Hi guys,
I always had some problems with algea in my juwel vision 260, after dosing ei and a lot of reading I made good progress. But I can't get rid of the green hair algea, BGA and diatoms/ brown algea. A few weeks ago I purchased an eheim compact 3000 to power a diy reactor. I have 2 spraybars mounted against the back of the tank one with the eheim compact and one powered with a jbl 1500 .The flow increseased alot but it doesn't seem to fix the algea problem.
CO2 is fed with a ph-controller but the readings don't fluctuate much, and after recalibrating it only shows about 0.02 difference. My dropchecker is yellow before lights on and remains the same color untill lights off.
The fish don't seem to breath heavy so I think its okay.
The lighting is 2x 54 watt T5 and it's on from 11 am till 7 pm, one reflector attached to the front bulb.
The hair algea only grows on the glass, At least ik think it's hair algea it start with a green smudge and after a few days green threads start to grow of it.
The diatoms/ brown algea grows on the glass and on the older leaves. This algea bothers me the most. each week i have to pull out every stem plant and replant the top sections.
The BGA mostly grows on the top of my 3d background I always spray some easycarbo on it and then it dies off in a few days. But today i spotted a few small spots of BGA on some leaves I wiped it off but I don't know if i have to take other measures.
I can shorten the lighting period but I don't think that's the only problem or is it?
I can upload some pictures or a video of the flow if it helps.
Any help will be appreciated
I always had some problems with algea in my juwel vision 260, after dosing ei and a lot of reading I made good progress. But I can't get rid of the green hair algea, BGA and diatoms/ brown algea. A few weeks ago I purchased an eheim compact 3000 to power a diy reactor. I have 2 spraybars mounted against the back of the tank one with the eheim compact and one powered with a jbl 1500 .The flow increseased alot but it doesn't seem to fix the algea problem.
CO2 is fed with a ph-controller but the readings don't fluctuate much, and after recalibrating it only shows about 0.02 difference. My dropchecker is yellow before lights on and remains the same color untill lights off.
The fish don't seem to breath heavy so I think its okay.
The lighting is 2x 54 watt T5 and it's on from 11 am till 7 pm, one reflector attached to the front bulb.
The hair algea only grows on the glass, At least ik think it's hair algea it start with a green smudge and after a few days green threads start to grow of it.
The diatoms/ brown algea grows on the glass and on the older leaves. This algea bothers me the most. each week i have to pull out every stem plant and replant the top sections.
The BGA mostly grows on the top of my 3d background I always spray some easycarbo on it and then it dies off in a few days. But today i spotted a few small spots of BGA on some leaves I wiped it off but I don't know if i have to take other measures.
I can shorten the lighting period but I don't think that's the only problem or is it?
I can upload some pictures or a video of the flow if it helps.
Any help will be appreciated