Hi, I have a 5 gallon planted tank with one betta, it is fairly heavily planted. The lighting is I think a little strong for the tank, it 2 17 watt T5's (they are not both on at the same time other than for a period of an hour and they run a total of 10 - 5 and 5 with an hour overlap about a couple inches off the top of tank-no lid) I do have a DIY CO2 system in place with a drop checker that sits usually in the green there are rare occasions it flucuates, but not much. I do not add macro or micro nutrients, but I do have Flora MAX substrate. I don't have a test kit currently, but if water parms would help I can get a kit to test. I have an external canister filter that provides very good flow throughout the tank. I do 25-50% water changes weekly.
I have been trying to eliminate an algae problem as I started with the 2 lights on constantly and overdosing ferts the algae problem was very bad so I reduced the intensity by having only 1 light on at a time, other than the hour and stopped dosing the ferts. It helped with the algae growth on the glass and generally all around. However, I am still getting algae growth in various areas throughout the tank. Is my lighting still too much for the tank? I've attached a photo of the algae I'm dealing with.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have been trying to eliminate an algae problem as I started with the 2 lights on constantly and overdosing ferts the algae problem was very bad so I reduced the intensity by having only 1 light on at a time, other than the hour and stopped dosing the ferts. It helped with the algae growth on the glass and generally all around. However, I am still getting algae growth in various areas throughout the tank. Is my lighting still too much for the tank? I've attached a photo of the algae I'm dealing with.
Any help would be appreciated.
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