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My tank has only been up and running for 4 days and already diatoms and thread and hair algae is growing rampant on the edges of my plants. The diatoms are on the surface of the nice big hygro leaves and wisteria and the hair/thread on the stems of the slower growing alternanthera, java fern and sunset hygro.
I have dosed with macros and micros. Twice for macros, full tank dose on day one of planting and 1/2 full dose on day two. Full dose of micros day one. I am using plant grow NPK. It says 1 cp per 10 g gives 3.5 mg/l nitrate, 0.5 mg/l phosphate and 2.5 mg/l potassium
The iron enriched says TN = 0.15%, Chelated Iron 0.26%, Mn = 0.05%, Zn = 0.0005%, boron = 0.0005%, molybdate = 0.0007%.
Lighting is 2 x 65 w coralife on the 45 g corner bowfront. Kh <1, Gh = 3, ph 6.8.
What should I be doing? I am waiting for the CO2 canister to arrive and then I will have CO2 up and running. it may take two weeks and at this rate who knows what the tank will look like.
Should I dose more? Should I cut back the light? Should I increase flows and circulation? (currently only running Fluval 303).
Thanks, kara
I have dosed with macros and micros. Twice for macros, full tank dose on day one of planting and 1/2 full dose on day two. Full dose of micros day one. I am using plant grow NPK. It says 1 cp per 10 g gives 3.5 mg/l nitrate, 0.5 mg/l phosphate and 2.5 mg/l potassium
The iron enriched says TN = 0.15%, Chelated Iron 0.26%, Mn = 0.05%, Zn = 0.0005%, boron = 0.0005%, molybdate = 0.0007%.
Lighting is 2 x 65 w coralife on the 45 g corner bowfront. Kh <1, Gh = 3, ph 6.8.
What should I be doing? I am waiting for the CO2 canister to arrive and then I will have CO2 up and running. it may take two weeks and at this rate who knows what the tank will look like.
Should I dose more? Should I cut back the light? Should I increase flows and circulation? (currently only running Fluval 303).
Thanks, kara