I know I've posted about algae a few times but for some reason I can't access the forum sections to post on those as an update (I use Tapatalk).
so I'll start out with my parameters, light cycle, light intensity etc etc and go from there, this might be a long post, but I have to do it because I'm at my wits end and about to take up knitting.
Parameters
_________________
55 gallon w/fine gravel substrate
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Ph 7.4
Tds 152
Phosphate 2.3
Kh 5
Gh 6
Temp 76
Dose 6 ml thrive a week
Have equilibrium I haven't tried yet
No co2/no excel
Lighting
_________________
48" Fluval 3.0
On for 6.5 hours (not including 1 hour ramp In and 1 hour ramp down)
Running at I believe around 60 percent but I will post my settings hopefully sometime can give me a more accurate estimate
Filtration
________________
1 aquaclear 110
1 aquaclear 70
1 425 gph hydor WaveMaker (not a filter)
Issues
_______________
When I first started out in plants I had algae issues due to I was new, didn't research, added minimal slow growing plants with heavy fert dosing and to long of a photo period, I was advised by many people to stock heavily with plants, lower my light to 40% and photo period to 4.5 hours, I did that and got bga, to combat the bga I was recommended to increase my light intensity & photo period because what I was running the tank at wasn't allowing the plants to grow but algae was thriving, I also dosed chemiclean and the bga went away.
I'm really ocd about tank maintence, I do 50% weekly, with ritual trimming of older leaves that don't look to healthy, I vac my gravel lightly, clean filters once a month , I cut back my feedings to every other day, I've been trying to combat this algae with smaller more frequent water changes, I have tried excel spot dosing, h202 spot dosing (which my fish instantly started gasping) tried raising my light intensity which made it worse, lowering my light intensity made it worse, lowering and raising my ferts made it worse lowered the blue/pink spectrum which seems to of really made it worse.
From what I see on dennis wong's website this is misc green (staghorn, thread, green fluff etc etc) which states
"
Unhealthy or stressed plants (sub-optimal CO2, nutrient issues, overcrowding, transplant shock, physical damage, over-pruning stress, unstable or extreme tank parameters).
Abundance of old, deteriorating growth.
Build up of organic waste/ammonia ( clogged filters, incomplete cycling/filtration, over feeding, poor maintenance )."
I cannot beat this algae I have tried every remedy that's been recommended, as stated, excel, h202, added a powerhead, did a very thorough waterchange (pulled up all hardscape and vacuumed under it), trimmed leaves (not to many), checked parameters again (I use nutrafin nitrate test) which shows 20, every test was as I posted in the beginning, everything I have tried has made it worse or has done nothing, I'm about to lose it as removing this by hand is an absolute nightmare due to its grown into the plants and removing it by hand damages the plant.
Here's some pictures of the algae, and my light settings, maybe someone can see something I'm not, ty in advance as I don't want to quit the hobby I just want to know what I'm doing wrong.
Algae 2 https://imgur.com/a/toVTtrb
so I'll start out with my parameters, light cycle, light intensity etc etc and go from there, this might be a long post, but I have to do it because I'm at my wits end and about to take up knitting.
Parameters
_________________
55 gallon w/fine gravel substrate
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Ph 7.4
Tds 152
Phosphate 2.3
Kh 5
Gh 6
Temp 76
Dose 6 ml thrive a week
Have equilibrium I haven't tried yet
No co2/no excel
Lighting
_________________
48" Fluval 3.0
On for 6.5 hours (not including 1 hour ramp In and 1 hour ramp down)
Running at I believe around 60 percent but I will post my settings hopefully sometime can give me a more accurate estimate
Filtration
________________
1 aquaclear 110
1 aquaclear 70
1 425 gph hydor WaveMaker (not a filter)
Issues
_______________
When I first started out in plants I had algae issues due to I was new, didn't research, added minimal slow growing plants with heavy fert dosing and to long of a photo period, I was advised by many people to stock heavily with plants, lower my light to 40% and photo period to 4.5 hours, I did that and got bga, to combat the bga I was recommended to increase my light intensity & photo period because what I was running the tank at wasn't allowing the plants to grow but algae was thriving, I also dosed chemiclean and the bga went away.
I'm really ocd about tank maintence, I do 50% weekly, with ritual trimming of older leaves that don't look to healthy, I vac my gravel lightly, clean filters once a month , I cut back my feedings to every other day, I've been trying to combat this algae with smaller more frequent water changes, I have tried excel spot dosing, h202 spot dosing (which my fish instantly started gasping) tried raising my light intensity which made it worse, lowering my light intensity made it worse, lowering and raising my ferts made it worse lowered the blue/pink spectrum which seems to of really made it worse.
From what I see on dennis wong's website this is misc green (staghorn, thread, green fluff etc etc) which states
"
Unhealthy or stressed plants (sub-optimal CO2, nutrient issues, overcrowding, transplant shock, physical damage, over-pruning stress, unstable or extreme tank parameters).
Abundance of old, deteriorating growth.
Build up of organic waste/ammonia ( clogged filters, incomplete cycling/filtration, over feeding, poor maintenance )."
I cannot beat this algae I have tried every remedy that's been recommended, as stated, excel, h202, added a powerhead, did a very thorough waterchange (pulled up all hardscape and vacuumed under it), trimmed leaves (not to many), checked parameters again (I use nutrafin nitrate test) which shows 20, every test was as I posted in the beginning, everything I have tried has made it worse or has done nothing, I'm about to lose it as removing this by hand is an absolute nightmare due to its grown into the plants and removing it by hand damages the plant.
Here's some pictures of the algae, and my light settings, maybe someone can see something I'm not, ty in advance as I don't want to quit the hobby I just want to know what I'm doing wrong.
Algae 2 https://imgur.com/a/toVTtrb