I've had just about enough, green water has appeared again over the weekend - can people with a planted tank have a life? Every time I go away at a weekend, something goes wrong. I know that's a trend but what the hell can I do?!
There's the return of the "brown fuzz" around the HC and P Helferi, this time only in small quantities but nothing as seen before.
I'm nearly at breaking point as I don't really have time to be messing with the tank over and over again, all I want is a nice stable aquarium that I can do water changes, feed the fish and enjoy the sight of it in my living room.
I think I've tried almost everything, I must be dosing enough, I could be having too much light but have turn it down to 2x39Ws over the past few weeks since the blackout. There's enough filtration, I do my water changes. Stocked decent but wouldn't class it as "overstocked". Shrimp don't work - given up trying on that one.
I just seem to be losing the battle against algae, no matter what I try.
I'm giving it one last chance before I get rid, I'm thinking of getting rid of the at least the HC as that seems to be ruined and also always get ruined no matter what I do.
I'm thinking of turning it into a bit more of a jungle with more crypts - at least they do well in my tank (thank god!), maybe use some wood I picked up a few weeks ago and put some mosses on it.
So I'm open to any volume of crypts as a donation to UKaps.
If someone could point me to what I'm doing wrong then please do so, as I can't take much more of this. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind spending money and have done recently, but when you don't see anything improving (or even it's getting worse) then I don't seem much point as sometimes my girlfriend gets annoyed as I'm seeing to the tank rather than seeing to her!
There's the return of the "brown fuzz" around the HC and P Helferi, this time only in small quantities but nothing as seen before.
I'm nearly at breaking point as I don't really have time to be messing with the tank over and over again, all I want is a nice stable aquarium that I can do water changes, feed the fish and enjoy the sight of it in my living room.
I think I've tried almost everything, I must be dosing enough, I could be having too much light but have turn it down to 2x39Ws over the past few weeks since the blackout. There's enough filtration, I do my water changes. Stocked decent but wouldn't class it as "overstocked". Shrimp don't work - given up trying on that one.
I just seem to be losing the battle against algae, no matter what I try.
I'm giving it one last chance before I get rid, I'm thinking of getting rid of the at least the HC as that seems to be ruined and also always get ruined no matter what I do.
I'm thinking of turning it into a bit more of a jungle with more crypts - at least they do well in my tank (thank god!), maybe use some wood I picked up a few weeks ago and put some mosses on it.
So I'm open to any volume of crypts as a donation to UKaps.
If someone could point me to what I'm doing wrong then please do so, as I can't take much more of this. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind spending money and have done recently, but when you don't see anything improving (or even it's getting worse) then I don't seem much point as sometimes my girlfriend gets annoyed as I'm seeing to the tank rather than seeing to her!