I think I will up fert and many do 70% wc.
Yes the drop checker is lime green, any more co2 and my fish start to gasp, I'm on the limit
It does, but you can ignore it in freshwater. It is relevant for marine fish keepers, where you have much higher levels of dissolved salts.Higher tds means less dissolved oxygen and i think co2 too.
Agreed only farms and high intensity breeders would bother that much in freshwater systems.But then again when the water is too cold the respiration rate of fish drops hence the excess oxygen is useless and too hot the increased respiration worsens the low oxygen situation.Hi all, It does, but you can ignore it in freshwater. It is relevant for marine fish keepers, where you have much higher levels of dissolved salts.
The same applies to air pressure, the differences are relatively minor, unless you live in <"Denver"> etc.
Temperature is the thing that really makes a difference to the levels of dissolved gases, which is why fish from cool, flowing water may struggle to survive even in a well designed system as temperature rises.
cheers Darrel
I like Darrell answer above.
Also consider oxygen. Your outlet looks large and low in the tank. Do you have any surface ripple.
Wouldn’t automatically consider that a cause for green spot algae but just something that stood out!
So I went about removing all hardscape and deep cleaning last night. It didn't go well at all. I now understand why people start fresh when cladophora sets in. My carpet was an extremely dense mat of cladophora. Reading that spot treatment and blackouts don't work on cladophora especially when it's established, I removed the carpet altogether. I then took out every plant and manually removed cladophora and affected leaves. This reduced my plant mass greatly. I cut my crypts back completely. I'm not too happy with the hardscape now but on the other hand I almost gave up completely during it. So the rock at the back left will be moved or removed I can't decide yet. I also have
Sagittaria Subulata Tissue Culture - Tropica 1-2 Grow
Helanthium tenellum 'Green' - Tropica 1-2 Grow
Hydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan' Tropica 1-2 Grow on the way for a new carpet.
I'm not sure I'll ever buy anything apart from lab grown plants again I'm suspicious about where the cladophora came from.
I know everything I cut back will grow in again but I'm disgusted with the whole thing to be honest. I wasn't going to put up a picture but sure here we go.
Btw drop checker is blue because I literally just put it back in and pipes are not yet cleaned because my inline diffuser will be here tomorrow so I will clean it then.View attachment 129574