drjack
Member
Hi,
I am 2 months into a transition from a CO2 tank to a low tech no CO2 tank. I am now using Excel having not used it for the first month during the transition causing other problems. But my regime following advice in the forum and tank details are now as follows:
Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 140 litres/ 36 US gallons water allowing for gravel etc.
Lighting: Medium: Juwel Day plus Juwel Nature, T5 tubes 8 hours/day ~ 2 watts/US gal
Substrate: Caribsea Eco-Complete
Filtration: Juwel supplied Bioflow 3 internal (1000 lph) plus Eheim Ecco pro 200 external (600 lph)
Water Changes: 20% /week unsing mostly RO water blended with tap water to maintain a KH of about 4
EI Dosing: Low Tech Tank: KNO3 5/16 tsp /week : KH2PO4 5/32 tsp /week : Seachem Equilibrium 5/16 tsp /week
Seachem Flourish 5ml twice weekly : Seachem Excel 5ml /day
My problem is BBA which has carried over from when my tank was CO2 injected but hasn't gone away. Since increasing CO2 is not an option given its a low tech tank, has anyone had any success in treating BBA in a low tech (non CO2) environment?
I am 2 months into a transition from a CO2 tank to a low tech no CO2 tank. I am now using Excel having not used it for the first month during the transition causing other problems. But my regime following advice in the forum and tank details are now as follows:
Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 140 litres/ 36 US gallons water allowing for gravel etc.
Lighting: Medium: Juwel Day plus Juwel Nature, T5 tubes 8 hours/day ~ 2 watts/US gal
Substrate: Caribsea Eco-Complete
Filtration: Juwel supplied Bioflow 3 internal (1000 lph) plus Eheim Ecco pro 200 external (600 lph)
Water Changes: 20% /week unsing mostly RO water blended with tap water to maintain a KH of about 4
EI Dosing: Low Tech Tank: KNO3 5/16 tsp /week : KH2PO4 5/32 tsp /week : Seachem Equilibrium 5/16 tsp /week
Seachem Flourish 5ml twice weekly : Seachem Excel 5ml /day
My problem is BBA which has carried over from when my tank was CO2 injected but hasn't gone away. Since increasing CO2 is not an option given its a low tech tank, has anyone had any success in treating BBA in a low tech (non CO2) environment?