Hello all
You guys have probably seen this kind of question a million times, but i would like some advise please,
I have a juwel rio 240, i did have the standard T8's but just up graded to the high lite T5's(2x54w). since adding the T5's i noticed a sudden increase in algae growth, mainly hair algea. Since then iv cut my lighting down from 10 hours a day to 5 hours a day, iv increased the easycarbo from 5ml to 10ml a day and have kept my tropica plant nutrition+ the same which is 25ml's a week, this seems to have slowed the algae down. the tank has been set up for about 5 weeks
The amount of algae i have isnt a problem but i do want to nip this in the bud.
Tank spec:
juwel rio 240 with no internal filter
Filter: Eheim 2026 (650 Ltr/H)
Lighting: T5's (2x54W) 5 hours a day.
Substrate: Tropica plant substrate with 40mm of ADA Aqua soil amazonia on top.
No Co2 injestion
easycarbo added every day, just increased to 10ml.
tropica plant nutrition+ added twice a week, 12ml a time.
22 Cardinal tetra.
2 horse face loaches.
Water changes: 25ltrs a fortnight, probably gonna increase this to 25ltrs a week.
Plants:
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Pogostemon helferi
Staurogyne sp.
Blyxa japonica
Nymphaea Lotus
I am gonna add shrimp to my tank so they can start eating some of it!
Also one of my plants looks like it has been stripped of all its leaves, would snails do this?
Any help, advise or ways forward would be appriciated.
Thanks
Darren.
p.s. I couldnt work out how to add pictures.
You guys have probably seen this kind of question a million times, but i would like some advise please,
I have a juwel rio 240, i did have the standard T8's but just up graded to the high lite T5's(2x54w). since adding the T5's i noticed a sudden increase in algae growth, mainly hair algea. Since then iv cut my lighting down from 10 hours a day to 5 hours a day, iv increased the easycarbo from 5ml to 10ml a day and have kept my tropica plant nutrition+ the same which is 25ml's a week, this seems to have slowed the algae down. the tank has been set up for about 5 weeks
The amount of algae i have isnt a problem but i do want to nip this in the bud.
Tank spec:
juwel rio 240 with no internal filter
Filter: Eheim 2026 (650 Ltr/H)
Lighting: T5's (2x54W) 5 hours a day.
Substrate: Tropica plant substrate with 40mm of ADA Aqua soil amazonia on top.
No Co2 injestion
easycarbo added every day, just increased to 10ml.
tropica plant nutrition+ added twice a week, 12ml a time.
22 Cardinal tetra.
2 horse face loaches.
Water changes: 25ltrs a fortnight, probably gonna increase this to 25ltrs a week.
Plants:
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Pogostemon helferi
Staurogyne sp.
Blyxa japonica
Nymphaea Lotus
I am gonna add shrimp to my tank so they can start eating some of it!
Also one of my plants looks like it has been stripped of all its leaves, would snails do this?
Any help, advise or ways forward would be appriciated.
Thanks
Darren.
p.s. I couldnt work out how to add pictures.