I have algae. I have read and am following H2O2 dosing instructions to purge. It is working the MOST on the java moss tree, the rest is following slowly behind. I want to make sure tank is stable so it won't come back. Can any of you marvelous, much more experienced people see anything I need to change or tweak to keep it at bay once it is gone?
I am using excel daily per dosing instructions on the bottle. I am dosing Nitrate because I couldn't get it over zero without dosing. I do not have injected CO2 right now because I didn't think that was necessary with medium light and medium light plants. Am I wrong in that assumption? My return on my filter looked like a troll doll yesterday just COVERED all the way down the bar. I took that out and cleaned that with a LOT of elbow grease. My rooted in the sand plants have thread or staghorn and I'm not sure WHICH algae the moss tree has. Last week, my phosphates were 5.0 and my nitrate was 5.0. I read that high phosphates will encourage algae, so I got some phosguard for the filter (now I'm reading that is not what I should do and will take it out if necessary). Dosing nitrates and TRYING to get them up, but even with two or three cap fulls a day, it's still hovering between 5-10. Lighting is running for a couple of hours in the morning so I can see and check on things before I start my day and then it's off for several hours (4 or more hours for siesta period) and comes back on from 4:30-10:30 PM.
Here are tank stats:
65ish gallon tank (I think it is technically 62.5 based on measurements) Fully cycled and has only had fish for 2 months.
Ph: 7.6
Ammonia: .25 (usually lower not sure what's up. Dying algae?
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: Somewhere between 5-10 (That stupid color chart)
Phosphate: Last week was 5, this week 1 as explained.
GH: 4 or 71.6 PPM
KH: 5 or 89.5
Lighting is 2 of these bulbs:
Fluval 46" Life
Wattage: 54 W
Lumens: 4,300
Lux: 422
CRI: 6,700 K
Sand substrate
Plants: Tree made of java moss, moneywort, ludwigia repens, water wisteria, water sprite, giant micro sword, cardamine lyrata, dwarf sagittaria, hygro temple, marble queen radican sword and baby tears (NOT dwarf). Floating: Dwarf water lettuce and accidental duckweed. LOL
Fish and stuff:
I am 86% stocked according to aqadvisor: 3 mollies (a few fry in a breeder net), 12 neons, 7 cory, 6 oto, 5 danio, 10 nerite, 10 cherry red juvenile.
I feed once a day alternating flake food, pellets, freeze dried blood worms and algae wafers
I am using excel daily per dosing instructions on the bottle. I am dosing Nitrate because I couldn't get it over zero without dosing. I do not have injected CO2 right now because I didn't think that was necessary with medium light and medium light plants. Am I wrong in that assumption? My return on my filter looked like a troll doll yesterday just COVERED all the way down the bar. I took that out and cleaned that with a LOT of elbow grease. My rooted in the sand plants have thread or staghorn and I'm not sure WHICH algae the moss tree has. Last week, my phosphates were 5.0 and my nitrate was 5.0. I read that high phosphates will encourage algae, so I got some phosguard for the filter (now I'm reading that is not what I should do and will take it out if necessary). Dosing nitrates and TRYING to get them up, but even with two or three cap fulls a day, it's still hovering between 5-10. Lighting is running for a couple of hours in the morning so I can see and check on things before I start my day and then it's off for several hours (4 or more hours for siesta period) and comes back on from 4:30-10:30 PM.
Here are tank stats:
65ish gallon tank (I think it is technically 62.5 based on measurements) Fully cycled and has only had fish for 2 months.
Ph: 7.6
Ammonia: .25 (usually lower not sure what's up. Dying algae?
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: Somewhere between 5-10 (That stupid color chart)
Phosphate: Last week was 5, this week 1 as explained.
GH: 4 or 71.6 PPM
KH: 5 or 89.5
Lighting is 2 of these bulbs:
Fluval 46" Life
Wattage: 54 W
Lumens: 4,300
Lux: 422
CRI: 6,700 K
Sand substrate
Plants: Tree made of java moss, moneywort, ludwigia repens, water wisteria, water sprite, giant micro sword, cardamine lyrata, dwarf sagittaria, hygro temple, marble queen radican sword and baby tears (NOT dwarf). Floating: Dwarf water lettuce and accidental duckweed. LOL
Fish and stuff:
I am 86% stocked according to aqadvisor: 3 mollies (a few fry in a breeder net), 12 neons, 7 cory, 6 oto, 5 danio, 10 nerite, 10 cherry red juvenile.
I feed once a day alternating flake food, pellets, freeze dried blood worms and algae wafers