Sammiec0108
New Member
Hi all,
Completely new to the hobby and just in the process of fishless cycling my first ever tank. I'm into day 10.
The tank is 125l
I'm using a Fluval 3.0 (photoperiod screenshot attached) - following the algae outbreak I've reduced the light intensity - it was at 100% as per the 'PlantedTank' preset on the light
I'm dosing Neutro Co2 in the morning 2.5ml daily
I'm also dosing 2ml per day of TNC Complete
I've got a Fluval 306 filter as well as a Nano Koralia 1600 circulation pump
Yesterday ammonia and nitrites were at 0 so i test nitrates and they were through the roof, my plants leaves were looking more 'wilty' and almost melting which i read can be as a result of excess nitrates and phosphate. I hadn't done a water change since set up (no fish just plants during cycle), so i did a 40% water change yesterday then re-dosed with ammonia to raise to 4ppm with a view to getting to a point where the tank is fully cycled to process that amount of ammonia and nitrite in 24hours.
There is some brown algae on specific plant leaves and what looks like brown algae (maybe small BBA) on one piece of driftwood, which i think i mistook for mould early on as it was only affecting one piece of driftwood.
Yesterday i started to see what i think is staghorn (again, i'm very new at this so not sure), and also green hair algae (perhaps), hence mild panic, waterchange and reduction of light.
I've attached some pictures, in a way i'm glad (is that weird), as i think this will be a great learning experience, but of course I really need some advice about how to tackle this. I'm not running Co2, i'm hoping the cycle is pretty much done and i can recruit some help in the form of snails and shrimps but would of course like to understand and address the route cause.
any help would be great (as well as positive ID of the algae so i can read up about how to go to battle)
Thanks again, loving the hobby so far
Cheers
Sam
Completely new to the hobby and just in the process of fishless cycling my first ever tank. I'm into day 10.
The tank is 125l
I'm using a Fluval 3.0 (photoperiod screenshot attached) - following the algae outbreak I've reduced the light intensity - it was at 100% as per the 'PlantedTank' preset on the light
I'm dosing Neutro Co2 in the morning 2.5ml daily
I'm also dosing 2ml per day of TNC Complete
I've got a Fluval 306 filter as well as a Nano Koralia 1600 circulation pump
Yesterday ammonia and nitrites were at 0 so i test nitrates and they were through the roof, my plants leaves were looking more 'wilty' and almost melting which i read can be as a result of excess nitrates and phosphate. I hadn't done a water change since set up (no fish just plants during cycle), so i did a 40% water change yesterday then re-dosed with ammonia to raise to 4ppm with a view to getting to a point where the tank is fully cycled to process that amount of ammonia and nitrite in 24hours.
There is some brown algae on specific plant leaves and what looks like brown algae (maybe small BBA) on one piece of driftwood, which i think i mistook for mould early on as it was only affecting one piece of driftwood.
Yesterday i started to see what i think is staghorn (again, i'm very new at this so not sure), and also green hair algae (perhaps), hence mild panic, waterchange and reduction of light.
I've attached some pictures, in a way i'm glad (is that weird), as i think this will be a great learning experience, but of course I really need some advice about how to tackle this. I'm not running Co2, i'm hoping the cycle is pretty much done and i can recruit some help in the form of snails and shrimps but would of course like to understand and address the route cause.
any help would be great (as well as positive ID of the algae so i can read up about how to go to battle)
Thanks again, loving the hobby so far
Cheers
Sam
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