Mordachai
Aquarium Advice Regular
I'm beginning to suspect I have whatever the opposite of a "green thumb" is when it comes to freshwater planted tanks.
55 Gallon planted, high-light, CO2 injection, PPS-Pro.
I've struggled with algae... well, thought I was struggling because I had noticeable stag-horn and green spot algae on many plants. Initially mostly GSA, later more stag-horn.
I've tried:
Current water is PH 6.7, 0ppm Ammonia, Nitrites, ~10ppm Nitrates, 0.5 phosphates, a little harder water.
Currently my tank has a TON of stag-horn, a fair bit of green thread or perhaps green hair algae, and a growing set of BBA colonies.
Things I haven't tried:
Ideas?
NOTE: the water is very clear, and I have good water flow throughout the tank.
Current PPS-Pro dosing:
5ml of macros and 5ml of TE / day
Macros: 29g K2SO4, 16g KNO3, 3g MgSO4.
TE: 40g
55 Gallon planted, high-light, CO2 injection, PPS-Pro.
I've struggled with algae... well, thought I was struggling because I had noticeable stag-horn and green spot algae on many plants. Initially mostly GSA, later more stag-horn.
I've tried:
- Increasing the CO2 (ph 6.7 - drop checker = green)
- Reducing the light to 7hrs / day
- Strict... to very strict with feeding 1/ day only
- Reducing KNO3 (half the PPS-Pro recommendation)
- Weekly 40-50% WCs
- Aggressively pruning the worst affected leaves & stems
Current water is PH 6.7, 0ppm Ammonia, Nitrites, ~10ppm Nitrates, 0.5 phosphates, a little harder water.
Currently my tank has a TON of stag-horn, a fair bit of green thread or perhaps green hair algae, and a growing set of BBA colonies.
Things I haven't tried:
- Increasing the PPS-Pro feeding
- Other water tests?
- ...?
Ideas?
NOTE: the water is very clear, and I have good water flow throughout the tank.
Current PPS-Pro dosing:
5ml of macros and 5ml of TE / day
Macros: 29g K2SO4, 16g KNO3, 3g MgSO4.
TE: 40g