Tigerbarb12
Aquarium Advice Freak
9 hours of light and dropchecker is green
I just bought another pack of CSM+B (micros) from GLA. However, I won't be mixing it until this summer when my old solution runs out. I may have mentioned this before, but when I started using PPS-Pro back in 2013, the micro dosage was 1 mL per 10 gallons. I'm still dosing 2 mL in my 20g tank. No symptoms of toxicity in the flora or fauna to speak of. Yes, I do get BBA and this annoying algae on the carpet plants. I will need to read up on micro dosage changes before I mix up the next solution.
OP - I'm wondering if what you are seeing is from too much light and not enough CO2. You could decrease the number of hours even more. The emperors might be gassing out the CO2 with their biowheels. What colors are you seeing with the drop checker?
I appreciate you two bringing light to that. Nobody enjoys putting time, money and heart into something for it to fail. And its not like i dont inject co2 and have low light, ive spent a good deal of money to be successful haha
Yeah, and im glad that im not nearly to that point yet. The articles helped, thank you. I will post updates in a few days
Sorry for the late reply. To be honest, I have no idea about the iron levels with PPS-Pro. So I searched...
I did find a blog from GLA that mentioned the CSM+B recipe change on APR 11, 2016 (dosing 0.1 mL per 10 gallons, not 1.0 mL). Down in the Q&A section under the TDS question it listed the iron level for PPS-Pro is 0.01 ppm.
Lately I've seen more BBA. I attribute this primarily to the increased bioload (increased inorganic waste) since I added fish as well as the lack of glut dosing.
Im seeing the java moss doing a bit better, but algae is rampant.. mainly hair algae, i think, that grows from the plants and reaches the surface. The fast growers in the back arent looking too good
Black tehetian moon sand with flourite root tabs
So maybe i should restart and not add micros to water column
Do you dose phosphates at all