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after some really good help and advice from the people on this forum,i have decided not to do a blackout to rid my tank of bga,so far i have removed i would say 90% of the bga over the last few days,put tape around the bottom of the glass to stop any light getting directly at my sand...

jamesC thanks for the help,ive worked out the measurements with the calculator in the link you posted,i have removed some of the bga and will remove more tomorrow,and remove the leaves of my plants that had bba on them,one last question should i do another blackout or just remove as much algae...

thanks lisa much appreciated your help mister-t

thanks for the help,just read the article,very informative,will have to wait for my better half to arrive from work as my math is not my strong point,correct me if i am wrong,is the article for people who just add powders direct to the tank or can a stock solution be made from that dosing guide...

hi lisa and thanks for recomending this great site,so far everyone has been so helpfull,the filter in your link is similar to mine,and as for my dosing the calculations where recomended for my size of tank and my lighting from some one of tff lol.so all ive got to do is work out the exact dosing...

the soloutions are made up as follows kno3 4.5tbs to 500ml of water,kh2po4 4.5tbs to 500ml of water,trace elements 1tbs to 250ml of water,all the powders are measured with measuring spoons mister-t

sorry forgot to add my dosing regime i dose 5ml kno3 and kh2po4 3 x a week and 5ml trace elements 3x a week,also looking at my plants as my lights came on staghorn algae is present on some of the leaves mister-t

thanks for the quick reply,my co2 comes on a hour before my lights,i use 4dkh solution for my drop checker,one thing i have noticed lately,is that when i add my dkh solution then the ph reagent i dont get the blue coloured liquid anymore it goes straight to green,im also considering getting a...

hi all,this is my first post,so what a better way to start then with a algae problem :D i have a 180ltre tank,i dose ei,pressurised c02,drop checker nice and green,i have done so many blackouts ive lost count the plants grow really well,but the bga and sometimes stag horn keep coming back,i...