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Hi All, I've ran planted tanks for years and something always seems to cause me a problem where the old leafs of some plants get diatoms. This is predominant in stem plants more than anything and really looks ugly. My plants seem to be growing fine and I don't think I have any sign of...

Hello experts. I'm at my wits end with this stuff. I have a 180l tank with 4 x 30 watt t8s over it and a eheim pro 3 which turns over 1700 LPH. Since I built the tank I seem to be slowly getting more and more gda on glass and plants. I'm dosing EI. I first thought it was due to low co2 so...

Hi guys I've always had a slight problem with diatoms in my setup. Can anyone offer any reason as to why that might be? I thought it was only something that happens in a new setup? It's only very light but is really annoying as it never goes fully. Any ideas.

Hello All, I've got a light sprinkling of GDA on my hardscape which I assume came form not having CO2 for a week due to an atomizer incident! Anyhow, the CO2 is back on and being dissolved better than ever before so I'm hoping I can ramp it up to almost a yellow drop checker. The unsightly...

Hi Guys, Just a quick question really. I've stemmed the growth of BBA but because I was so heavily infested its taking forever to die back. SAE's seem to be in short supply around my way to eat it all so I was concidering a blackout. Does anyone know if BBA will die off in a blackout?

Hello Guys! Its been a while since I've been on here and as such I've had a pretty major infestation of BBA in my 180L I understand the reasons why its occured and am working to correct these problems but I dont know how to rid of the existing algae. I dont wish to use excel as I have shrimp...

Hi guys, As the title suggests, is it possible? I am always getting GSA on my large leaf varieties and its really annoying! Any tips on keeping them pristine?

Hi Guys, MY low tech tank is suffering from blue green algae. Im not really sure where to start looking for the problem. THeres once a week ferting going on and none of the plant are showing signs of deficiencies. Any pointers as to where i should start looking?

Hi Guys, My large tanks coming along slowly but one thing i've always had problems with is the old leafs. On spem plants a lof of them start to look tired and its only the very new growth which makes them look half decent. I'm at a pretty good level of CO2 and have been dosing easycarbo as...

Hi Guys, I've reverted back to EI to try and revive my fortunes and after about 2 weeks I've started to see GSA. I've made solutions as per James' website: And dose 30ml and 18ml respectivly. I also added some potasium sulphate to be sure on the potassium side of things. I'm aware one cause...

Hi Guys, I've recently upped the dosing of PO4 in an attempt to stop the gsa that I have on my anubias. I've doubled the amount of PO4 from the recipie on James' website but it looks like it could be getting worse. Do you think I am lacking in some other area or do i need to add even more PO4...

Hi guys, I thought i'd give my goldfish tank a bit of attention as its sits in the dining room gettin pretty neglected at the moment. I know newly set up aquariums generally suffer from diatoms however this has been going on for over 2 years now. I thought it was something to do with the black...

Hi Guys, Every since i've had a planted tank I've laways had this issue with old growth on plants. The growth doesnt have to be old and the plants only get a slight dusting but its enough to make it look horrible and not as clean as most of the other healthy tanks i've seen. Can anyone tell me...