of Neutro CO2 daily. Weekly water change is 30-40%. Filter is a Tetra-Tec EX700. I've recently added a couple of internal mini filters to help flow and have handy just in case . The lights are inbuilt 15w PFs which have always been on for 12 hours.
All this was well with 8 rummy noses, 6 albino corys, 12 Otos, and about 20 cherry shrimp. I had to thin out the plants on a weekly basis, it was going that good. That's one of the reasons I haven't been on for ages.
It was like a switch going on. BBA in industrial quantities. I've tried 50% water changes rightly or wrongly to no avail. The only things that have changed is that I've stopped using a Purigen filter a good few months ago and have added 12 more rummy noses. Oh, and I'm now plagued with MTS (overfeeding ?) and there is a film on the surface like oil, which I assume is the ferts etc not dispersing properly ?
Deep woe.......
All this was well with 8 rummy noses, 6 albino corys, 12 Otos, and about 20 cherry shrimp. I had to thin out the plants on a weekly basis, it was going that good. That's one of the reasons I haven't been on for ages.
It was like a switch going on. BBA in industrial quantities. I've tried 50% water changes rightly or wrongly to no avail. The only things that have changed is that I've stopped using a Purigen filter a good few months ago and have added 12 more rummy noses. Oh, and I'm now plagued with MTS (overfeeding ?) and there is a film on the surface like oil, which I assume is the ferts etc not dispersing properly ?
Deep woe.......
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