swanandmokashi
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Ok I am still setting up my new 55 gallon. I have a few plants in there and have been dosing ferts as follows:
M-W-F
+/- 1/8 (10ml) Trace Elements
TU-TH-Sunday
+/- 1/2 tsp KN03
+/- 1/8 tsp KH2P04 3x a week
+/- 1/8 tsp K2S04 3x a week
Saturday
Excel
SUNDAY
50% weekly water change
I have a 130Watts light on it and was going to go DYI CO2 (I know it is not the best solution -- but I do not have $250-300 more to spend on this tank).
Anyhow I was planning to move the fish from the 15 gallons tank to this new one soon.. Well, life has been extremely busy these days (I am working 7 days a week about 12 hours + we have a 5 month old daughter --so you can imagine) -- in nutshell, never found time to do the dyi co2 or to move the fish to this tank (and few other plants from the 15 gallons -- this 15 gallon has a lot of snails (MTS) which I do not want in the 55 gallon , so have to do the bleach bath etc and as mentioned above have no time to spare other than the regular water change on the 15 gallon
So because of this negligence, the unwanted guest has made an arrival -- thread algae
So what is the solution? How do I get rid of the algae? My project is expected to slow down from tomorrow and I should have some time over the weekend -- what can I do? Do I keep adding the ferts? How long should hte light be on? Will CO2 help?
M-W-F
+/- 1/8 (10ml) Trace Elements
TU-TH-Sunday
+/- 1/2 tsp KN03
+/- 1/8 tsp KH2P04 3x a week
+/- 1/8 tsp K2S04 3x a week
Saturday
Excel
SUNDAY
50% weekly water change
I have a 130Watts light on it and was going to go DYI CO2 (I know it is not the best solution -- but I do not have $250-300 more to spend on this tank).
Anyhow I was planning to move the fish from the 15 gallons tank to this new one soon.. Well, life has been extremely busy these days (I am working 7 days a week about 12 hours + we have a 5 month old daughter --so you can imagine) -- in nutshell, never found time to do the dyi co2 or to move the fish to this tank (and few other plants from the 15 gallons -- this 15 gallon has a lot of snails (MTS) which I do not want in the 55 gallon , so have to do the bleach bath etc and as mentioned above have no time to spare other than the regular water change on the 15 gallon
So because of this negligence, the unwanted guest has made an arrival -- thread algae
So what is the solution? How do I get rid of the algae? My project is expected to slow down from tomorrow and I should have some time over the weekend -- what can I do? Do I keep adding the ferts? How long should hte light be on? Will CO2 help?