Hi All.
I'm having trouble with BBA (at least I think so) and my plants are looking pretty ragged since I started adding co2. They have black spots and are dark brown around the edges, and yellow inside those dark edges. New growth is colorless. They are also wilting a little bit. Also seeing spots of brown algae on the glass that I clean off weekly with a scraper. Here are my specs:
20 gallon long tank
Finnex stingray on from 4:00 - 8:30pm daily.
~2 bubbles per second of co2 from 4:00 - 8:30 pm. The drop checker is a darker green.
I've been adding a little less than a cap full of seachem flourism potassium every sunday and thursday.
I do a 3-4 gallon water change weekly.
I have phosphorus and nitrogen that I can add but I haven't been. I wanted to add one fert at a time.
pics:
BBA?: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
Plants losing color: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
I think since adding co2 and upping the lighting period, there's just not enough nutrients in the water column and it's starving the plants. What do you think?
Edit: One note I forgot... Jungle val is doing well as I add root tabs for them, this also leads me to thick it's because of a lack of nutrients in the water column. I've got some flourish trace on the way. Until then I'm going to reduce the lighting period.
I'm having trouble with BBA (at least I think so) and my plants are looking pretty ragged since I started adding co2. They have black spots and are dark brown around the edges, and yellow inside those dark edges. New growth is colorless. They are also wilting a little bit. Also seeing spots of brown algae on the glass that I clean off weekly with a scraper. Here are my specs:
20 gallon long tank
Finnex stingray on from 4:00 - 8:30pm daily.
~2 bubbles per second of co2 from 4:00 - 8:30 pm. The drop checker is a darker green.
I've been adding a little less than a cap full of seachem flourism potassium every sunday and thursday.
I do a 3-4 gallon water change weekly.
I have phosphorus and nitrogen that I can add but I haven't been. I wanted to add one fert at a time.
pics:
BBA?: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
Plants losing color: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
I think since adding co2 and upping the lighting period, there's just not enough nutrients in the water column and it's starving the plants. What do you think?
Edit: One note I forgot... Jungle val is doing well as I add root tabs for them, this also leads me to thick it's because of a lack of nutrients in the water column. I've got some flourish trace on the way. Until then I'm going to reduce the lighting period.
