Miss Pennyapple
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Hi All, looking for a wee bit of advice please regarding a new issue that's come up in my established tropical tank.
I've been a bit lax with changing the T8 lights regularly and I think this has caused a bit of green water algae in the tank. I hadn't changed the lights for about 18 months and for about a week now the tank has looked a bit cloudy and like it has a bit of green water starting. I've tested for ammonia and it's 0 so I know it's not a bacterial bloom. I dose NPK, liquid carbon and microferts over the course of a 9 day period and the lights are on a timer for 5 1/2 hours a day.
The tank has been stable for a good while now in terms of keeping on top of the BBA algae issue I was having a few months back, so this cloudiness/slight green water is new and I can only assume it's down to the lights not being bright enough as they were old tubes. BBA is also starting to reappear.
I"ve changed the lights yesterday to all new tubes but I'm just wondering if I should continue to dose the usual ferts and see if things right themselves, or if I should stop dosing for now to see if the water clears? What do you think? It's not bad enough to have to do a black out just now, the water just looks like it's got a green tinge and it's not got the usual crystal clear look.
Should I keep dosing ferts as usual and see how it goes? Anyone else experienced this? Thanks!
I've been a bit lax with changing the T8 lights regularly and I think this has caused a bit of green water algae in the tank. I hadn't changed the lights for about 18 months and for about a week now the tank has looked a bit cloudy and like it has a bit of green water starting. I've tested for ammonia and it's 0 so I know it's not a bacterial bloom. I dose NPK, liquid carbon and microferts over the course of a 9 day period and the lights are on a timer for 5 1/2 hours a day.
The tank has been stable for a good while now in terms of keeping on top of the BBA algae issue I was having a few months back, so this cloudiness/slight green water is new and I can only assume it's down to the lights not being bright enough as they were old tubes. BBA is also starting to reappear.
I"ve changed the lights yesterday to all new tubes but I'm just wondering if I should continue to dose the usual ferts and see if things right themselves, or if I should stop dosing for now to see if the water clears? What do you think? It's not bad enough to have to do a black out just now, the water just looks like it's got a green tinge and it's not got the usual crystal clear look.
Should I keep dosing ferts as usual and see how it goes? Anyone else experienced this? Thanks!