welshwizard
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- 27 Mar 2008
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i have a juwel rio 180 been set up now for 8 months, had a problem cyno bacteria when i first set up the tank but thats gone now, im having problems with a brown dirt / algae on my plants, not sure if it is algae even, in its first stage (day 1) it looks like dirt the after time is starts to become very stringy & hair like. i had hygro polysperma in the tank & decided to swap it for Limnophila aquatica, now the plant is covered in this stuff, it does come of with syphoning but jusy comes back next day its also afecting my moss with is slowly going brown too but the moss ist as easy to clean,
tank stats
180l
2 x 45w t5 with reflectors on for 8 hours
standard 600lph filter
tetra tec ext 1200 filter
pres co2 set to 30ppm
70% planted tank
dosing 4ml of tropica every day
10ml easy carbo daily (when i remember)
i had just added a hydor curculation pump 1500lph to help with circulation
since this problem started the water doesnt look so clear & i can see small particles floating in water
i change 50 litres every week
i was going to add rhowpos to filter to try & remove phosfates & silica, is this ok?
ant help welcome,
thanks in advance
tank stats
180l
2 x 45w t5 with reflectors on for 8 hours
standard 600lph filter
tetra tec ext 1200 filter
pres co2 set to 30ppm
70% planted tank
dosing 4ml of tropica every day
10ml easy carbo daily (when i remember)
i had just added a hydor curculation pump 1500lph to help with circulation
since this problem started the water doesnt look so clear & i can see small particles floating in water
i change 50 litres every week
i was going to add rhowpos to filter to try & remove phosfates & silica, is this ok?
ant help welcome,
thanks in advance