cichlidlover
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hi all,
well, after having my 240ltr tank set up 6 weeks I am getting loads of green spot algae on all the plants and glass and its getting worse!
I am using co2 at 3BPS through a JBL telifun reactor and it is defusing the gas ok (I have a DC with 4DKH at the other end of the tank showing lime green) I dose TPN at 5ml every other day, and 5ml iron once a week. I do a 50% water change once a week. The tank is 80% planted with mostly hygrophilia and ludwigia with a few swords, and I have a tropica plant subsrate with a quartz sand topping. The tank is filtered by a fluval 405 and I have a korillia evo 2800 at the other end of the tank to help move the water back up the tank, and there is good movement through the plants. The only dead spot as I can tell is behind the internal inlet/outlet pipes. the lighting is 2x40W T8.
I dont use nitrate/ phosphate ferts as the tank is heavely stocked and I have a reading of 10ppm nitrate using a liquid test. my other stats are ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 10ppm, kh 4, gh 7, ph 6.6.
I know it looks like i am doing everything right so what could be causing this outbreak.
thanks
mark
well, after having my 240ltr tank set up 6 weeks I am getting loads of green spot algae on all the plants and glass and its getting worse!
I am using co2 at 3BPS through a JBL telifun reactor and it is defusing the gas ok (I have a DC with 4DKH at the other end of the tank showing lime green) I dose TPN at 5ml every other day, and 5ml iron once a week. I do a 50% water change once a week. The tank is 80% planted with mostly hygrophilia and ludwigia with a few swords, and I have a tropica plant subsrate with a quartz sand topping. The tank is filtered by a fluval 405 and I have a korillia evo 2800 at the other end of the tank to help move the water back up the tank, and there is good movement through the plants. The only dead spot as I can tell is behind the internal inlet/outlet pipes. the lighting is 2x40W T8.
I dont use nitrate/ phosphate ferts as the tank is heavely stocked and I have a reading of 10ppm nitrate using a liquid test. my other stats are ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 10ppm, kh 4, gh 7, ph 6.6.
I know it looks like i am doing everything right so what could be causing this outbreak.
thanks
mark