Richardbunting
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- Joined
- 19 May 2013
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Hi all,
I think i should introduce myself as i'm a relative noob.
After being inspired by alastair tom and troi, i have began dabbling in the low tech tank environment, purely for fish welfare. My feelings are that the co2 route is so plant driven that thelivelihood of fish is forgotten about.
So my goals are to provide a natural environment and one thats is assistive to fish health. Why fish health? Well alastair and tom have managed to breed and care for very sensitive species, in stunning environments that are a joy to view.
So far so good! However,today i find that i have a few threads of filamentous algae growing in a small portion of my tank. Now, in a low tech tank is it realy an issue that requires my intervention, one that my clean up crew can deal with or do i need to deploy flappy algae panicking mode to rectify the problem?
Ph 7.3
Kh 3
Flow just from a fluval 406
Peat providing tannins
One t5 54w reflector removed over a juwel vision 260.
Photoperiod is 4 hours 2hour snooze 4 hours again.
Feed fish twice a day (there are molly fry present)
Brine shrimp once a week. Have not started EI dosing yet
I think i should introduce myself as i'm a relative noob.
After being inspired by alastair tom and troi, i have began dabbling in the low tech tank environment, purely for fish welfare. My feelings are that the co2 route is so plant driven that thelivelihood of fish is forgotten about.
So my goals are to provide a natural environment and one thats is assistive to fish health. Why fish health? Well alastair and tom have managed to breed and care for very sensitive species, in stunning environments that are a joy to view.
So far so good! However,today i find that i have a few threads of filamentous algae growing in a small portion of my tank. Now, in a low tech tank is it realy an issue that requires my intervention, one that my clean up crew can deal with or do i need to deploy flappy algae panicking mode to rectify the problem?
Ph 7.3
Kh 3
Flow just from a fluval 406
Peat providing tannins
One t5 54w reflector removed over a juwel vision 260.
Photoperiod is 4 hours 2hour snooze 4 hours again.
Feed fish twice a day (there are molly fry present)
Brine shrimp once a week. Have not started EI dosing yet