Gilles
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- 29 Mar 2011
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So i have Akadama, on some spots i am getting brush algae. Water is injected through a spraybar and it seems that the brush algae is appearing only on the ends of the spray bar where water circulation is less then in the rest of the tank. So you'd think that it is the water circulation but i really can't add more co2 and/or another water circulation at that point. Plants are 'wavy' also in the spot where i get those small amounts of brush algae.
So this leads me to another question. I am currently injecting CO2 directly into my inlet with a wooden airstone. Not all co2 is being dissolved since i sometimes get burps. So this means that my CO2 is way to high or the bubbles are to big. I just received (from green leaf aquariums USA) two bazooka atomizers, which i intent to place on either end of the tank. From one co2 line i have a splitter, 2 needle valves and 2 bubble counters which should allow me to spread the pressure evenly. If this won't get me better co2 then i am totally lost.
Another thing i heard from ceg is that algae only happens when co2 is instable, which i currently have, since i have a co2 controller and not 24/7 co2. But here comes the last confusion i have. When doing a 50% waterchange, i currently have like 30 minutes of instable co2 before my PH is reached and my drop checker is green again. This causes irradic behavior on my catfish. But if you have like 2-3bps co2 won't it take like a whole day before co2 is stable again? Won't this cause algae??
So this leads me to another question. I am currently injecting CO2 directly into my inlet with a wooden airstone. Not all co2 is being dissolved since i sometimes get burps. So this means that my CO2 is way to high or the bubbles are to big. I just received (from green leaf aquariums USA) two bazooka atomizers, which i intent to place on either end of the tank. From one co2 line i have a splitter, 2 needle valves and 2 bubble counters which should allow me to spread the pressure evenly. If this won't get me better co2 then i am totally lost.
Another thing i heard from ceg is that algae only happens when co2 is instable, which i currently have, since i have a co2 controller and not 24/7 co2. But here comes the last confusion i have. When doing a 50% waterchange, i currently have like 30 minutes of instable co2 before my PH is reached and my drop checker is green again. This causes irradic behavior on my catfish. But if you have like 2-3bps co2 won't it take like a whole day before co2 is stable again? Won't this cause algae??