Help with liquid dosing

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dhgyello04

Discussion Starter · Dec 16, 2010 (Edited)

Hello,
I am obviously new to planted tanks and I'm experiencing some problems. I have multiply post about different issues, but this one is about dosing. Below is my tank and information. I will be removing the PhosGuard in my filter tomorrow during my WC. I am having problems with hair algae and beard algae. Plants are loosing leaves and there are some holes in my Anubis plants. Can someone offer a schedule for times and amount of dosing the frets. Another question is do I dose when the light is on or off.

Tank 46 gallon bow front:
32 -Glow light Tetras
15 -Cardinal Tetras
3 -Amano shrimp
3 -Cherry red shrimp
1 -Bushy nose Pl*co

Sandy substrate with drift wood and rocks
PH is around 6.5 – 7.0

Plants:
Wisteria
Java moss
Sword
Anubis

Filter:
305 external Fluvial
Seachem PhosGuard
Seachem Matrix Carbon
Ceramic rings
Seachem Bio-Matrix
Peat moss
Water polishing pads

Fertilizer per directions on bottle:
Seachem Flourish Iron – 0.5ml to 1ml once a week
Seachem Flourish Nitrogen – 0.5ml twice a week
Seachem Flourish Potassium – 1ml twice a week
Seachem Flourish Phosphorus – 0.5ml twice a week
Seachem Flourish Excel – 1ml once a day

New tap water treatment
Seachem Prime

Lighting:
Runs about 7 hrs a day. (2) T5 21W bulbs (1) white and (1) blue.

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Wasserpest

· #2 · Dec 16, 2010

You might have to up your light levels a bit for better results. If the blue bulb is what I think, you might need more light. A single T5NO bulb, perhaps with a less than optimal reflector, isn't going provide enough light for photosynthetic activity for most plants.

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dhgyello04

Discussion Starter · #3 · Dec 16, 2010

Wasserpest said:
You might have to up your light levels a bit for better results. If the blue bulb is what I think, you might need more light. A single T5NO bulb, perhaps with a less than optimal reflector, isn't going provide enough light for photosynthetic activity for most plants.

I was told that the blue spectrum will penetrate deeper than the daylight bulb. Is this true? Should I replace the blue with another daylight bulb? After the holidays I am going to add more species of plants. I am just trying to get my routing down before I waste my money.

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Wasserpest

· #4 · Dec 16, 2010

If you keep a saltwater reef tank, then that might be true. For our freshwater plants, actinic bulbs are not that beneficial. So yes, changing that one to a daylight bulb would be a first step. Still very low light, but not as hopeless anymore. :icon_smil

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