Hi guys
I'm new on here and struggling with plants and algae tank has been up and running over a year but have always struggled
I have a 48"L x24"h x18"w tank
2 fluval 406 filters with coarse and medium sponges ceramic rings and some bio balls
Two 54w fluorescents possibly h.o? 3 on 5off 3on
Have been dosing tnc complete 4ml per day (also have trace but don't dose) 50% weekly water change cleaning alternating filters
Substrate Is tetra complete mixed with gravel
I have Anubis tied to driftwood which has bba,
Amazon swords? Which has a kind of thin black algae like dust almost but stubborn to remove,
ludwigia repens which gets coated in bga , p.helferi which struggles also gets bga,
Alternanthera Rosaefolia Gets the same algae as the swords but bga also
Also have some green cabomba which does ok and some Java moss just been added.
I get bga on the substrate too
I know this sounds like a lot of plants but really there isn't because I've lost so much and barely have any left because I keep getting beat by algae
I have an Api liquid test kit and api 5 in 1 strips.
Just looking for some help/advice
I'm new on here and struggling with plants and algae tank has been up and running over a year but have always struggled
I have a 48"L x24"h x18"w tank
2 fluval 406 filters with coarse and medium sponges ceramic rings and some bio balls
Two 54w fluorescents possibly h.o? 3 on 5off 3on
Have been dosing tnc complete 4ml per day (also have trace but don't dose) 50% weekly water change cleaning alternating filters
Substrate Is tetra complete mixed with gravel
I have Anubis tied to driftwood which has bba,
Amazon swords? Which has a kind of thin black algae like dust almost but stubborn to remove,
ludwigia repens which gets coated in bga , p.helferi which struggles also gets bga,
Alternanthera Rosaefolia Gets the same algae as the swords but bga also
Also have some green cabomba which does ok and some Java moss just been added.
I get bga on the substrate too
I know this sounds like a lot of plants but really there isn't because I've lost so much and barely have any left because I keep getting beat by algae
I have an Api liquid test kit and api 5 in 1 strips.
Just looking for some help/advice
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