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Well, I think I have already read all possible information on how to get rid of GDA. But most of the posts here and in other forums refer to GDA blooms or big problems. That is not my case. I have a little GDA on the glasses at the end of the week. Actually, I guess it is just at the end of the week that I see it, but it is probably growing slowly during the week. When I scrub the glass on the water change day, I do it with a small piece of filter floss (no need to use any other more aggressive tool as after cleaning the 4 tank glasses, filter floss is only slightly green). It is not a problem. I do everything that needs to be done to keep the tank clean but...
My question is... is it unavoidable the elbow grease or can I have as a goal to get rid of glass scrubbing. It is just the one thing I hate doing. All the rest (fertilizing, water change, etc) is ok... but cleaning glasses drives me nuts
Do you guys have no algae at all. And when I say at all, I mean nothing, not a single green spot or haze on the glass?.
-Tank specifications - 112L (80longx40widex35deep).
-Lighting - 3 LED bulbs 13W each and 1150 Lumen each (no PAR measurements). - 1 LED on from 16:00 to 17:00. All on from 17:00 to 22:00, Just 1 LED on from 22:00 to 00:00 h, then all off.
-CO2 - Pressurised with inline atomizer (pH shift 7.8 at 14:30 to 6.85 at 16:00 and 6.7 17:00 stable until 22:30). 14:30 on 22:30 off. Flow all around the tank seems good checked by moving pH probe all around the tank and getting the same pH everywhere. Plants (pogostemos erectus, Staurogyne repens and HC) growing very nice and no trace of algae.
-Filtration - Eheim 2213 (2 sponge and some sera siphorax, little load + Aquaclear 50 foam + purigen + some sera siphorax. (in theory 440 + 757 = 1197 L/H or around 11X turnover)
-Fertilisation routine - EI: 2 tbsp KNO3 + 1/2 tbsp K2PO4 in 480 ml 20 ml (Mon/Wed/Fri) and Traces 1/2 tbsp in 480 ml 20 ml (Tue/Thur/Sat) recommended recipe for 20 to 40 gallon tank for 8 weeks. Sunday rest day. Monday water change 50-60%
Cheers
Pedro
Well, I think I have already read all possible information on how to get rid of GDA. But most of the posts here and in other forums refer to GDA blooms or big problems. That is not my case. I have a little GDA on the glasses at the end of the week. Actually, I guess it is just at the end of the week that I see it, but it is probably growing slowly during the week. When I scrub the glass on the water change day, I do it with a small piece of filter floss (no need to use any other more aggressive tool as after cleaning the 4 tank glasses, filter floss is only slightly green). It is not a problem. I do everything that needs to be done to keep the tank clean but...
My question is... is it unavoidable the elbow grease or can I have as a goal to get rid of glass scrubbing. It is just the one thing I hate doing. All the rest (fertilizing, water change, etc) is ok... but cleaning glasses drives me nuts
Do you guys have no algae at all. And when I say at all, I mean nothing, not a single green spot or haze on the glass?.
-Tank specifications - 112L (80longx40widex35deep).
-Lighting - 3 LED bulbs 13W each and 1150 Lumen each (no PAR measurements). - 1 LED on from 16:00 to 17:00. All on from 17:00 to 22:00, Just 1 LED on from 22:00 to 00:00 h, then all off.
-CO2 - Pressurised with inline atomizer (pH shift 7.8 at 14:30 to 6.85 at 16:00 and 6.7 17:00 stable until 22:30). 14:30 on 22:30 off. Flow all around the tank seems good checked by moving pH probe all around the tank and getting the same pH everywhere. Plants (pogostemos erectus, Staurogyne repens and HC) growing very nice and no trace of algae.
-Filtration - Eheim 2213 (2 sponge and some sera siphorax, little load + Aquaclear 50 foam + purigen + some sera siphorax. (in theory 440 + 757 = 1197 L/H or around 11X turnover)
-Fertilisation routine - EI: 2 tbsp KNO3 + 1/2 tbsp K2PO4 in 480 ml 20 ml (Mon/Wed/Fri) and Traces 1/2 tbsp in 480 ml 20 ml (Tue/Thur/Sat) recommended recipe for 20 to 40 gallon tank for 8 weeks. Sunday rest day. Monday water change 50-60%
Cheers
Pedro