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Originally Posted by Brilliant
Oh yeah decreasing the photoperiod in my 75g put a considerable dent in the growth rate of algae on the glass.
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Well I've been battling this problem since this tank started, to some degree or another.
For the 1st 6 months my photo period was 7.5 hrs, with a 90 minute siesta in the middle (9 hour lapsed time). But since that wasn't working, I eliminated the siesta, and boosted my photoperiod to be 2 hours after the sun comes up until sundown. That's about 9 hours right now. Will get longer as we approach summer. But the point is... I never had a long photoperiod and I had this problem, and I'm not particularly long now.
I KNOW that I should only try one variable at a time, but I'm getting desperate. So I am dumping a ton of stems in the tank for a while. Well maybe not a ton, but about 40 stems of Anacharis (Egeria najas), 25 stems Green Temple (Hygrophilia corymbosa), 25 stems broad leaf Ludwigia (Ludwigia repens), 40 stems of Rotalla Wallichii (Rotalla wallichii), and about 25 stems of Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis). Maybe that will make a dent.
And I am ALSO starting a 5 day course of Maracyn. As I've mentioned before, I keep detailed records. And a few months ago I mistakenly thought that I was getting BGA. I was wrong. It was different. But in my mistaken notion of having BGA I did a panic 5 day course of Maracyn. And to my surprise, it seems to completely eradicate the GSA. Now obviously it has come back. But it seemed to work once. I'm gonna try it again. And maybe the stems can keep it at bay. At least till I can get my 2nd Ocean Clear with the big biofilter up, running and mature.
This hobby just NEVER gets boring.
