LindaC
Aquarium Advice Freak
I thought that once I moved over to pressurized CO2 and started dosing ferts in my 29 gallon tank that I wouldn't have too much of a problem with algae anymore, guess I was wrong. I don't understand why my plants are looking like crap, between the hair algae and the black algae on my sags, the tank looks terrible. I just turned my CO2 up a little higher hoping that this will help. I'm still doing 2 water changes per week and I really don't want to do this anymore.
I tested my PH the night before last and it was 6.6 with KH at 80. I am currently dosing 1/16th tsp of Potassium, 6-8 drops of Phosphate (fleet) and just a pinch of KNO3, every other night and on alternate nights I am dosing traces CSM+B at 1 tsp. I mixed the CSM + B at 1 tablespoon per 500 ml of distilled water. Maybe I'm not adding enough ferts, I know I don't really need much if any KNO3, my nitrates are usually always at 10. I sometimes wonder if the 90% flourite subtrate is contributing to the algae, wish I never put this stuff in my tank.
My lighting is 1 x 55 watt bright kit from AH Supply w/6700K, maybe this isn't enough light? Just trying to figure out why my plants are flourishing. They are growing, but they don't look as good as they should.
My fish load is a pair of Blue Rams, a pair of Apisto red tails, 2 Lemon Tetras and 2 Ottos.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. I'm at the point now where I'm ready to just pack it all in and go with a low tech tank.
Thank you!
Linda
I tested my PH the night before last and it was 6.6 with KH at 80. I am currently dosing 1/16th tsp of Potassium, 6-8 drops of Phosphate (fleet) and just a pinch of KNO3, every other night and on alternate nights I am dosing traces CSM+B at 1 tsp. I mixed the CSM + B at 1 tablespoon per 500 ml of distilled water. Maybe I'm not adding enough ferts, I know I don't really need much if any KNO3, my nitrates are usually always at 10. I sometimes wonder if the 90% flourite subtrate is contributing to the algae, wish I never put this stuff in my tank.
My lighting is 1 x 55 watt bright kit from AH Supply w/6700K, maybe this isn't enough light? Just trying to figure out why my plants are flourishing. They are growing, but they don't look as good as they should.
My fish load is a pair of Blue Rams, a pair of Apisto red tails, 2 Lemon Tetras and 2 Ottos.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. I'm at the point now where I'm ready to just pack it all in and go with a low tech tank.
Thank you!
Linda