Lee_k
Seedling
Hi all,
First post and asking for help already!
I'm getting BBA on my plant leaves! I've been cutting it out by trimming the vallis and cutting off leaves of any plants that get it but it returns. Not alot like you see the pictures online but a thin black line of it around the edge of the leaf and I worry if I don't cut it out it'll get worse especially given as it always seems to come back. Then with the swords I'm cutting the leaves at the base but i'm not sure they'll ever really grow back!
Any ideas of tips on what the cause might be and more importantly - how I can get rid of it. At this point I'm thinking the only way is to add a siamese algae eater but I'm not really a fan of trying to add fish to do a job as it seems inconsistent in its results!
The setup:
Ciano Pro Emotion 120 tank
Fluval Aquasky 2.0 light (33w)
Betta Choice 1620 UV external filter
Hydor 300w inline heater
Colombo Profi CO2 System
Sand only substrate
8 squirts of Colombo Flora Grow Fertilizer per day
4 squirts of Colombo liquid carbon per day (started using this about a week or 2 ago in a fight against the BBA)
Last tested all parameters on 21st Sept (can retest if needed as I have turned the co2 up a little since)
Temp - 28c (Stendker discus)
PH 6.6
KH - 4
GH - 14
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 12mg/l
Phosphate 2mg/l
co2 - 20mg/l
Maintenance - Currently 1 water change per week (around 30-40%)
Photos attached:
One bad leaf - normally not quite that bad normally more "black" and not as big but due to trimming it out yesterday and doing the water change etc I had to find a old pic on phone
Overall tank (ignore the background! thats what happens when you decide to swap it from the white to black background but cant get behind the tank.... )
Light settings
Tetra o2 test - 5 mg/l
Light comes on around 12 and goes off around 8 - does do a couple of hours of blue only but I've read today that this also can promote some algae so i've this morning changed the light to the attached settings.
If I need to retest any of the above or anything else needed to help let me know - happy to try pretty much anything at this point!
Lee
First post and asking for help already!
I'm getting BBA on my plant leaves! I've been cutting it out by trimming the vallis and cutting off leaves of any plants that get it but it returns. Not alot like you see the pictures online but a thin black line of it around the edge of the leaf and I worry if I don't cut it out it'll get worse especially given as it always seems to come back. Then with the swords I'm cutting the leaves at the base but i'm not sure they'll ever really grow back!
Any ideas of tips on what the cause might be and more importantly - how I can get rid of it. At this point I'm thinking the only way is to add a siamese algae eater but I'm not really a fan of trying to add fish to do a job as it seems inconsistent in its results!
The setup:
Ciano Pro Emotion 120 tank
Fluval Aquasky 2.0 light (33w)
Betta Choice 1620 UV external filter
Hydor 300w inline heater
Colombo Profi CO2 System
Sand only substrate
8 squirts of Colombo Flora Grow Fertilizer per day
4 squirts of Colombo liquid carbon per day (started using this about a week or 2 ago in a fight against the BBA)
Last tested all parameters on 21st Sept (can retest if needed as I have turned the co2 up a little since)
Temp - 28c (Stendker discus)
PH 6.6
KH - 4
GH - 14
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 12mg/l
Phosphate 2mg/l
co2 - 20mg/l
Maintenance - Currently 1 water change per week (around 30-40%)
Photos attached:
One bad leaf - normally not quite that bad normally more "black" and not as big but due to trimming it out yesterday and doing the water change etc I had to find a old pic on phone
Overall tank (ignore the background! thats what happens when you decide to swap it from the white to black background but cant get behind the tank.... )
Light settings
Tetra o2 test - 5 mg/l
Light comes on around 12 and goes off around 8 - does do a couple of hours of blue only but I've read today that this also can promote some algae so i've this morning changed the light to the attached settings.
If I need to retest any of the above or anything else needed to help let me know - happy to try pretty much anything at this point!
Lee