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specs are:
38 gallon with 192 watts. 96 for 1 hour, then 192 for 5, then 96, for 1 for a total of 8 hours a day.
i dose dry ferts 3x weekly: 1/4 tsp kno3, 1/16 tsp K2SO4, 1/8 tsp of KH2PO4.
for traces 3x weekly: 5ml TPN, and 3ml flourish iron.
i do a 50% WC once a week.
at the end of the week, i use an API test kit to test params and they are as followed:
NO3 = between 10-20ppm. the orange was in between the two colors.
PO4 = between 2-5ppm. the blue was in between the two colors. if i had to guess, i'd say 3-4.
pH = 6.4ppm.
kH = 7 degrees.
the PO4 out of the tap is at 1ppm.
i don't get it. i can't keep the hard green spot algae away. it's not green dust algae. the hard kind that only nerite snails eat. unfortunately i can't keep them as my pH is too low.
there are a lot more intelligent people out there than i, so someone PLEASE help me.
38 gallon with 192 watts. 96 for 1 hour, then 192 for 5, then 96, for 1 for a total of 8 hours a day.
i dose dry ferts 3x weekly: 1/4 tsp kno3, 1/16 tsp K2SO4, 1/8 tsp of KH2PO4.
for traces 3x weekly: 5ml TPN, and 3ml flourish iron.
i do a 50% WC once a week.
at the end of the week, i use an API test kit to test params and they are as followed:
NO3 = between 10-20ppm. the orange was in between the two colors.
PO4 = between 2-5ppm. the blue was in between the two colors. if i had to guess, i'd say 3-4.
pH = 6.4ppm.
kH = 7 degrees.
the PO4 out of the tap is at 1ppm.
i don't get it. i can't keep the hard green spot algae away. it's not green dust algae. the hard kind that only nerite snails eat. unfortunately i can't keep them as my pH is too low.
there are a lot more intelligent people out there than i, so someone PLEASE help me.