Just wondering if slowed growth is considered an unhealthy aspect of plants that results in the flourishing of algae?
I have my light turned down to 40 PAR to combat algae.
I don't own a PAR meter, so it is a guess and estimated by the light manufacturer per the settings I have it dialed in at.
Things don't seem to be getting better and I wondered if my PAR is too low thus affecting plant health.
I am hesitant to increase my PAR, but I am out of ideas.
I remove as much alage as I can, but it still appears on my healthy growth, so I know something is still wrong. It takes about 2 weeks for algae to appear on the new growth. So it's not aggressive/fast but it slowly appears.
My concern is I am chasing the notion that a tank with algae, once balanced, will display a complete halt of any further algae growth. I cant help but think, once algae is in a tank it will continue to spread unless completely removed. I am not yet confident that a balanced tank will stop algae from progressing.
Maybe slow growth works in a balanced tank that does not have algae present. But what about slowed growth in a tank that has algae. Is there any reason to think faster growth can help a tank with algae as opposed to slowing growth down to combat algae?
Where is that line of too little light vs just enough, but not too much.
My path with PAR has been to keep dialing it down until I get to a level that algae is under control. But I have never considered increasing it to get better growth because of the fear of algae.
Should we be increasing and decreasing PAR like we try and do with CO2 levels to get just the right amount?
iso
I have my light turned down to 40 PAR to combat algae.
I don't own a PAR meter, so it is a guess and estimated by the light manufacturer per the settings I have it dialed in at.
Things don't seem to be getting better and I wondered if my PAR is too low thus affecting plant health.
I am hesitant to increase my PAR, but I am out of ideas.
I remove as much alage as I can, but it still appears on my healthy growth, so I know something is still wrong. It takes about 2 weeks for algae to appear on the new growth. So it's not aggressive/fast but it slowly appears.
My concern is I am chasing the notion that a tank with algae, once balanced, will display a complete halt of any further algae growth. I cant help but think, once algae is in a tank it will continue to spread unless completely removed. I am not yet confident that a balanced tank will stop algae from progressing.
Maybe slow growth works in a balanced tank that does not have algae present. But what about slowed growth in a tank that has algae. Is there any reason to think faster growth can help a tank with algae as opposed to slowing growth down to combat algae?
Where is that line of too little light vs just enough, but not too much.
My path with PAR has been to keep dialing it down until I get to a level that algae is under control. But I have never considered increasing it to get better growth because of the fear of algae.
Should we be increasing and decreasing PAR like we try and do with CO2 levels to get just the right amount?
iso