cherokeeluvr
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I rescaped my fluval spec V in September, and since then the tank has had a bad algae issue. Recently, it has gotten much worse. I no longer enjoy my tank because it looks so awful. The plants (DBT and AR mini) also never really took off in the tank. They plants are growing, but just don’t look great.
Here is the tank one week after a 60% weekly water change. I tried to clean the glass with a mag float before taking the pictures so you could see in. The nasty dark algae starts to blanket over the whole tank, and I usually just end up pulling the DBT out in chunks to try to remove the algae.
https://ibb.co/mhfytb
https://ibb.co/mkk9zG
https://ibb.co/fuWGeG
Does anybody have ideas what’s causing this mess, or what I can do to fix it??
Setup:
- fluorite sand
- Finnex planted plus (runs 7 hours a day)
- CO2 (comes on two hours before lights and off 2 hours before lights and goes about 1 bubble every .7 seconds)
-I dose on and off with liquid ferts (nothing consistent or in large amounts)
Filtration:
- 80gph pump (way more than the regular fluval pump)
- purigen
- ceramic media
- sponge
- fine filter padding
Stock:
- 1 betta
- 2 ember tetras
- 1 ramshorn snail
Water testing:
pH: 7.6
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0-5 pppm
Thanks!
Here is the tank one week after a 60% weekly water change. I tried to clean the glass with a mag float before taking the pictures so you could see in. The nasty dark algae starts to blanket over the whole tank, and I usually just end up pulling the DBT out in chunks to try to remove the algae.
https://ibb.co/mhfytb
https://ibb.co/mkk9zG
https://ibb.co/fuWGeG
Does anybody have ideas what’s causing this mess, or what I can do to fix it??
Setup:
- fluorite sand
- Finnex planted plus (runs 7 hours a day)
- CO2 (comes on two hours before lights and off 2 hours before lights and goes about 1 bubble every .7 seconds)
-I dose on and off with liquid ferts (nothing consistent or in large amounts)
Filtration:
- 80gph pump (way more than the regular fluval pump)
- purigen
- ceramic media
- sponge
- fine filter padding
Stock:
- 1 betta
- 2 ember tetras
- 1 ramshorn snail
Water testing:
pH: 7.6
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0-5 pppm
Thanks!