b4tn
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have done everything I can think of and I am about done. I am not sure what to do now. I have green cloudy water that will not go away. I have done two complete 4 day blackouts followed by a 75% water change and it only takes a matter of hours before the water starts clouding up again. Due to the thick fog there is a serious lack of light getting to my plants and they are really starting to look sickly, that combined with the blackout they are just looking real bad right now. Before the black outs I tried 50% water changes daily for about a week with no luck also, water would clear mostly from the water change and be clouded by evening.
I have no drift wood, only substrate and plants. The substrate was from another setup that was crystal clear so I am sure there is nothing wrong with it. Here are the specs.
40Gal
I have Pressurized CO2 with a PH controller
I have 2 NO 30 watt bulbs and a 96 watt PC (3.7wpg) currently at 9 hours a day.
Heat is maintained around 79-80 degrees
KH 7
PH 6.7
After the blackout and water change these where my initial measurements.
P04 .1ppm
N03 .5ppm
I am using dry ferts and added enough to bring P04 to 1.5ppm and N03 to 15ppm. Two days later, water is massively clouded and I take measurements again. P04 was 1ppm and N03 was still in the 15ppm range. So I dosed .5ppm of P04.
Really everything seems to be in balance! the only thing i can think of now is that the plants are not taking the nutrients so the algae is? I was thinking of getting some Najas in there until the algae clears? Any ideas?
I have no drift wood, only substrate and plants. The substrate was from another setup that was crystal clear so I am sure there is nothing wrong with it. Here are the specs.
40Gal
I have Pressurized CO2 with a PH controller
I have 2 NO 30 watt bulbs and a 96 watt PC (3.7wpg) currently at 9 hours a day.
Heat is maintained around 79-80 degrees
KH 7
PH 6.7
After the blackout and water change these where my initial measurements.
P04 .1ppm
N03 .5ppm
I am using dry ferts and added enough to bring P04 to 1.5ppm and N03 to 15ppm. Two days later, water is massively clouded and I take measurements again. P04 was 1ppm and N03 was still in the 15ppm range. So I dosed .5ppm of P04.
Really everything seems to be in balance! the only thing i can think of now is that the plants are not taking the nutrients so the algae is? I was thinking of getting some Najas in there until the algae clears? Any ideas?