Jon A
Seedling
Hi all,
My tank is currently nearing 6 weeks old, and is still suffering from tinted green water. To begin with I expected some algae bloom, but hoped that this would subside as the weeks went on with frequent water changes. Information on the tank as follows:
1. Size of tank: 250ltr, ADA 90H
2. Filtration: Eheim Pro 3e external filter
3. Lighting and duration: 8hrs per day (2-10), Chihiros LED RGB Series
4. Substrate: ADA La Plata Sand, Prodibio Aquagrowth Soil
5. Co2 dosing or Non-dosing: CO2 Injected, start 2 hrs before the light comes on and off 1hr before light goes off
6. Fertilizers used + Ratios: Tropica Specialised Nutrition, 2 pumps per day
7. Water change regime. The first four weeks I was doing 50-60% water changes twice a week, and since then I've been doing the same but once a week.
8. Plant list. Heavily planted
9. Inhabitants. Currently 30 shrimp (20 blue velvet and 10 wine red)
10. Full tank shot: See below
I have some issues with diatoms at the moment, but this should clear and I regularly clean any suffering leaves. Even after each water change the water isn't crystal clear and the tint remains. As the days go by between changes the water does get slowly more green, but not at all cloudy.
I've attached a couple of images for reference and would really appreciate some insights in to this on where I may be going wrong!
Thanks all
My tank is currently nearing 6 weeks old, and is still suffering from tinted green water. To begin with I expected some algae bloom, but hoped that this would subside as the weeks went on with frequent water changes. Information on the tank as follows:
1. Size of tank: 250ltr, ADA 90H
2. Filtration: Eheim Pro 3e external filter
3. Lighting and duration: 8hrs per day (2-10), Chihiros LED RGB Series
4. Substrate: ADA La Plata Sand, Prodibio Aquagrowth Soil
5. Co2 dosing or Non-dosing: CO2 Injected, start 2 hrs before the light comes on and off 1hr before light goes off
6. Fertilizers used + Ratios: Tropica Specialised Nutrition, 2 pumps per day
7. Water change regime. The first four weeks I was doing 50-60% water changes twice a week, and since then I've been doing the same but once a week.
8. Plant list. Heavily planted
9. Inhabitants. Currently 30 shrimp (20 blue velvet and 10 wine red)
10. Full tank shot: See below
I have some issues with diatoms at the moment, but this should clear and I regularly clean any suffering leaves. Even after each water change the water isn't crystal clear and the tint remains. As the days go by between changes the water does get slowly more green, but not at all cloudy.
I've attached a couple of images for reference and would really appreciate some insights in to this on where I may be going wrong!
Thanks all
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