[FobbyBobby23]

I just recently bought new lights for my 10 gallon tank..a ahsupply 36 watt light.
Now I have an apparent outbreak of fuzz algae and green beard algae, not that thick but grows on my heater and back tank wall.

I've been dosing EI method, alternating days between micros and macros, have DIY Co2 but its 2-2 liter bottle system (its not really overkill my mixes aren't that crazy)

Plants pearl a lot, I just don't know how to stop the algae from growing. I've tried searching, but I haven't found answers to the causes of the algae, and how to stop it...well besides mechanically removing it.

I also have around 10 cherry shrimp in the tank, and an otto.

Any advice?? Thanks!

 

[FobbyBobby23]

well the problem is that i have driftwood in the tank, so the pH measurements wouldn't be accurate (im not sure)

and its hard to match colors on the test kit, which themselves aren't reliable

well anywyas test kit shows my pH is like 6.8-7.0, can't really tell colors are kinda similar, kH is 10 degrees, gH is 11 (is that normal??)

thats like 30 ppm Co2 i think, and im running 2 2-liter bottles on 1 10 gallon...so i that seems about right?

could it just be that my tank is like new and is going through stages of algae which will go away as the tank gets older, gets "used" to the ferts and increased lighting?

 

[FobbyBobby23]

alright thanks for the input guys, i'll be looking into getting pressurized

 

[FobbyBobby23]

actually im just curious now, how come fluctations in Co2 production would cause algae??

like say Co2 fluctuated between 30 ppm and say 40 ppm, would that cause algae? or is it not the action of fluctuation that causes algae, but rather the fact that it dips below 30 ppm when it fluctuates?