I have had a battle with staghorn on plants and BBA on rocks for a few weeks now. It is stable, but I am still finding new leaves affected by the staghorn and getting new clumps of BBA. I have been dosing with Easycarbo (4ml in 180 litre tank) hoping that this would kill the algae off, but it does not seem to be working as well as I expected. I can treat small patches quite effectively by direct application, but this is impractical as there is a lot of hardscape with algae on it.
I appreciate that patience is needed, but I wondered whether I should be seeing better results from the liquid carbon by now. I have been reluctant to increase the dose because of my Amano shrimp and Otos, but would appreciate advice as to whether I should increase dosing with liquid carbon.
Tank: 180l, densely planted
Light: 90W T5, 5 hours
CO2: pressurised with lime green dropchecker (placed in a high CO2 consumption area)
Good flow, and the algae is at its worst where flow is highest
TPN+ 7ml/day; TPN 3ml/day
Weekly waterchanges of 50% (did increase to 4x a week at 50% when staghorn exploding)
I appreciate that patience is needed, but I wondered whether I should be seeing better results from the liquid carbon by now. I have been reluctant to increase the dose because of my Amano shrimp and Otos, but would appreciate advice as to whether I should increase dosing with liquid carbon.
Tank: 180l, densely planted
Light: 90W T5, 5 hours
CO2: pressurised with lime green dropchecker (placed in a high CO2 consumption area)
Good flow, and the algae is at its worst where flow is highest
TPN+ 7ml/day; TPN 3ml/day
Weekly waterchanges of 50% (did increase to 4x a week at 50% when staghorn exploding)