Do you remove the wrap on top of the tank for a little while every day? If you are, how long are you leaving it off? All the tanks I have dry started stayed almost algae free when I left the top off the tank for about 20 minutes everyday.
DSM and have algae questions
Hey guys started 12 gal long a while back with HC cuba. I did a dry start and flooded it. I ended up trashing it due to some greenish algae encasing everything. So I reused some of the soil to grow DHG in. I let the DHG grow in tubberwares with the old aquasoil for months. Just a couple weeks ago I filled up my 12 gal long with brand new aquasoil. Without dipping the DHG in any peroxide or anything I planted it in the tank to get a dry start. Also the rocks I soaked in isopropyl and excel.
Now I am getting some algae that varies from light green to dark green. I was misting heavily for the first week or and now I am doing much less as to not accumulate water at the bottom. I have this algae on my rocks and on a little of the soil. I then immediately filled mixed some excel in my spray bottle and have now been misting lightly with that solution for a couple of days.
I need guidance. I dont know if I should continue what I am doing? OR if I should trash the aquasoil, hit the plants/rocks with peroxide dips/washes then use brand new aquasoil again.
Thanks for your time guys.
Now I am getting some algae that varies from light green to dark green. I was misting heavily for the first week or and now I am doing much less as to not accumulate water at the bottom. I have this algae on my rocks and on a little of the soil. I then immediately filled mixed some excel in my spray bottle and have now been misting lightly with that solution for a couple of days.
I need guidance. I dont know if I should continue what I am doing? OR if I should trash the aquasoil, hit the plants/rocks with peroxide dips/washes then use brand new aquasoil again.
Thanks for your time guys.
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