Kevin DuRose
Seedling
- Joined
- 31 Oct 2014
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hi,
New to aquascaping and have just set up a 240 litre aquascape. I originally had staghorn algae problem brought about by using 1/3 tapwater in my original set up, this was compounded by a 14hr power cut 3 weeks into the scape. I've since begun to get this under control with frequent water changes using ro water with re mineral additive. Plants are growing relatively slowly but still getting powder algae on glass but now being removeD by nerite snails. The strange thing is only new plants pearl and after about a week pearling stops but they seem healthy enough. I'm guessing this may be due to lack of nutrients impairing photosynthesis. Does this sound right or could there be another explanation. I'm worried about dosing ferts causing an algae outbreak. Any suggestions ??
New to aquascaping and have just set up a 240 litre aquascape. I originally had staghorn algae problem brought about by using 1/3 tapwater in my original set up, this was compounded by a 14hr power cut 3 weeks into the scape. I've since begun to get this under control with frequent water changes using ro water with re mineral additive. Plants are growing relatively slowly but still getting powder algae on glass but now being removeD by nerite snails. The strange thing is only new plants pearl and after about a week pearling stops but they seem healthy enough. I'm guessing this may be due to lack of nutrients impairing photosynthesis. Does this sound right or could there be another explanation. I'm worried about dosing ferts causing an algae outbreak. Any suggestions ??