Tank - Juwel Vision 450 (450L)
Lighting - 4x 36W T8 with reflectors on for 12h
CO2 - Until recently had pressurised CO2, now have none as wanting to go low tech - seems this was the cause!
Filtration - 2x tetratec ex1200
Fertilisation - Make my own - 3tsp. Potassium Nitrate, 1tsp Potassium Phosphate, 7tsp Magnesium Sulphate made up to 500ml and dosed at 100ml on alternate days with trace being dosed in between. If this is totally wrong please say - was given "recipe" from someone else as I am a bit clueless about planted tanks!
I am new to the whole planted tank thing (kept malawis for many years and only this year planted the tank out and replaced the brutes with little tetras and angels!) so be gentle if I am making some massive errors!
I have a staghorn issue since stopping the CO2. Actually it started when I first got the CO2 as I don't think the circulation was good enough. Now I've decided I'd rather not use it, the algae has become worse. Mainly on spray bars, but also growing on some of the plants. Snails/plecs/otos won't touch it and not sure how to get rid of it. Can't afford to dose liquid carbon - would bankrupt me for tank this size! Considering using hydrogen peroxide, but don't want to kill off my plants as well. I know I need to increase cicrulation, so on the look out for a koralia on ebay - if anyone has any cheaper alternatives that are just as good, please let me know.
Can anyone else give me, a hopeless newbie, some sound advice from your many years of experience?
Lighting - 4x 36W T8 with reflectors on for 12h
CO2 - Until recently had pressurised CO2, now have none as wanting to go low tech - seems this was the cause!
Filtration - 2x tetratec ex1200
Fertilisation - Make my own - 3tsp. Potassium Nitrate, 1tsp Potassium Phosphate, 7tsp Magnesium Sulphate made up to 500ml and dosed at 100ml on alternate days with trace being dosed in between. If this is totally wrong please say - was given "recipe" from someone else as I am a bit clueless about planted tanks!
I am new to the whole planted tank thing (kept malawis for many years and only this year planted the tank out and replaced the brutes with little tetras and angels!) so be gentle if I am making some massive errors!
I have a staghorn issue since stopping the CO2. Actually it started when I first got the CO2 as I don't think the circulation was good enough. Now I've decided I'd rather not use it, the algae has become worse. Mainly on spray bars, but also growing on some of the plants. Snails/plecs/otos won't touch it and not sure how to get rid of it. Can't afford to dose liquid carbon - would bankrupt me for tank this size! Considering using hydrogen peroxide, but don't want to kill off my plants as well. I know I need to increase cicrulation, so on the look out for a koralia on ebay - if anyone has any cheaper alternatives that are just as good, please let me know.
Can anyone else give me, a hopeless newbie, some sound advice from your many years of experience?