Pittbully's planted tank journey

[pittbully13]

Oops

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[Brookster123]

Needs leds

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[pittbully13]

I know, but I made my wife a promise I would let her wrap them for Xmas, but she thinks it's only one.

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[Brookster123]

Here's something to keep you interested!

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[pittbully13]

Man I can't wait. Do you keep the blues on all the time on your planted+?

 

[Brookster123]

I used too, havnt in a little while though..

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[pittbully13]

I might have to experiment then.

 

[Fresh2o]

I keep the blues on all the time. Makes the tank seem less yellow.
Brookster, you have room for one more on there! Jk of course. That would be a lot of light; not sure if the reactor would keep up with it.


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[Brookster123]

I keep the blues on all the time. Makes the tank seem less yellow.
Brookster, you have room for one more on there! Jk of course. That would be a lot of light; not sure if the reactor would keep up with it.


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Drop the current back up there haha... I'm totally pushing it.. they only run together for 4.5 hrs..
Fresh- pm inbound.

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[pittbully13]

For those of you still holding on, I have a few updates. First I've been pretty embarrassed since the rescape. I've been plagued with BBA and it's been winning. Then Xmas finally came round and I put on my planted +s. I plugged then right in and was impressed with their brightness. Having both lights no really intensified the algae. So I turned the lights off for a few days and just over dosed glut. No light no ferts. And tonight I finally did some maintenance. Oh also finally did a phosphate text and my phosphates were through the roof. So I'm guessing this might be my algae problem, and suggestions? Enough of the rambling here some pics for your viewing pleasure

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[pittbully13]

Doing major maintenance.

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[pittbully13]

Here you can see the algae attacking my anubias and a pic of one my cories waiting for me to stop messing with his home.

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[pittbully13]

Finally the FTS

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[Mr Fisher]

New scape is looking good man! I'm dealing with mad BBA in a tank that catches light from my front door. Thought about dosing excel but down for other ideas.

 

[Sk3lly]

High phosphates causing algae is a myth. Too much light without a sufficient carbon source is more likely the culprit.

I have super high phosphates in my tank. Not a single bit of BBA though


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[pittbully13]

Thanks Fisher it's coming along. Have you tried h2o2, it works pretty good for killing algae?

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[pittbully13]

High phosphates causing algae is a myth. Too much light without a sufficient carbon source is more likely the culprit.

I have super high phosphates in my tank. Not a single bit of BBA though


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Thanks Skelly! I figured the high PO4 was a myth after doing some research last night before bed. How would you go about bringing my tank to a balance state? I'm only going to run my lights for 6 hours until I get the algae under control and I will up the co2 to 3 to 4 bps. Of course I'll continue regular maintenance and fert dosing.

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[Brookster123]

You running both lights all photo??

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[Sk3lly]

Thanks Skelly! I figured the high PO4 was a myth after doing some research last night before bed. How would you go about bringing my tank to a balance state? I'm only going to run my lights for 6 hours until I get the algae under control and I will up the co2 to 3 to 4 bps. Of course I'll continue regular maintenance and fert dosing.

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Definitely knock lights down to 5-6 hours until your algae has resided. Remember any changes you make need to be gradual over 7-10 days so that plants can adjust to the changes


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[pittbully13]

No not right now I have them offset from each other with only one hour together.

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