andy198712
Member
Hi,
wondering if you can shed some light on my slow growth on my tank.
200L with medium stocking of small fish, 1 bristle nose, 3 clown loach and some amano shrimp around 10.
filter: 307 with spray bar
circulation pump: Jebao SW-2 with 2500l/hr max but ran at 3/8th power (max turns the tank into a storm!)
Leddy LED light 14w x2 but only run one for 5 hours a day at the minute and its facing up to reduce intensity.
Weekly water change of about 1/3rd water capacity
monthly filter clean.
tank set is about 1 year old and steady. (the fish are breeding)
substrate (a plant non soil substrate but i forget the brand sorry)
liquid CO2 5ml per day EASY CARBO
I don't really know where to start.
i setup the tank, was actually going quite well, i put a good amount of plants in:
valis = grew well
Anubis = grew well
java fern = grew well
few other common ones i forget the names but you'll spot them in the pics.
floating plants = almost doubling in quantity each week!
i was dosing ferts daily with neutro ferts and all was going well, i probably had the light on about 7.5-8 hrs a day if i recall. both LED tubes.
but then growth seemed to slow and hair algae and BBA started to appear. mainly on the Anubis, but also any part of a plant that wasn't new growth which was annoying.
i reduced the light, currently on ONE led tube 5 hours a day and i have it rotated up to reduce its intensity.
i had to ditch a fair few plants which was a shame and trimmed off all the effected stuff, i threw in some fast growing plants to help. i removed my large bog wood and scrubbed that and peroxided that after to kill off anything, gave the anubis a quick 2-3min bath too.
i switched to TNT COMPLETE as the EI starter kits were out of stock, but i did noticed two shrimp die after starting that but maybe unrelated.
so today i have started EI adding 30ml of each on alternate days (basically as reccomened)
My theory is my plant mass had maxed out the ferts i was adding, things slowed down, algae took hold and it was a down ward spiral from there??
but the floating plants still seems to double in amount each week, probably removing about A5 size of plants each week?! i keep them contained in a ring about the dia off a football.
So my plan of action.
Keep lighting to 5 hours a day.
EI ferts
Keep up EASYCARBO
see how i go?
am i missing a thing there? part of me wonders if there isn't enough light at one tube facing toward the lid, and only 5 hours but thats just me doubting things.
ill add some pics.
cheers
Andy
wondering if you can shed some light on my slow growth on my tank.
200L with medium stocking of small fish, 1 bristle nose, 3 clown loach and some amano shrimp around 10.
filter: 307 with spray bar
circulation pump: Jebao SW-2 with 2500l/hr max but ran at 3/8th power (max turns the tank into a storm!)
Leddy LED light 14w x2 but only run one for 5 hours a day at the minute and its facing up to reduce intensity.
Weekly water change of about 1/3rd water capacity
monthly filter clean.
tank set is about 1 year old and steady. (the fish are breeding)
substrate (a plant non soil substrate but i forget the brand sorry)
liquid CO2 5ml per day EASY CARBO
I don't really know where to start.
i setup the tank, was actually going quite well, i put a good amount of plants in:
valis = grew well
Anubis = grew well
java fern = grew well
few other common ones i forget the names but you'll spot them in the pics.
floating plants = almost doubling in quantity each week!
i was dosing ferts daily with neutro ferts and all was going well, i probably had the light on about 7.5-8 hrs a day if i recall. both LED tubes.
but then growth seemed to slow and hair algae and BBA started to appear. mainly on the Anubis, but also any part of a plant that wasn't new growth which was annoying.
i reduced the light, currently on ONE led tube 5 hours a day and i have it rotated up to reduce its intensity.
i had to ditch a fair few plants which was a shame and trimmed off all the effected stuff, i threw in some fast growing plants to help. i removed my large bog wood and scrubbed that and peroxided that after to kill off anything, gave the anubis a quick 2-3min bath too.
i switched to TNT COMPLETE as the EI starter kits were out of stock, but i did noticed two shrimp die after starting that but maybe unrelated.
so today i have started EI adding 30ml of each on alternate days (basically as reccomened)
My theory is my plant mass had maxed out the ferts i was adding, things slowed down, algae took hold and it was a down ward spiral from there??
but the floating plants still seems to double in amount each week, probably removing about A5 size of plants each week?! i keep them contained in a ring about the dia off a football.
So my plan of action.
Keep lighting to 5 hours a day.
EI ferts
Keep up EASYCARBO
see how i go?
am i missing a thing there? part of me wonders if there isn't enough light at one tube facing toward the lid, and only 5 hours but thats just me doubting things.
ill add some pics.
cheers
Andy