Laurie Dear
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HI, i've looked through several algae identification articles both on this forum and on the internet.
i'm not entirely sure what this is and how to deal with it. i believe it might be hair algae or fuzz algae. from my understanding...it can be caused my low co2 and low nutrients? is this correct?
My tank specs are as follows:
- 50L tank
- eheim 60 aquaball
- rena 60w heater
- controlled sunlight (am getting LED lighting to fit over soon it's being dispatched)
- JBL aquabase + manado
- sand
Hardscape:
4x pieces of bog wood
3x black and white aquarium rock (unsure of the actual name)
Dosing:
seachem nitrogren 0.7ml 2x weekly
liquid carbon 1.5ml daily
Flora:
Staurogyne repens (smallish bush)
Bacopa monnieri (max 10 stems)
Vesicularia dubyana (java moss - lots of it)
Anubias barteri var. nana (3 separate rhizomes of it)
Fauna:
1 x BN pleco
5x albino black neon tetras
6x harlequin rasboras
1 x RCS
3 x malayasian shrimp
water changes 60% weekly
images of algae:
Test Readings:
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Don't have any other test kits or anything due to money...
but according to Bristol water my quality quality out the tap stands at:
Calcium mg/l: 89
Magnesium mg/l: 6.8
Total Hardness mg/l CACO3 249
Nitrate mg/l: 17
Phosphate mg/l: 1.6
Sodium mg/l: 31
Sulphate mg/l: 98
What i've tried:
adding liquid carbon
reading somewhere adding nitrogen
manual removal
scrubbing.
increase water changes (heard mixed things about that due to water stability being all over the place if not careful)
unsure what it is, so unsure how to treat it really!
would greatly appreciate anyone's help and i understand that there are tonnes of algae threads on this forum and others. but i am just totally unsure as to what it is otherwise i would just read the articles and do as they say.
Cheers
Laurie
i'm not entirely sure what this is and how to deal with it. i believe it might be hair algae or fuzz algae. from my understanding...it can be caused my low co2 and low nutrients? is this correct?
My tank specs are as follows:
- 50L tank
- eheim 60 aquaball
- rena 60w heater
- controlled sunlight (am getting LED lighting to fit over soon it's being dispatched)
- JBL aquabase + manado
- sand
Hardscape:
4x pieces of bog wood
3x black and white aquarium rock (unsure of the actual name)
Dosing:
seachem nitrogren 0.7ml 2x weekly
liquid carbon 1.5ml daily
Flora:
Staurogyne repens (smallish bush)
Bacopa monnieri (max 10 stems)
Vesicularia dubyana (java moss - lots of it)
Anubias barteri var. nana (3 separate rhizomes of it)
Fauna:
1 x BN pleco
5x albino black neon tetras
6x harlequin rasboras
1 x RCS
3 x malayasian shrimp
water changes 60% weekly
images of algae:
Test Readings:
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Don't have any other test kits or anything due to money...
but according to Bristol water my quality quality out the tap stands at:
Calcium mg/l: 89
Magnesium mg/l: 6.8
Total Hardness mg/l CACO3 249
Nitrate mg/l: 17
Phosphate mg/l: 1.6
Sodium mg/l: 31
Sulphate mg/l: 98
What i've tried:
adding liquid carbon
reading somewhere adding nitrogen
manual removal
scrubbing.
increase water changes (heard mixed things about that due to water stability being all over the place if not careful)
unsure what it is, so unsure how to treat it really!
would greatly appreciate anyone's help and i understand that there are tonnes of algae threads on this forum and others. but i am just totally unsure as to what it is otherwise i would just read the articles and do as they say.
Cheers
Laurie