Hey,
I've been upping my nitrate levels (via KNO3) to get rid of BBA but it keeps on growing back. It has completely disappeared from the substrate but it's growing on plants. It's been like this since tank immersion 3 weeks ago (it started as DSM).
Tank specs:
12 l (~10l with hardscape)
Light: 11W for 6.30h
Filter: Eheim hang on liberty 100
CO2: pressurized (on 2.5 h before lights on and off 2 h before lights off)
Drop-checker is lime green at lights on (with 4kh water).
Temp: 17-18 ºC (no heater)
Dosing 2x EI with dry salts (KNO3 + KH2PO4) and Elos Fase 1 (for micro)
1g of MgSO4.7H20 + 1g of CaCl2.2H20 added weekly (my water is super soft).
I've been manually removing as much as possible everyother day and performing a 50%WC afterwards. Dose immediatelly afterwards.
Plants:
HC
Eleocharis parvula
H. micranthemoides
Plants seem to be growing ok. Not so fast but light is also low. I got no other algae issues.
My tanks gets 10-15 min of direct sunlight in one corner (it coincides when lights are on) but this actually seems to be the most healthy location.
Am I doint anything wrong? Should I sitck to the schedule and wait longer. Or is a blackout really necessary. I'd like to avoid that. Since that corner of the tank that gets a bit of sunlight is the most healthy one, does this mean I should up my lighting so plants can outcompete BBA overgrowth?
thanks,
GM
I've been upping my nitrate levels (via KNO3) to get rid of BBA but it keeps on growing back. It has completely disappeared from the substrate but it's growing on plants. It's been like this since tank immersion 3 weeks ago (it started as DSM).
Tank specs:
12 l (~10l with hardscape)
Light: 11W for 6.30h
Filter: Eheim hang on liberty 100
CO2: pressurized (on 2.5 h before lights on and off 2 h before lights off)
Drop-checker is lime green at lights on (with 4kh water).
Temp: 17-18 ºC (no heater)
Dosing 2x EI with dry salts (KNO3 + KH2PO4) and Elos Fase 1 (for micro)
1g of MgSO4.7H20 + 1g of CaCl2.2H20 added weekly (my water is super soft).
I've been manually removing as much as possible everyother day and performing a 50%WC afterwards. Dose immediatelly afterwards.
Plants:
HC
Eleocharis parvula
H. micranthemoides
Plants seem to be growing ok. Not so fast but light is also low. I got no other algae issues.
My tanks gets 10-15 min of direct sunlight in one corner (it coincides when lights are on) but this actually seems to be the most healthy location.
Am I doint anything wrong? Should I sitck to the schedule and wait longer. Or is a blackout really necessary. I'd like to avoid that. Since that corner of the tank that gets a bit of sunlight is the most healthy one, does this mean I should up my lighting so plants can outcompete BBA overgrowth?
thanks,
GM