Hello everyone, i am trying to become a serious hobbyist, but i am finding more and more obstacles the further i dive into this hobby.
My question is, i noticed that over the past month or so my Rotalla Wallichii is starting to lose the red coloring that it originally had when i bought it... Does anyone know what can cause this? I also noticed that my cabomba has a significantly higher length between nodes than in pictures i've seen.
Here are my specs:
50 gal (tall 36Lx15Wx20T)
Lighting 4x36w 7200K power compact
i have a co2 system (simple ceramic diffuser type)
8 hr photo period
I use kent pro plant, freshwater plant, micro nutrients
I do 25% water changes weekly
The tests i have give me the following:
NITRATE 40
NITRITE 0
TOTAL HARDNESS (GH) 150
TOTAL ALKALINITY (KH) 40
pH 7.2
PHOSPHATE 0.5
Problems i have had: (green and brown algae)
Thing i am trying: Increased photo period to 9hrs/day and will continue to increase it to about 10-11 hrs, i will eventually change my plain old gravel to eco-complete substrate, im trying to lower my pH using peat in the filter
As i said, i am new to this hobby so, i thought it might be the following: inadequate light or nutrient defficiencies
i thought about purchasing a new PC lighting system with 2x96w bulbs with 10,000K and 6,700K bulbs
Does it sound like im going in the right direction?
anyway i apologize for the babble... i have had so much BAD info from local pet stores and there is so much GOOD information on this forum, my head is spinning
Thank You,
Nystina
My question is, i noticed that over the past month or so my Rotalla Wallichii is starting to lose the red coloring that it originally had when i bought it... Does anyone know what can cause this? I also noticed that my cabomba has a significantly higher length between nodes than in pictures i've seen.
Here are my specs:
50 gal (tall 36Lx15Wx20T)
Lighting 4x36w 7200K power compact
i have a co2 system (simple ceramic diffuser type)
8 hr photo period
I use kent pro plant, freshwater plant, micro nutrients
I do 25% water changes weekly
The tests i have give me the following:
NITRATE 40
NITRITE 0
TOTAL HARDNESS (GH) 150
TOTAL ALKALINITY (KH) 40
pH 7.2
PHOSPHATE 0.5
Problems i have had: (green and brown algae)
Thing i am trying: Increased photo period to 9hrs/day and will continue to increase it to about 10-11 hrs, i will eventually change my plain old gravel to eco-complete substrate, im trying to lower my pH using peat in the filter
As i said, i am new to this hobby so, i thought it might be the following: inadequate light or nutrient defficiencies
i thought about purchasing a new PC lighting system with 2x96w bulbs with 10,000K and 6,700K bulbs
Does it sound like im going in the right direction?
anyway i apologize for the babble... i have had so much BAD info from local pet stores and there is so much GOOD information on this forum, my head is spinning
Thank You,
Nystina