i have an algae war in my tank...
40gal
1.5wpg @10 hrs
6.6 ph
78 to 81 temp
co2 @ about 1 bubble per 1.5 second (24hrs a day)
i dont remember the gh, but i remember it being in the norm.
16 rummynose tetras, 4 panda corries, ghost shrimp, 5 ottos, 1 bristlenose pleco, and about a million malaysian trumpets, and unfortunately some unwanted pond snails, and worse of all COLUMBIAN ramshorn....
the tank is about halffull with plants, looking for more.
2 amazon swords, 1 very large anubias nana, a big bunch of java ferns, some dwindling dwarf onions, and val natans, and about 5 stems of asian ambulia that i cant keep up with algae removal which would otherwise be double that in about a week. there is a couple leftover stems of green cabomba that has failed since i switched to less light and lowered the co2.
i will be add more low to medium light plants like java moss, dwarf sag, nymphaea daubenyana(if i can ever find it) and maybe some of the marsilea species... so i dont mind the lower light levels because i actually prefer stability over rapid growth
now the light is provided by 2 30watt flours [a third is available, but the algae grew faster and the tank heated up to much] [but when i was running 90 watts and about 1.5 bps of co2 i had the amazon swords and green cabomba pearling.....but so was the algae!!!
i have a canister filter doing a good job...and i do about a 20% water change every weekend(usually....., i have missed a weekend on occasion but never missed 2 in a row)
when i do the water change i pull out grips of algea and add flourish complete @ the dosage on the bottle...
there is no direct sunlight, but it isnt a dark room either...
what else should i be doing. will the addition of more plants, ferts, co2, or light help the issue.
40gal
1.5wpg @10 hrs
6.6 ph
78 to 81 temp
co2 @ about 1 bubble per 1.5 second (24hrs a day)
i dont remember the gh, but i remember it being in the norm.
16 rummynose tetras, 4 panda corries, ghost shrimp, 5 ottos, 1 bristlenose pleco, and about a million malaysian trumpets, and unfortunately some unwanted pond snails, and worse of all COLUMBIAN ramshorn....
the tank is about halffull with plants, looking for more.
2 amazon swords, 1 very large anubias nana, a big bunch of java ferns, some dwindling dwarf onions, and val natans, and about 5 stems of asian ambulia that i cant keep up with algae removal which would otherwise be double that in about a week. there is a couple leftover stems of green cabomba that has failed since i switched to less light and lowered the co2.
i will be add more low to medium light plants like java moss, dwarf sag, nymphaea daubenyana(if i can ever find it) and maybe some of the marsilea species... so i dont mind the lower light levels because i actually prefer stability over rapid growth
now the light is provided by 2 30watt flours [a third is available, but the algae grew faster and the tank heated up to much] [but when i was running 90 watts and about 1.5 bps of co2 i had the amazon swords and green cabomba pearling.....but so was the algae!!!
i have a canister filter doing a good job...and i do about a 20% water change every weekend(usually....., i have missed a weekend on occasion but never missed 2 in a row)
when i do the water change i pull out grips of algea and add flourish complete @ the dosage on the bottle...
there is no direct sunlight, but it isnt a dark room either...
what else should i be doing. will the addition of more plants, ferts, co2, or light help the issue.