faizal
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Tank Details :
Tank: Bowfront US 17 gallons
Light: 4 tubes of T5 (14 watts each) raised with a PAR reading of 30-47 at substrate level
CO2 : Not pressurized but adding Excel
Filtration : 400l/ hr cannister
Fert: Modified Ei for Excel tanks
1/4th teasp KNO3 twice a week
1/8th teasp KH2PO$ twice a week
2ml flourish + 1 ml flourish iron twice a week
1/4th teasp Seachem Equilibrium once a week after major WC
The set up was initially a non co2 tank,..then I did the most dumbest of things,...I increased the light intensity 1 week prior to adding excel. One week into excel and I started noticing this algae over some of the plants like Vallis nana and the emeresed leaves of e. tennellus and the java moss. The excel dosing recommended for my tank size is 1.7 ml daily and 8.5 ml after a major water change but I dosed less than that because I was planning on adding shrimps. Over the last 2 weeks I dosed 1 ml daily and 4.5 ml after a large water change. The algae were worst over the vallis & java moss. I had managed to remove most of them manually. I was not able to add a cleaning crew as I was having problems with some uninvited critters in the tank (dragon fly nymphs ). But it's been nearly 3 weeks since I've spotted any.
Yeah,...what a mess.
You can only see it under picture magnification. See that emersed e tennellus at the center foreground,...okay now there's another e. tennellus rear to that,...i hope you could see the mushy and thready light green algae clinging to the lower leaves of that tennellus.
I am very sorry for the poor pics. I am taking these shots with my cellphone.
I tried looking up James website,...I can't put my finger between hair algae and rhizoclonium. There are no such algae over the high flow areas of the tank like where the hyrophila and watersprites are growing . I see more of them typically at lower flow areas of the tank like foreground region and the deeper background areas where the plants are packed in. Hence my diagnosis of rhizoclonium ,...but then my filter is clean but I don't think the flow is adequate now since I have started with excel dosing (? the need to have a filter with 10 times turnover rate to suit my tank)
The filter that i am using currently was intended for a non co2 setup & it only cycles the tank volume about 5 times an hour.
I have since last night increased my excel dosing to the normal recommended values and am planning to get a filter with 10 times turn over rating this weekend.
Am I doing the right thing please?
After all the research & ridiculous test tanks,..I can't believe I landed myself in the same puddle again
Tank: Bowfront US 17 gallons
Light: 4 tubes of T5 (14 watts each) raised with a PAR reading of 30-47 at substrate level
CO2 : Not pressurized but adding Excel
Filtration : 400l/ hr cannister
Fert: Modified Ei for Excel tanks
1/4th teasp KNO3 twice a week
1/8th teasp KH2PO$ twice a week
2ml flourish + 1 ml flourish iron twice a week
1/4th teasp Seachem Equilibrium once a week after major WC
The set up was initially a non co2 tank,..then I did the most dumbest of things,...I increased the light intensity 1 week prior to adding excel. One week into excel and I started noticing this algae over some of the plants like Vallis nana and the emeresed leaves of e. tennellus and the java moss. The excel dosing recommended for my tank size is 1.7 ml daily and 8.5 ml after a major water change but I dosed less than that because I was planning on adding shrimps. Over the last 2 weeks I dosed 1 ml daily and 4.5 ml after a large water change. The algae were worst over the vallis & java moss. I had managed to remove most of them manually. I was not able to add a cleaning crew as I was having problems with some uninvited critters in the tank (dragon fly nymphs ). But it's been nearly 3 weeks since I've spotted any.
Yeah,...what a mess.
You can only see it under picture magnification. See that emersed e tennellus at the center foreground,...okay now there's another e. tennellus rear to that,...i hope you could see the mushy and thready light green algae clinging to the lower leaves of that tennellus.
I am very sorry for the poor pics. I am taking these shots with my cellphone.
I tried looking up James website,...I can't put my finger between hair algae and rhizoclonium. There are no such algae over the high flow areas of the tank like where the hyrophila and watersprites are growing . I see more of them typically at lower flow areas of the tank like foreground region and the deeper background areas where the plants are packed in. Hence my diagnosis of rhizoclonium
,...but then my filter is clean but I don't think the flow is adequate now since I have started with excel dosing (? the need to have a filter with 10 times turnover rate to suit my tank)The filter that i am using currently was intended for a non co2 setup & it only cycles the tank volume about 5 times an hour.
I have since last night increased my excel dosing to the normal recommended values and am planning to get a filter with 10 times turn over rating this weekend.
Am I doing the right thing please?
After all the research & ridiculous test tanks,..I can't believe I landed myself in the same puddle again
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