Have had my tank setup for over a year. And I've always had a bit of algae here and there which imo is somewhat natural and normal in a planted tank. But recently what I think is bba grows on New leafs on my cryps and old leafs on my stems but even some sub and dw which isn't in the light has got algae spots.
Could prime dechlorinator take out metals that are in micro ferts like csm b?
Tank- 40b med/high light, EI dosing, 5lbs bottle of c02 run to rexx grigg inline reactor attached to a xp3, hydor 1150gph. Medium bio load, old flourite, pfs and some small pebbles. Lights 8.5 hours a day and 50-60% weekly wc. Water 76 77°
I've tweaked every variable to counter or starve the nuisance. More c02, less lighting, more n03 and potassium, less phosphates etc. Mind you each variable was independently changed over 10-14 days and not much has changed. My tap is very hard and kh very high also, ph about 7.4/7.6
I can grow and maintain a lace leaf But get these algae problems without even trying. A lot of times I get a thin tan coating on front glass. No sunlight.
So is there less micro in my tank due to Prime used with wc? Any ideas or suggestions? Levels are usually 10-20ppm no3/ 3-5ppm P/ assuming 25-30ppm c02 with 2-3bps including high current.
I have sae's, ottos, mts, assassins, various shrimps and I've tried the peroxide dipping and excel regimin. So it would be nice to get to the root.
Thx
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Could prime dechlorinator take out metals that are in micro ferts like csm b?
Tank- 40b med/high light, EI dosing, 5lbs bottle of c02 run to rexx grigg inline reactor attached to a xp3, hydor 1150gph. Medium bio load, old flourite, pfs and some small pebbles. Lights 8.5 hours a day and 50-60% weekly wc. Water 76 77°
I've tweaked every variable to counter or starve the nuisance. More c02, less lighting, more n03 and potassium, less phosphates etc. Mind you each variable was independently changed over 10-14 days and not much has changed. My tap is very hard and kh very high also, ph about 7.4/7.6
I can grow and maintain a lace leaf But get these algae problems without even trying. A lot of times I get a thin tan coating on front glass. No sunlight.
So is there less micro in my tank due to Prime used with wc? Any ideas or suggestions? Levels are usually 10-20ppm no3/ 3-5ppm P/ assuming 25-30ppm c02 with 2-3bps including high current.
I have sae's, ottos, mts, assassins, various shrimps and I've tried the peroxide dipping and excel regimin. So it would be nice to get to the root.
Thx
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