Lol, I'm glad things worked out. I am always hesitant to suggest things unless I try them out first and find they work, even then I am hesitant as things don't always work out the same for others. I recommended a UV sterilizer to someone who kept having unexpected fish deaths eventhough all his water parameters(ammonia, nitrites, PH, temp) were normal. He followed my advise and bought a UV sterlizer. His fish still kept dieing. If I know what I know now(from my own experience), I would have advised him to treat his whole tank with a broad spectrum antibiotic. I am finding that a UV sterilizer doesn't necessarily work on certain types of bacteria known to effect fish health, such as the bacteria that causes dropsy. I just had one fish die of an unknown/unidentified cause and another betta I had to put to sleep due to a bad case of dropsy. I suspect that both suffered from bacterial infections and the UV sterilizer had no effect on the bacteria responsible.
Hydrogen Peroxide and Excell,,, works
Posted a few alge problems earlier in the month
Staghorn and thread / hair
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/algae/56545-algae-id.html
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/algae/56677-another-algae-id-56k-warning.html
added Hydrogen Peroxide per Homer Simpson's recomendation 1 ml gallon, waited about 4 days and thain used excell
Algae turned red, and is now grey and melting away:thumbsup:
BiscuitSlayer,
Trying to get the dosing thing smoothed out so I checked out the autodosing sticky (great info) and ordered two Peristalic pumps.
More toys:thumbsup:
Thanks for the help
Staghorn and thread / hair
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/algae/56545-algae-id.html
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/algae/56677-another-algae-id-56k-warning.html
added Hydrogen Peroxide per Homer Simpson's recomendation 1 ml gallon, waited about 4 days and thain used excell
Algae turned red, and is now grey and melting away:thumbsup:
BiscuitSlayer,
I had the ferts out of wack.It looks like hair algae. I wouldn't blame it on the lights. While the lighting is probably a contributing factor, there is something else that is out of balance. Since you increased the CO2 to combat the staghorn and you are about to get excel, this might be taken care of without any further intervention.
Trying to get the dosing thing smoothed out so I checked out the autodosing sticky (great info) and ordered two Peristalic pumps.
More toys:thumbsup:
Thanks for the help
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Glad to hear that it is coming under control for you! How were your ferts out of wack, and what did you do to right the situation?I had the ferts out of wack.
So glad! That's such a good feeling. And the best thing is that you're addressing what caused it in the first place.
Well, I was miss reading the Seachem Fe test. I found this out buy pulling out a 12+ year old Lamote Fe test, almost no Fe.
I was also miss reading the Nutrafin P04 test, and I just happened to have an old Lamote Phosphate test,
and same thing, almost no phosphate.
And nitrates were 20 ppm. I think too high, been lowering the nitrates,, going to try 10 / 15 ppm.
Going to order some refills for the Lamote tests, I can not read the nutrafin PO4 test,,, the Seachem Fe I can sort of read.
Pulled out the old diatom filter and blew all the fish poop and dead leaves on the gravel all over the place and eventually into a filter.
Started to dose everything on a daily basis
What I add to the tank on a daily basis:
Plantex .04 ppm Fe
KNO3 .5 ppm nitrate
KH2PO4 .2 ppm phosphate
K2S04 .3ppm Potassium
I figure I will try this for a few days and see whare things are and adjust acordingly.
Setting up auto doseing with the Peristalic pumps should help out a lot, due to the fact that I think It seems to be the problem was me!
I was also miss reading the Nutrafin P04 test, and I just happened to have an old Lamote Phosphate test,
and same thing, almost no phosphate.
And nitrates were 20 ppm. I think too high, been lowering the nitrates,, going to try 10 / 15 ppm.
Going to order some refills for the Lamote tests, I can not read the nutrafin PO4 test,,, the Seachem Fe I can sort of read.
Pulled out the old diatom filter and blew all the fish poop and dead leaves on the gravel all over the place and eventually into a filter.
Started to dose everything on a daily basis
What I add to the tank on a daily basis:
Plantex .04 ppm Fe
KNO3 .5 ppm nitrate
KH2PO4 .2 ppm phosphate
K2S04 .3ppm Potassium
I figure I will try this for a few days and see whare things are and adjust acordingly.
Setting up auto doseing with the Peristalic pumps should help out a lot, due to the fact that I think It seems to be the problem was me!
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