Afternoon all,
So given that I am still a beginner to the planted tank game, I've recently encountered staghorn algae in the last week or so!
For a bit of background, I'm currently running co2 for 5.5 hours a day, enveloping my photo period of 4.5 hours.
Light is 8000K, 26W, 111 LEDS, 3415 lumens. I'm still clueless on lighting, but I'm basically convinced its pretty strong for the height of the tank (11 inches).
Fertiliser is currently TNC complete weekly fertiliser, which i like the ease of; I know its a waste of money (relatively), but for a tenner a year, I'm not going to cry.
water changes, 25% per week.
To be exact on the problem of the staghorn, I noticed it when my air pump slowed in power recently; perhaps reducing efficiency in my sponge filter and causing an imbalance. As such I replaced with a stronger pump on Tuesday, so i'm perhaps jumping on this a little quick.
I suspect this might not be my only issue though, my other concerns are that the liquid fertiliser (dosed at 1mm per 10 litres) may not be as exact as i could be with dry powder; my water changes are perhaps not enough? Furthermore, the short light period is a drag.
Would I be able to solve these problems, by perhaps raising my water change volume, and adding salvinia floating plants? I'm assuming just now that my tank has too much nutrients, but this is a guess; it might well be too little?
I'd rather have less fertiliser, than too much; and hopefully avoid el dosing as I'm not fond of 50% water changes.
anyway thanks for any replies or insights.
So given that I am still a beginner to the planted tank game, I've recently encountered staghorn algae in the last week or so!
For a bit of background, I'm currently running co2 for 5.5 hours a day, enveloping my photo period of 4.5 hours.
Light is 8000K, 26W, 111 LEDS, 3415 lumens. I'm still clueless on lighting, but I'm basically convinced its pretty strong for the height of the tank (11 inches).
Fertiliser is currently TNC complete weekly fertiliser, which i like the ease of; I know its a waste of money (relatively), but for a tenner a year, I'm not going to cry.
water changes, 25% per week.
To be exact on the problem of the staghorn, I noticed it when my air pump slowed in power recently; perhaps reducing efficiency in my sponge filter and causing an imbalance. As such I replaced with a stronger pump on Tuesday, so i'm perhaps jumping on this a little quick.
I suspect this might not be my only issue though, my other concerns are that the liquid fertiliser (dosed at 1mm per 10 litres) may not be as exact as i could be with dry powder; my water changes are perhaps not enough? Furthermore, the short light period is a drag.
Would I be able to solve these problems, by perhaps raising my water change volume, and adding salvinia floating plants? I'm assuming just now that my tank has too much nutrients, but this is a guess; it might well be too little?
I'd rather have less fertiliser, than too much; and hopefully avoid el dosing as I'm not fond of 50% water changes.
anyway thanks for any replies or insights.