thanks! The excel seems to be helping a lot, I've been increasing the dose over the last two weeks.Brookster , good luck with your tank! OS, I have 3 48 inch lights on this tank. Penn Plax FL40 Aquari-Lux Aquatic Life T5 HO 6000K 54 w BA T5 HO Roseate 54 w BA Whatcha think? Run them for 7 hrs a day.
oh man, you just reminded me of something! I'm going away for a week in April, will not dosing the glut everyday be a big problem?That s how I got the post Reno gunk under control, plus I cut the light period back. Guess just having someone feed the fish but not add glut for 5 days was my mistake . And I believe that all that time I spend staring at it & fussing over things was missing !
good Sunday scales! Would a 7 day lights out work? My tanks are all right by windows( now with shades drawn, I know... Sunlight is bad for algae)Yes, when we go RV camping for a week my tanks get all out of kilter also. I'm going to try and "adjust" things next time we go knowing I won't be here to dose ferts daily. Going to try lowering lights to 4 hours, disconnecting CO2 for fish's safety, and just dosing traces that last day. I'll bet the lack of carbon triggered the algae bloom and you didn't lower your light period. Always a search with these crazy aquariums. LOL. OS.